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NCFL - ALL EIGHT CLUBS
THE 2010s for Elmore in the Heathcote District league started with the Bloods among the competition's top flag contenders, but ended with the least amount of senior wins of any club for the decade.
The Bloods of 2010 and 2011 had four chances at getting through to a grand final, but were unsuccessful at each opportunity, losing the second semi-final and preliminary final in both years.
Elmore won 25 of its 38 games during those two years, but only 28 more over the remaining eight seasons of the decade, which adds to the Bloods disappointment of not cashing in on their 2010 and 2011 opportunities.
There were three wooden spoons for the Bloods throughout the decade - 2013 (one win), 2014 (no wins) and 2018 (one win).
As well as their 2010-11 campaigns, the Bloods managed one more finals appearance for the decade in 2016 when they copped an 82-point hiding off Colbinabbin in the elimination final.
That 2016 season also featured Elmore's Danny Brewster winning the HDFL goalkicking with 84 in the home and away season.
Brewster's back half of 2016 was particularly dominant. It included one five-game stretch between rounds 13 and 17 when he kicked bags of six, nine, 10, seven and five goals.
Brewster, who joined the Bloods in 2015 and would go on to coach the club from 2017-19, ended the decade as both Elmore's leading goalkicker with 201 and ranked No.1 for most best player votes (six for being named best, five for second best and so on).
Brewster kicked goals in 56 games for the Bloods, including four double-figure hauls - 12 v Heathcote (round 10, 2016), 11 v Mount Pleasant (round 7, 2016), 10 v Huntly (round 18, 2015) and 10 v White Hills (round 15, 2016).
James Harney with 187 was the only other Elmore player to kick more than 100 goals for the decade, while he was also one of only four players in the competition - along with Hoby Bussey, Jarrod Findlay and Ryan Semmel - to play five inter-league games during the 2010s.
Elmore's best player votes for the decade featured three with more than 100 - Brewster (146), ruckman Jack Hayes (131) and former coach Andy Grant (120).
Hopefully, for the Bloods' sake during the 2020s that begin under new coach Dylan Friedberger they can buck the trend of the past four decades in which their wins have declined from 109 (1980s) to 104 (1990s) to 93 (2010s) to 53 (2010s).
YEAR-BY-YEAR:
2010
Finished - 3rd (13-6)
lost preliminary final to LBU
Most best player votes:
Andy Grant - 37
Leading goalkicker:
Adam Williams - 35
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2011
Finished - 3rd (12-7)
lost preliminary final to Heathcote
Most best player votes:
Jason Griffin - 39
Leading goalkicker:
Simon Weekley - 45
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2012
Finished - 7th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Andy Grant - 49
Leading goalkicker:
Bryce Scott - 31
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2013
Finished - 9th (1-15)
Most best player votes:
James Drake - 68
Leading goalkicker:
Anthony Pierri - 27
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2014
Finished - 9th (0-15-1)
Most best player votes:
Jeff McMurtrie - 44
Leading goalkicker:
James Harney - 22
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2015
Finished - 6th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Danny Brewster - 51
Leading goalkicker:
Danny Brewster - 51
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2016
Finished - 5th (8-9)
lost elimination final to Colbinabbin
Most best player votes:
Danny Brewster - 55
Leading goalkicker:
Danny Brewster - 85
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2017
Finished - 8th (3-12-1)
Most best player votes:
Nathan Brewster - 37
Leading goalkicker:
James Harney - 34
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2018
Finished - 9th (1-15)
Most best player votes:
Ben Makepeace - 50
Leading goalkicker:
James Harney - 35
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2019
Finished - 7th (5-11)
Most best player votes:
Bailey Boyack - 52
Leading goalkicker:
Romain Grenville - 48
BEST PLAYER VOTES:
1 - Danny Brewster
Votes: 146
Times in best: 35
Top 3: 27 No.1: 6
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2 - Jack Hayes
Votes: 131
Times in best: 35
Top 3: 19 No.1: 8
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3 - Andy Grant
Votes: 120
Times in best: 29
Top 3: 19 No.1: 10
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4 - Matt Gilmour
Votes: 96
Times in best: 25
Top 3: 14 No.1: 5
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5 - James Harney
Votes: 92
Times in best: 30
Top 3: 14 No.1: 2
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6 - Nick Kellow
Votes: 92
Times in best: 28
Top 3: 12 No.1: 4
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7 - Ben Makepeace
Votes: 81
Times in best: 25
Top 3: 14 No.1: 4
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8 - Tom Kuhne
Votes: 74
Times in best: 20
Top 3: 9 No.1: 3
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9 - Bailey Boyack
Votes: 70
Times in best: 18
Top 3: 11 No.1: 3
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10 - Danny Bateman
Votes: 70
Times in best: 16
Top 3: 13 No.1: 7
TOP 10 GOALKICKERS:
1 - Danny Brewster
Goals: 201
High: 12 Games: 58
5+: 14 10+: 4
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2 - James Harney
Goals: 187
High: 7 Games: 71
5+: 4 10+: 0
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3 - Simon Weekley
Goals: 69
High: 11 Games: 16
5+: 6 10+: 1
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4 - Travis Mills
Goals: 65
High: 4 Games: 28
5+: 0 10+: 0
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5 - Bryce Scott
Goals: 64
High: 7 Games: 27
5+: 3 10+: 0
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6 - Ryan Wellington
Goals: 56
High: 5 Games: 25
5+: 1 10+: 0
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7 - Andy Grant
Goals: 55
High: 6 Games: 31
5+: 1 10+: 0
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8 - Adam Williams
Goals: 50
High: 4 Games: 27
5+: 0 10+: 0
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9 - Romain Grenville
Goals: 48
High: 8 Games: 12
5+: 5 10+: 0
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10 - Bill Longford
Goals: 39
High: 4 Games: 24
5+: 0 10+: 0
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
v Colbinabbin
Record - 4-17
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v Heathcote
Record - 11-11-1
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v Huntly
Record - 8-12
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v Leitchville-Gunbower
Record - 7-13
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v LBU
Record - 7-16
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v Mount Pleasant
Record - 8-11-1
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v North Bendigo
Record - 3-17
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v White Hills
Record - 5-15
DECADE RECORD:
Played - 167
Won - 53
Lost - 112
Drawn - 2
Winning % - 31.7%
Average for/agst - 76/111
Seasons in finals - 3
Finals record - 2-5
Premierships - 0
RESERVES:
Total wins - 36
Seasons in finals - 1
Premierships - 0
UNDER-17S:
Total wins - 62
Seasons in finals - 4
Premierships - 0
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