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Diamond Creek Football and Netball Club

Postal Address: PO Box 34, Diamond Creek, Vic 3089

1 Elizabeth Street Diamond Creek Vic 3089

Clubroom Phone: (03) 9438 1639 Fax: (03) 9438 6121

Email: [email protected]

March 2017 Edition # 2

Dear Members, Supporters, Past Players and Sponsors

Update of news from the Diamond Creek Football & Netball Club

What a start to the season the netball girls kicked the week off on Friday night with 3 teams out of 5 getting

across the line great effort by the girls considering some key players were unavailable.

Then the Footballers where off to North Heidelberg for Round 1 which was always going to be a good test for our

seniors coming up against a strong Boomer Harvey inspired North. We started well and lead up to half time,

letting our guard down North ran away from us and went on to win by 29 points.

The U19's won by 84 points. A pleasing result considering the amount of new players we have in the squad. With

up to 5 second year players to come back from injury things look good for the 19's again this year.

The reserves had a solid win against a much improved North Heidelberg. I'm sure Hoppe would be very happy

with the result considering the number of players he has to return into a very good side.

No games next week due to Easter.

The week after the U19's have a stand alone game against Epping on the Saturday 22/4/17.

The seniors will be playing Lalor at home on ANZAC DAY (Tuesday). This is a massive fixture for the club and we

hope to see all there.

Light Up Coventry Oval - Bendigo Bank Community Project

Thank you for supporting the recent online funding program to raise funds to upgrade the lighting at Coventry

Oval.

The project has been successful in reaching the $4000 target, with a final amount of $4343.65 raised, and

therefore, the local Diamond Creek Community Bank® will also contribute $4000.

Diamond 45

Welcome to winter.

First number drawn Saturday 8/4/17 25, belonging to Julie Smyth and Brock Manson. Congrats Julie and Brock

you're $450 richer.

I would like to thank Julie for being a gracious winner unlike Brock who felt the need to text me at 1:45am with

the tattslotto results. In Brocks defense he did call his victory at 3/4 time of the seniors match.


Football

Seniors The seniors jumped out of the blocks and looked a million dollars against the Harvey inspired North Heidelberg.

Unfortunately we had a disappointing third quarter that intimately cost us the match. What was pleasing was that

we were more than competitive against what everyone thinks is the best team in the comp. With several

important ins for next week we have plenty of room for improvement. With 6 U19 players in the seniors our best

footy is definitely ahead of us Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

North Heidelberg 1-3-9 5-8-38 11-10-76 13-10-88

Diamond Creek 4-2-26 7-4-46 7-4-46 9-5-59

Goal Kickers: J. Cosaitis 2, J. Prosser 2, B. Perry 2, B. Wescott, R. Kavanagh, K. Tenace

Best Players: O. Parks, T. Chapman, K. Watson, T. Barnes, J. McQueen, T. Franks

Reserves

The boys made a great start early with a 5 goal start by Andrew Gray. North Heidelberg tried hard to get back into

the game but with our enormous tackle pressure and relentless willing to do the hard gut running, we were able

to keep them at bay for the rest of the game and come out with a great team win first up. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4


Diamond Creek 5-4-34 6-5-41 10-9-69 10-10-70

Goal Kickers: A. Gray 6, M. Bullock, M. Smith, R. Pingree, E. Fawcett

Best Players: R. Pingree, A. Gray, C. Libertino, R. Burrell, W. Lowrie

Under 19’s

A slow start in which we weren't prepared to work hard enough when we didn’t have the football saw us concede

the first three goals of the match. After that the players increased their work rate and we were able to win the

next three quarters and have a comfortable win. We will need to have a more consistent effort in the future when

we come up against the stronger sides if we are to remain competitive Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4


Diamond Creek 0-4-4 6-11-47 10-12-72 16-19-115

Goal Kickers: K. O''Regan 4, L. Brannelly 3, J. Eckersall 2, T. McEntee, K. Brick, C. Whalley, H. Wall, J. Ludlow, R.

Noble, R. Donaldson

Best Players: M. Lewis, L. Brannelly, R. Hobbs, K. O''Regan, R. Noble, H. Wall

Round 2:

Under 19 - Epping Saturday 22/4/17 at Coventry Oval – 9:40am

Reserves – Lalor Tuesday 25/4/17 at Coventry Oval – 11:55am

Seniors – Lalor Tuesday 25/4/17 at Coventry Oval – 2:10pm


Netball

DC1-42 def by Lakeside/West Preston-47.

