Excellent visiting speaker again this week: Terry Wheeler the captain of the victorious Dromana 2018 Seniors football team after recently winning the Grand Final against Red Hill.
Terry came from Sale and now lives in Frankston and has played for Dromana for 4 years. He barracks for Essendon and keeps himself fit by training all year around.
Terry explained that the last Grand final Dromana  won was in 2013 after which many long term experienced players retired. After this time the seniors team was lacking and had to rebuild.  The Under 19 team did well at that time so those players were targeted to be developed for the future senior team.  This took time and this year’s win is the result.
At the beginning of the season this year the seniors won the first nine games with their first loss to Red Hill. The larger oval and its rounder shape was a challenge to Dromana so that was considered in strategy planning.  Dromana at the end of the season was three games up on top of the ladder. At the end of games Dromana played Red Hill In the Grand Final at Frankston. From the lessons learned playing Red Hill in an early final also, they were optimistic.  The game was hard fought with Dromana winning by 8 points. Players, coaches and supporters enjoyed their success for many days!  As a result Dromana Football seniors have been promoted to a higher division, Division 1, and look forward to the challenge as they have still many skilled players to take them to the future successfully.
 Terry commented on the Netball part of their association also. Netball teams are growing and improving. This year 3  out of the 4 teams reached finals. This had not happened previously. Teams need more netball courts and are hoping to have some built near the football complex.