Well done to our super netball team who recently competed in a tournament against local schools which saw them win once, lose once and draw twice. Read the full match reports below, written by the netball team.
Game 1: Castletown vs Diamond Hall (draw 1-1)
At four o clock, we played our first match against Castletown. At the start of our match, it was their centre pass. They advanced up the court and got a shot on target but missed - luckily. After this, we caught the rebound but they won the ball back and gave it to the attacker. Luckily, Lucas caught the ball and sent it up field to Aiden, who passed it to Thakiya. After two attempts of shooting, Castletown got the rebound and passed it to their goal shooter.
They broke through and scored. It was 1-0 to them and we took our centre pass. They didn’t have the lead for long, however, since we got a goal back. It was now 1-1 at halftime. We changed our players around and went back onto the court. It was Castletown’s centre pass but luckily they missed their shot. They got the rebound but soon after James dived in for the interception. After many interceptions and attempted shots, we drew 1-1 and the match finished.
Game 2: St Mary’s vs Diamond Hall (loss 4-3)
It was St Mary’s centre pass first and they missed an attempted shot. Then Jack had a shot and missed, but he luckily caught the rebound and scored a goal. It was now 1-0 to us. Ellie tried to score but sadly missed. Straight after, Thakiya luckily scored another goal and it was 2-0 to us. Then, it was half time. After the break, St Mary’s scored another two goals and it was now a tie. Then, they scored twice and Leana scored a goal for us. At full time, it was 4-3 to them.
Game 3: St Mary’s 2 vs Diamond Hall (win 6-0)
It was their centre pass first. They got a shot and missed however caught the rebound but missed again. It was the our backline pass. We quickly got it up field and Thakiya scored. It was now 1-0 to us. It was our centre pass. After half time, Thakiya scored another three times - we were winning by 4-0. It was our centre pass and we quickly got it up-court and Aiden scored we had the lead by 5-0! Their centre pass was straight after we scored. Luckily, James intercepted the ball and passed it up court to Aiden, then he passed it up to Suki who scored. It was fulltime and the final score was 6-0 to us!
Game 4: Fulwell 1 vs Diamond Hall (draw 2-2)
It was our centre pass first. We quickly got up-court and Ellie scored we were up by 1-0. It was half time. It was Fulwell’s centre pass. They scored a goal it was 1 all. After, Thakiya scored a goal. We were in the lead by 2-1. Unfortunately, just before the end of the game, they scored and it was full time.