Elmore living up to hype at halfway mark of HDFNL A Grade season

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ELMORE is delivering on its pre-season hype as one of the predicted power teams as the Heathcote District league A Grade netball competition reaches the halfway mark.

The Bloods were touted as a force to be reckoned with given their impressive recruiting that was boosted on the eve of the season with the additional signings of Gabe Richards and Andrea Wilson.

The dominant Bloods have hit the halfway mark of the season undefeated with a 9-0 record (they have played an extra game due to their season-opener against White Hills being moved forward from round 14).

No opposition team has got within 18 goals of the Bloods as they head the table from perennial power Colbinabbin, whose only defeat so far has been to Elmore in round one.

Then follows a logjam, with Huntly, North Bendigo and reigning premier White Hills all separated by just half-a-game from third to fifth.

Record - 9-0

Percentage - 199.3

Goals for - 588

Average - 65

Goals against - 295

Average - 33

Attack rank - 1st

Defence rank - 1^st

SEASON RESULTS:

Season opener: 59 def White Hills 41

Round 1: 47 def Colbinabbin 29

Round 2: 72 def Mount Pleasant 34

Round 3: Bye

Round 4: 67 def LBU 25

Round 5: 61 def Huntly 35

Round 6: 77 def L'ville-Gunbower 22

Round 7: 71 def White Hills 38

Round 8: 69 def North Bendigo 42

Round 9: 65 def Heathcote 29

Record - 7-1

Percentage - 156.8

Goals for - 483

Average - 60

Goals against - 308

Average - 39

Attack rank - 2nd

Defence rank - 2^nd

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 29 lt Elmore 47

Round 2: 54 def LBU 29

Round 3: 58 def Huntly 40

Round 4: 76 def L'ville-Gunbower 31

Round 5: 67 def White Hills 47

Round 6: 74 def North Bendigo 36

Round 7: 68 def Heathcote 35

Round 8: Bye

Round 9: 57 def Mount Pleasant 43

Record - 5-3

Percentage - 109.0%

Goals for - 362

Average - 45

Goals against - 332

Average - 42

Attack rank - 6th

Defence rank - 3^rd

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 43 lt North Bendigo 46

Round 2: 61 def Heathcote 29

Round 3: 40 lt Colbinabbin 58

Round 4: 53 def Mount Pleasant 48

Round 5: 35 lt Elmore 61

Round 6: 52 def LBU 28

Round 7: Bye

Round 8: 44 def L'ville-Gunbower 35

Round 9: 34 def White Hills 27

Record - 5-3

Percentage - 96.6%

Goals for - 370

Average - 46

Goals against - 383

Average - 48

Attack rank - 4th

Defence rank - 6^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 46 def Huntly 43

Round 2: 48 def L'ville-Gunbower 20

Round 3: 48 lt White Hills 51

Round 4: Bye

Round 5: 51 def Heathcote 48

Round 6: 36 lt Colbinabbin 74

Round 7: 49 def Mount Pleasant 46

Round 8: 42 lt Elmore 69

Round 9: 50 def LBU 32

Record - 4-4-1

Percentage - 107.1%

Goals for - 422

Average - 47

Goals against - 394

Average - 44

Attack rank - 3rd

Defence rank - 4^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Season opener: 41 lt Elmore 59

Round 1: 54 def L'ville-Gunbower 22

Round 2: Bye

Round 3: 51 def North Bendigo 48

Round 4: 56 def Heathcote 29

Round 5: 47 lt Colbinabbin 67

Round 6: 41 dr Mount Pleasant 41

Round 7: 38 lt Elmore 71

Round 8: 67 def LBU 23

Round 9: 27 lt Huntly 34

Record - 3-4-1

Percentage - 103.9%

Goals for - 370

Average - 46

Goals against - 356

Average - 45

Attack rank - 5th

Defence rank - 5^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: Bye

Round 2: 34 lt Elmore 72

Round 3: 42 def LBU 28

Round 4: 48 lt Huntly 53

Round 5: 47 def L'ville-Gunbower 22

Round 6: 41 dr White Hills 41

Round 7: 46 lt North Bendigo 49

Round 8: 69 def Heathcote 34

Round 9: 43 lt Colbinabbin 57

Record - 2-6

Percentage - 66.9%

Goals for - 281

Average - 35

Goals against - 420

Average - 53

Attack rank - 7th

Defence rank - 8^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 40 def LBU 26

Round 2: 29 lt Huntly 61

Round 3: 37 def L'ville-Gunbower 24

Round 4: 29 lt White Hills 56

Round 5: 48 lt North Bendigo 51

Round 6: Bye

Round 7: 35 lt Colbinabbin 68

Round 8: 34 lt Mount Pleasant 69

Round 9: 29 lt Elmore 65

Record - 1-7

Percentage - 51.9%

Goals for - 219

Average - 27

Goals against - 422

Average - 53

Attack rank - 9th

Defence rank - 9^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 22 lt White Hills 54

Round 2: 20 lt North Bendigo 48

Round 3: 24 lt Heathcote 37

Round 4: 31 lt Colbinabbin 76

Round 5: 22 lt Mount Pleasant 47

Round 6: 22 lt Elmore 77

Round 7: 43 def LBU 39

Round 8: 35 lt Huntly 44

Round 9: Bye

Record - 0-8

Percentage - 55.4%

Goals for - 230

Average - 29

Goals against - 415

Average - 52

Attack rank - 8th

Defence rank - 7^th

SEASON RESULTS:

Round 1: 26 lt Heathcote 40

Round 2: 29 lt Colbinabbin 54

Round 3: 28 lt Mount Pleasant 42

Round 4: 25 lt Elmore 67

Round 5: Bye

Round 6: 28 lt Huntly 52

Round 7: 39 lt L'ville-Gunbower 43

Round 8: 23 lt White Hills 67

Round 9: 32 lt North Bendigo 50

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