The Seahawks have jumped into third place on the ladder with a thumping 114-point victory over Belconnen at Hanging Rock Oval.
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The win was set up by an 11-goals-to-one second half, making sure club stalwart Luke Dudley went home happy in his 200th game for the club.
The first half was played in tough conditions, as strong westerly winds made hitting targets very difficult for both sides.
The Seahawks played the conditions better than their opponents, kicking the only four goals of the first quarter to take a 25-point lead into the first break.
The second quarter was more of the same for Batemans Bay, as their dominance in the midfield paid dividends up forward.
Ross Hummel, Joshua Visser, and Cody Cameron all got their second goals of the match in the second quarter, as the home-side kicked another four goals to skip out to a 44-point lead at half time.
A tough task for the visitors became harder at half time, with the wind dying down a breeze during the break.
This opened the match up for the Seahawks in the third quarter, as the forward-line opened up with crisp ball movement.
Hamish Brill took advantage of good forward-half pressure to kick the first goal, before a Nathan Blackburn finished off a chain of handballs for a second in less than a minute.
Another four goals to the Seahawks completed a six-goals-to-one quarter, and gave them a 79-point lead at the final change.
Belconnen were down to zero on the bench in the final quarter, and the Seahawks showed no mercy in continuing to build a lead.
The home-side surprisingly struggled to score early on in the quarter, but the 200-gamer Luke Dudley got on the scoreboard nine-minutes into the last quarter to cap off a fantastic individual day.
That goal spurred the Seahawks on, as they kicked another four goals to run away with the 19.17 (131) to 2.5 (17) victory.
Cody Cameron was top goal-scorer with four, while Joshua Visser chipped in with three. Nathan Blackburn, Ross Hummel, and Kyle O’Malley all finished with two.
For Belconnen, Jack Sampson and Rory Markham kicked their only two goals of the day.
Batemans Bay 19.17 (131) (Best: J Visser, J Mulrooney, S Green, N Blackburn, H Brill, C Cameron) def. Belconnen 2.5 (17) (Best: J Iemma, A Stricker, J Sampson, A Wenke, E Hogan, A Watt).
The Seahawks reserves had a tough test against a very-good Goulburn side.
The home-side fought hard, but Goulburn’s class forward of the ball was the difference between the two sides.
The Seahawks went down by 59-points in a match that seemed closer than the final score indicated.
Goulburn 12.11 (83) (Goals: W Neate 5, S Treloar 4, B Armstrong, J Armstrong, P Nguyen; Best: S Treloar, H Copland, P Nguyen, B Armstrong, S Fleming, J Kent) def. Batemans Bay 3.6 (24) (Goals: C Hales 2, D Peach)
