The Avoca Football Netball Club would like to congratulate Colleen Drummond who this week against Carisbrook will play her 300th game for our club.
Colleen first played netball for the club way back in 1982 in the Under 14’s and was lucky enough to play in a premiership in her first season of netball.
She then played the next two season’s in the Under 16 grade which resulted in two more premierships and an Under 16 Best & Fairest award in 1983 and a Runner Up Best & Fairest by one vote to Helen Hamer in 1984.
Because of Colleen’s uncanny goal shooting ability, she was promoted to the Senior team in 1985 to form a deadly goal shooting alliance with her sister Leah Harris, who also was a quality player with a number of League Best & Fairest awards to her name.
Avoca won consecutive Lexton Netball Association Premiership from 1986 to 1990 and Colleen played in all of these premierships and was Captain in 1987, 88 & 89.
Colleen and her husband Bill then started a family, so Colleen had a hiatus from netball until returning to the fold in 2002 and has continued to play for Avoca for the past ten years.
Avoca again won the Premiership in 2006 and in 2007 and Colleen was an integral part of the team, and was again the Captain in 2007.
The Bulldogs have always had a strong netball club and the A Grade girls won the premiership again in 2010, with Colleen’s ability also being rewarded when she won the club Best & Fairest award. She also achieved this feat again in 2011.
Colleen has been an outstanding contributor to the Avoca Bulldogs over the past 30 years. She has won numerous awards and is a multiple premiership player who has also shot over 6,500 goals during her time under the goal ring.
The Drummond name continues to be seen in the Avoca netball notes with the emergence of Colleen’s children, Brooke and Caitlin, who are both showing signs that they will be players of the future.
Colleen is not one for publicity and is all about team rather than individual so will probably be embarrassed by the hype, but this is an achievement that needs to be recognised, particularly as she had a ten year break in between the years.
Otherwise she may have played close to 500 games!
Congrats from everyone at the Avoca Bulldogs Colleen!
A Grade: 248 games B Grade: 3 games U16 Grade: 32 games U14 Grade: 17 games
Last Modified on 23/07/2012 11:34