By Jed Lanyon
Some of the great football and netball characters of the Yarra Valley came together for a wonderful cause as the Valley Vicious Rett Awareness returned to Healesville Sporting Complex on Saturday 29 February.
The event was dedicated to banding together as a community with the purpose of fighting and raising funds for the devastating disease that is Rett Syndrome.
The All-Star netball clash kicked off the proceedings, before the Valley Vicious ladies games featuring all-stars from around the valley playing off against Healesville’s senior women’s premiership team took place.
Healesville suffered their first ever defeat as a team at the hands of the all-stars, having previously enjoyed an undefeated season.
Event organiser Lee Lawrence was confident that they would reach their fundraising goal of $50,000 for Rett Syndrome Awareness.
“We haven’t quite counted it all up yet, but we’re definitely on mark to beat it,” he said.
“It was a really fantastic day all round, plenty of people showed up in great spirit.”
The night’s main event featured the Valley Vicious All Stars, who defeated the Valley Vicious Vets All Stars.
Check out Star Mail photographer, Greg Carrick’s best photos from the day.
