By Anne-Marie Ebbels
The women played their qualifying final this week against Pakenham.
Pakenham jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter keeping Healesville goalless to go into the first break with a two-goal lead.
Healesville worked hard in the second quarter but couldn’t make any inroads into the Pakenham lead.
After the main break, Pakenham had another good quarter to extend their lead to 21 points at three quarter time.
Healesville worked hard in the final quarter, but couldn’t get the result on the scoreboard, with Pakenham running out winners by 19 points.
The U18s played at Olinda on Friday night and got the jump on Olinda-Ferny Creek in the first quarter to go into the first break with an 18-point lead.
Olinda-Ferny Creek hit back in the second quarter with three goals to close the margin to six points at half time.
Olinda-Ferny Creek continued their momentum into the third quarter keeping Healesville goalless and reduce the margin to a single point at three quarter time. Healesville steadied in the final quarter to win by five points to take top spot on the ladder.
The Reserves got off to a good start having the majority of the possession in the first quarter, but couldn’t make it count on the scoreboard, leaving the door open for Yea.
Healesville continued to win the ball in the second quarter to go into the main break with a 13-point lead.
Yea came out after half time with renewed intent, but Healesville managed to weather the surge to go into the final break 16 points up.
A hard-fought final quarter as Yea put in a last ditch effort to bridge the gap, but Healesville managed to hold them off to win by 24 points.
In the seniors, straight kicking put Healesville in front by 10 points at quarter time.
A five-goal quarter by Yea reduced the margin to six points at half-time.
Healesville put in a dominant third quarter and kept Yea goalless to go into the final break with 38-point lead. Inaccurate kicking in the final quarter by Healesville keep the winning margin to 41 points.
C Grade struggled for players this week with a number of injuries creeping in at the end of the season keeping players out this week.
Two fill-ins meant Healesville could field a team this week.
The first quartet went goal-for-goal and went into the first break with scores even. Healesville struggled to convert their opportunities allowing Yea to get out to a five-goal lead at half time. Yea maintained the advantage and ran out winners by 13 goals.
In the B Grade game, Yea got off to a good start to go into the first break with a 11-goal lead.
A much better second quarter saw Healesville reduce the margin of 10 goals at half-time.
Healesville couldn’t maintain the momentum in the third quarter and Yea pushed the lead out to 14 goals at three quarter time.
Healesville couldn’t make any inroads into the lead in the final quarter with Yea running out winners by 14 goals.
Taking confidence from last weeks performance, A Grade dominated the game from start to finish, not giving Yea a look in.
Healesville went into the first break with a 10 goal lead and continued to increase the lead throughout the game to be big winner by 34 goals.
This weekend, Healesville Men’s football and netball play their final home and away game at Yarra Junction and the U18s head to Mt Evelyn.
The women play the Preliminary Final at Don Road Complex at 12.20pm.
Football
Senior Women Healesville 41 defeated by Pakenham 22 Best: M Schelfhout, D Jones, S Potter, P Pavic, S Morris, S Crossman
Senior Men Healesville 93 defeated Yea 52 Best: L Daly, M Donegan, A Edwards, S Donkin, J Savage, L Greenwood
Reserves Men Healesville 54 defeated Yea 30 Best: R Ashby, K Jones, J Parish, Z Fawdry, R Hay, T Campbell
U18 Healesville 42 defeated Olinda-Ferny Creek Best: O Moreton, R Cameron, D Sikorski, J Ferris, K Barclay, G Hammond
Netball
A Grade Healesville 66 defeated Yea 32 Best: M Erickson, J Milne, A Stanley
B Grade Healesville 28 defeated by Yea 42 Best: N Braden, A Stanley, E Hyatt
C Grade Healesville 14 defeated by Yea 27 Best: K Bromilow, E Birch, E Hyatt
