By Steve Ebbels
Round 2 fixture saw Healesville travel up to Emerald on what was forecast to be a very warm day with temperatures expected to be getting close to 30 degrees.
Whilst the Mens and Womens footballers were at Chandler Reserve, the Netballers had to travel at bit further into town to play at Pepi’s Land courts.
Healesville’s B grade was first on court in what turned to be a tough day out for the Healesville team.
Emerald dominated the game from start to finish and while Healesville battled hard Emerald went on to win 69-7.
Best for Healesville Z. Vandenbroeck, A. McMaster, L. Cole.
Coming off a great win against Upwey last week, A grade came into this game against Emerald confident and ready to proof that they can be competitive in Premier Division.
Unfortunately, on this occasion, Emerald proved too strong, for a hard working and talented Healesville line up, managing to out score Healesville in all four quarters to run out winners 61-36.
Best for Healesville A. Heath, K Ryan, B. Erickson.
Back at Chandler Reserve, the Senior women were up first taking on Belgrave.
Healesville took control of the game from the first bounce and at managed to keep Belgrave scoreless in the first quarter while kicking 3.2.
Belgrave steadied in the second quarter managing to outscore Healsville by a point but went into the major break trailing 26-7.
Healesville went on to control the second half going on to win 7.5.47 to 2.5.17. Best for Healesville A.Dahlsen, S. Frazzetto, P. Stock, K.Thomas, M. Schefoult, M.Cameron.
Next up Healesville Reserves came out looking to improve on last weeks effort which saw them just run out of legs in the last quarter against Upwey.
With the U18’s having the bye this week saw some of our up-and-coming players get their first look into Senior Footy and they didn’t disappoint.
First half possession was reasonably even but incredible accuracy in front of goal saw Healesville 7.0.42 Emerald 5.8.38 at the main break.
The third quarter saw Healesville maintain their lead with both sides kicking two goals straight.
Emerald found something in the last quarter and in an exciting finish managed to just get over the line taking out the game 8.10.58 to 9.1.55.
Disappointing for the Healesville boys but there is a lot to like about this group in their first season of Premier Division.
Best for Healesville M. Holland, D. Sikorski, Gideon Houlihan, D.Ebbels, D. Plozza, M.Wallace.
After a really good win against Upwey last week, Healesville Seniors came into this game confident and looking to make a really good start into Premier Division Football.
Healesville had the lions share of possession in the first quarter but in contrast to the Reserves game inaccuracy in front of goal meant that Healesville only had a 10 point lead at quarter time.
This trend would continue for the rest of the game with Emerald only managing five behinds in the next two quarters and Healesville kicking 7.15.
Emerald actually won the last quarter by a point but in the end Healesville was dominant winning 11.28.94 to 4.9.33. Maybe a bit of goal kicking practice over the Easter Break is in order.
Best for Healesville C.Bradley, R.Van Riet, T.Biddiscombe, S.Watkins, P.Murray, M.Renouf.
With a break this week for Easter all teams Football and Netball can look forward a rest and some extra time to refresh and get up and about for a big Round 3 Anzac Round clash against Mt Evelyn at Mt Evelyn.
