Round three was now upon us with a quick turn around, playing on Anzac Day.
We had three games of netball and two games of football against Healesville.
C Grade had a nice early start at 9:30am, they got off to a flying start, having a quarter time score of 1-13.
They carried on the momentum, having a massive second and third quarter, with a score of 3-40 heading into the last term.
C Grade managed to shoot another 14 goals, leaving Healesville to only score one, having a final score of 6-54 at the end.
Cam Partel, Nicole Winzer and Cam Holland were all named top players of the match.
A Grade were on next and another strong start from the girls, 10-33 first half.
The conditions weren’t great throughout, wet and slippery court with rain through some stages.
Without rushing the ball, they had another big second half and finished off with a score of 27-59.
Bianca Daniels had another big one, shooting 37 goals and Karly Wappett with 22. Jessie Hare, Taylah Moschetti and Indiana Pinnock were all top performers.
B Grade took the court after to finish off the netball for the day.
The rain soon began again and the conditions became not the greatest, but they adjusted to it and played their game.
They had a nice halftime score of 12-24, the conditions eased, but it still made for a scrappy game that soon became better as they game continued on.
The final score was 24-47 and a nice clean sweep for netball. Star players of the match were Monique Lee, Tayla Ferguson and Zoe Timoney.
Reserves started their match just after midday, another tough one was set to be had for this team.
First half o the game went more Healesville way, with a half time score of 8.4-52 to 3.2-20.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the Reserves day with Healesville taking the win with a final score or 12.7- 79 to 3.6-24.
David Lever, Ricky Andueza and Will Shepherd with the goal kickers for the Burras.
David Lever, Michael Brown, Jackson Jones, Aaron Maguire, Jamie Nelson and Joe McIntosh were the top players of the match.
The Seniors finished off the day with a big game against old rivals, Healesville.
It was good to go back to old times, playing Anzac Day against them.
The game started off in the Burras favour, having a nice start of 3.3-21 to 4.2-26 at the first break.
The Burras carried on the momentum, having a half time lead of 4.9-33 to 7.3-45.
Healesville had a good reset and came out the second half firing.
They unfortunately took control of the came and got themselves in from and keeping us scoreless in the last quarter.
They took the win, but it was a tough battle fought by the burras.
The final score was 13.16-94 to 8.5-53.
Our goal kickers were Jack Farrugia with two, Tom Barr, Tyson Henry, Brayden Ferguson, Bailey Humphrey, Tom Marr and Lachy Hewitt all with one.
Tyson Henry, Jake Byrush, Nelson Aldridge, Tom Marr, Tom Barr and Aiden Westlake were all top performers.
The women’s footy team played their match on Saturday.
On what was a beautiful day, we took the drive up to Thornton, to take on Thornton-Eildon.
The started strong kicking 3.8 in the first quarter to T.E 0.0-0.
The team managed to convert the points into goal and kicked a big 6.1 in the second quarter.
They had a reset at half time, and managed to continue on into the second half with a few mix ups and secured a 14.21-105 to 1.0-6 win.
Madi Ward had a big game kicking 5 goals. Kylie Rockwell also secured 3 and Emerson Woods with 2.
Jade Radford, Jade Mewburn, Alex Woods, Maddi Andueza all secured 1 each to the game. Emerson Woods was awarded the Anzac Medal for her performance.
Madi Ward, Hollie Eckhardt, Katelyn Ruehmer, Kyle Ockwell and Sarah Wilcox all also were top performers for the day.
Home game this Saturday taking on Yarra Junction.