With over half of the paying squad unavailable for this grading game due to Victorian Netball League commitments, the

team got off to a slow start, but never really lost touch with Lakeside/WP. The margin wavered between 5 goals down

and 1 goal down but the girls could never quite hit the front. An injury to stalwart GK Bonnie Smith in the third quarter

left the team short for the remainder of the game, but what they gave up in numbers, they made up for in

determination. A tightly fought game until the end the team ended up going down by 5. Incentive to Kourtnee Baird

who shifted through the mid court and provided some vital intercepts in the last quarter.

DC2-30 def Heidelberg2-20

DC2 bolstered their defensive line up this week with the inclusion of veteran defender Lynsey Barrett. The game was

close throughout the first half with the teams remaining even at the main break. Coach Kristie Gannon made some

important changes to the attack end and the team stepped up, piling on the first 6 goals of the third term. Mollie

Marchbank looked at home in the GS position and Lexi Giannakis (incentive winner) was strong in WA.

DC3-46 def St Mary's 2-18

These girls led from beginning to end in a dominating performance across the court.

Defending duo Sarah Van Neiukerk and Riley Watkins hunted and pressured everything, while the midcourt controlled

the tempo and worked it down the court. Goalers Elise Garwood and Chloe Gray also found their form shooting

everything and anything that came into the circle. Incentive awarded to Cassie Lewis

DC4-24 def Sth Morang2 -21

After a first quarter melt down sore the team go into the break 7 down (4-11) this young team rallied together to play

some of the best netball we've seen so far. They slowly broke the opposition down and steadily pegged back the score

until they hit the front in the third quarter. Once the players took the lead they were able to control the tempo and

take the win. Incentive awarded to Kara Trowell who was consistent and a leader down the attacking end all game.

DC5-18 def by Mernda1-46

After a hotly contested first quarter, the girls weren't able to stay with the Mernda firsts. While they never gave up,

Mernda were too strong and may be likely to go up to Section 3 next week, after their second big win of the grading.

Incentive to Claudia Levings.

No games this weekend due to the Easter break, so teams will rest up and be ready for rd3 of grading the following

Friday.

Round 3:

DC1 v Heidelberg1 – 8:30pm – RMIT Crt 1

DC2 v Bundoora 2 – 6:30pm – RMIT Crt 2

DC3 v North Heidelber 2 – 6:30pm – RMIT Crt 3

DC4 – Bye

DC5 v Fitzroy Stars 2 – 7:20pm – RMIT Crt 2

(Updates will be posted on facebook prior to games)


Sponsorship

Our sponsorship subcommittee of Luke Prosser, Steve Sampson, Neil McRostie,

Peter Barnes and Dave Taylor have been working tirelessly over summer putting

together packages and contacting prospective sponsors and are already well ahead of where we were at

this time last year and are on track to sign up a record amount of sponsorship this year for the club.

Please ensure that for continued success for our great club and community that we support those

businesses that support us. We are very pleased to announce the following corporate partnerships and hope that you as supporters

of the club will also support these partners as we do want to be recognised as the club that supports

those who support us.

Achy Feet

Baron Insulation

Barry Plant R/E

BCK Automotive

Bekkat Homes

Bell’s Best Cuts

Bendigo Bank

CAELLI CONSTRUCTIONS

CDC Plumbing

Dane Thompson

Danielle Green

Diamond Valley Auto Care

Diamond Valley Hire

Findlay Air-conditioning

G. J. Gardner Homes

Graffiti Eaters

Hall's Funerals

Ironcore Transformers

Kingdom Projects

Landart Design and Constructions

La Sera

LP Warren Homes

Makin and Luby

Marendaz Pty Ltd

Mason White McDougall

Mees Bus Lines

Mitre 10

Neil’s Property Maintenance

Nillumbik Cellars (The Vines Cafe)

Northern Brake and Clutch

Northwest Drilling

OnePaper Industries

Practice Edge

Quest Apartments

ROHVIC Fasteners

Rotary Diamond Creek

Spot On Synthetics

The Panel Shed

Titans Taekwondo

Tarana Indian Restaurant

Tobin Bros Funerals

Tyrepower

Valley Home Loans

Volkeshome Auto

Watson Plumbing

Wilson Plumbing

Please also note that a copy of our 2017 sponsorship package is available by contacting Steve

Sampson at [email protected]. We look forward to your continued support next season.

Diamond Creek Football & Netball Club Committee.

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