A second win on the board for East Sunbury will add to to the positives of what has been a tough season for the Essendon District Football League division 2 club.
After starting with a win in round one in the seniors to end a 1200 day losing streak not much has gone right for the Thunder.
They’re struggled to get more wins on the board, while they’ve had two matches against Sunbury rivals called off due to extenuating circumstances.
Despite everything, president Paul Wigginton said the atmosphere around the club was still really good.
“There’s been a snowball effect, but we are moving forward and we’re going to keep on going,” he said.
“Our training numbers have been good and the game plan is starting to work.
“We had a 120 point turnaround against Westmeadows from round two.”
“The senior side isn’t winning a lot of games but there is a lot of positivity around the group.”
Wigginton said the senior side was up and about still and that was flowing across the whole.
He said they needed to have a little bit of luck on their side.
“The mood isn’t negative,” he said. “There’s a lot getting to training and working on progression and working skills.
“We don’t want to focus on the negatives.”
Speaking before the weekend’s match, Wigginton said they had been hopeful of getting another win this season.
He said they were confident heading into the match with the Northern Saints.
They had every right to be as they came away with a 15.16 (106)-11.11 (77) win.
The Thunder led at every break in the win, kicking nine goals to five in the second half.
Joel Bonnici and Brendan Fevola kicked three goals each. Wade Lees was named their best.
Wigginton said they were hoping to have a big crowd for its match with Rupertswood in the coming weeks.
On the women’s side, Wigginton said the group remained upbeat under new coaches with the group focused on putting higher scores.
Wigginton said their junior program was looking good as well with their under-16s set to play finals and their under-14s also a chance.
“The whole club is like a big family.” he said. “You go into Thursday night meals and kids, juniors and senior players are coming down.
We had a BBQ a couple of weeks ago with 150 people there from across the board.
“We have a bit planned for the junior end of the season.”
