KELLIE Anset will cement her place on Saturday as one of Calivil’s enduring netball legends.
The Demons’ star and life member will take the court for senior game number 500.
Kellie’s achievement will coincide with club reunions of its 1984 B and C Grade and 1954 A Grade netball premiership sides.
When Kellie played her first netball game for Calivil in 1989 as a 12-year-old, Bob Hawke was still in the Lodge, Maggie Thatcher was the UK’s prime minister, the internet was a year away from being invented and mobile phones were the size of house bricks.
This Saturday, in a feat 35 years in the making, she will play her 500th senior match for the Demons – an annoying head cold permitting.
Now aged 47, the thought of retiring is something Kellie has contemplated more than once.
Her plan now is to hang up her netball outfit at the end of this season, which she is playing alongside 18-year-old daughter Imogen in C Grade.
“It was my plan, if I could play a year with Imogen – I’ve promised people I would retire,” she told the Loddon Herald. 
“With young people coming up, I feel bad if I’ve pinched someone’s place.”
However, Kellie acknowledged that she had made a decent contribution on court this season, as well as coaching the team. 
“So, perhaps another season is not off the table,” Kelly said ahead of the milestone match.
Her fitness and resilience have seen her miss very few games over her career, a couple of ankle injuries and an off-season shoulder reconstruction having sidelined her for short periods. She also missed part of a season after giving birth to Imogen.
This year had been about Kellie using her vast experience to nurture a team comprised of “young ones; me, being quite old, and a few in the middle”.
While they had won only one game for the season, against Inglewood, there had been constant improvement.
She said: “With the young ones coming up, it was a bit tough to start with, but we’re definitely doing much better when we play teams again.”
Added to the 500 senior appearances are two seasons with Serpentine minis and two with Calivil juniors, so her overall tally of games is nudging 600.
Kellie has played in nine premierships, won more than 10 club best-and-fairest awards and taken out two league B Grade best-and-fairest trophies as well as representing the Loddon Valley in inter-league matches. 
She has also coached three premierships over the past 15 years.
Last year she was awarded life membership of Calivil in recognition of her remarkable service to the club.