Champion nets 300 games

By Lachlan Ellis

A legend of the Springbank Football Netball Club has notched up 300 games – the first senior Springbank netballer to do so, adding another accolade to a career full of premierships and awards.

Leane Mahar played her 300th game of netball for Springbank on Saturday 4 June at the Wallace Recreation Reserve, the milestone made even sweeter with a 33–24 win over Learmonth.

Ms Mahar was given flowers, and walked through a guard of honour formed by fellow players and supporters as she took to the court.

She said it was a love of the club, premiership success, and a love of netball that had kept her going for so long.

“Friendships and premierships have kept me playing for so long…I’ve won seven premierships at Springbank, and played in a few losing ones too. It’s a fantastic club, it’s very family-orientated,” Ms Mahar told the Moorabool News.

“I’m passionate about the club, and the friendships I’ve made along the way are irreplaceable. At one point in time, all the girls in the netball club I’ve either coached or played in the same team, whether it be A, B, or C Grade this year.”

Ms Mahar admitted her 300th game was “a little bit emotional”, with the “overwhelming support from everybody”, including some people travelling three and a half hours to see her.

As for the greatest moment of her netball career, she said it was a tie between the 2008 Grand Final, and playing netball with her daughter.

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