By Anne-Marie Ebbels
All teams played at home this week with a cold and foggy start for the U18s this week against Upwey-Tecoma. It was a tight tussle in the first quarter with Healesville kicking the only goal and having a three-point lead at quarter time.
The second quarter saw Healesville create several scoring opportunities that they made count and increased their lead to 25 points at halftime. Upwey-Tecoma worked hard in the third quarter but didn’t make it count on the scoreboard with Healesville maintaining their lead into the final break. A strong final quarter by Upwey-Tecoma had them outscoring Healesville, but the lead was too big to overcome with Healesville running out winners by 27 points.
The Women’s team played Pakenham again this week with hopes of reversing the previous week’s results. The first quarter was hard fought with neither team gaining the ascendency with Pakenham leading by three points at quarter time. Pakenham came out hard after the break and dominated possession making it hard for Healesville to generate any run into their forward half. Pakenham went into the big break with a 17-point lead. Pakenham continued to make it difficult for Healesville to score and were eventual winners by 42 points.
The Reserves weren’t challenged in their game with twelve scoring shots to one in the first and only inaccurate kicking by Healesville made the scoreboard look respectable for Yarra Junction with Healesville going into the first break with a 21-point lead. Healesville continued to dominate the possession for the rest of the game over an under-manned Yarra Junction team winning by 157 points. Tyler Tweedie kicked seven goals in the win.
The Seniors’ game was similar to the Reserve with Healesville getting out of the blocks quickly and scoring seven goals to none in the first quarter going into quarter time with a 48-point lead. Yarra Junction struggled to generate any scoring opportunities and couldn’t convert the ones they got into goals remaining goalless for the game.
Healesville ran out big winners by 171 points.
In the netball, C Grade struggled with just seven players and players having to play out of position against a well-stocked Yarra Junction team. Yarra Junction got out to a good lead in the first quarter with Healesville unable to bridge the gap despite winning the last quarter. Yarra Junction ran out winners by 20 goals.
The A Grade game was an arm wrestle in the first quarter with Yarra Junction going into the first break with a three-goal lead. Healesville settled in the second quarter to scoring 21 goals to 12 to go into the half-time break with 6 goal lead. In a tough third quarter, Healesville maintained their lead and Yarra Junction kept coming in the final quarter with Healesville hanging onto a five-goal win.
In the final netball game B Grade got out to a quick start with a three-goal lead at quarter time. Healesville continued to increase their lead at each break with a strong defensive effort resulting in turnovers and a winning margin of 16 goals.
Next week Healesville has two teams in action, with the U18 playing Friday night at Don Road and the Women playing in the twilight game at Olinda. The rest of the club has a bye.
Football
Senior Men Healesville 174 defeated Yarra Junction 3 Best: A Edwards, T Amarant, S Donkin, L Potts, T Barclay, D Sissins
Reserves Men Healesville 163 defeated Yarra Junction 6 Best: T Tweedie, Z Fawdry, K Brown, K Jones, L English, J Barton
Womens Healesville 12 defeated by Pakenham 54 Best: P Pavic, M Cianci, I Renouf, S Potter, M Cameron, M Schelfhout
U18 Healesville 46 defeated Upwey-Tecoma 19 Best: L Warner, R Bode, R Brendish, M Holland, C Bradford, B Rutley
Netball
A Grade Healesville 57 defeated Yarra Junction 52 Best: H Blackney, K Farrow, M Erickson
B Grade Healesville 39 defeated Yarra Junction 23 Best: C Bouma, L Rogers
C Grade Healesville 14 defeated by Yarra Junction 34 Best: K Deuart, L Cole, E Cameron
