Sunday 13th November 2011
Player of the match : Georgina H
SCORE: S. Anselm’s WON 18 – 8
The team:
Arabella H CAPT
Annie G-P
Jessica R-S
Alice S
Ella N
Arabella A
Georgina H
Erin S
Today’s match showed an excellent display of netball. Even though the S. Anselm’s team had only had one training session in preparation for this fixture, they certainly did us proud. Mowden Hall were such a lovely team to play. We met the girls and staff a few weeks back at Mowden, when S. Anselm’s toured up to Northumberland for the Year 8 rugby and hockey tour. Of which it was again a fantastic match and atmosphere.
The first quarter started off tight, goals were being scored on centre passes and it was certainly going to be a close game. Arabella H, Georgina H and Erin S all marked tight and certainly broke down the oppositions attacking play consistently. In the first quarter the only weakness was quality of the pass and this was losing possession for the S. Anselm’s team. Tactically and positionally the team were good, Annie G-P, Ella N and Jessica R-S were creating opportunities into the attacking D but unfortunately the first time shots on goal were not going in partly due to nerves. However, at the end of the first quarter there was lots to discuss with a scoreline S. Anselm’s in the lead 4 – 3.
The second quarter was again very close, Arabella A certainly had a super quarter at W.A. and the half time score was 6 – 5 to S. Anselm’s. Erin S marked well and certainly looked fit, agile and determined to pressurise the shooters. Mrs Northcott then made a change to the team and moved Arabella H to Goal Shooter and Alice S to Goal Keeper, with Arabella A at Wind def and Ella N in at Wing attack. The ball flowed well particularly into the attacking circle with Arabella H sinking exceptional shots on goal. Her positioning was excellent which allowed a good first time ball into the shooting circle. Annie G-P, Jessica R-S and Ella N were timing their movement onto the ball to perfection and this allowed S. Anselm’s to convert many goals in the 3rd quarter. The ¾ score was 13 – 8 to S. Anselm’s.
In the final quarter it was quite obvious that S. Anselm’s were back into netball mode. The passing was slick, outstanding interceptions were made by Georgina H as Goal defence, and her delivery of the first time ball into the attacking third was top class! Alice S made effective tips in the Mowden Hall attacking circle and picked up impressive rebounds to ensure that S. Anselm’s had possession once again. Arabella A and Ella N both worked tirelessly in the key wing positions and they both made crucial attacks on the ball when needed. The final score was 18 – 8 to S. Anselm’s. Well done on a fine performance of netball. A huge thank you to Mowden Hall for coming to visit us, we have thoroughly enjoyed playing the girls at both hockey and netball. Good luck Mowden for the remainder of the term and look forward to meeting you all again in the future.
Thank you to our parents for their support, thank you to Mrs Seddon for not only your valuable cheering but also medical support!
MPN
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Mon, November 14, 2011
by Admin