15 Div 1 defeated St Joseph’s 29 to 13. Elimination Final
A very disciplined and focused effort from the 15u girls on Sunday saw them play their best game of the year (so far!) Solid performances from ALL 9 girls but special mention has to go to our circle defenders Steph Boyce and Elise Karpinski who kept Joeys to 4 goals by half time. In the 2nd quarter Joeys didn’t even get to put up a shot! Mary Waldron (just out from her sick bed)rewarded the defenders by hitting 26 goals from 32 attempts. Mariah opened up space brilliantly and excellent feeding from Kathryn and Jemma made sure that Joeys defenders didn’t get many opportunities to intercept. We made very few mistakes and our intensity through Centre court, rotating Maggie, Holly and Georgia made sure we were able to apply good pressure throughout the game. Thank you to all those people who turned up early to cheer us on.
We now play St Albans on Sunday at 9.15, and although we haven’t beaten them this year, the girls are confident that we can improve on our last effort against them. Jill Leader
The 13 and under girls showed great spirit and a much improved level of netball pushing South Barwon all the way in a 28 to 18 loss. Only a lapse in the second quarter prevented an upset.
Molly Gribble (the sole survivor from last years team) was our most consistent player over the four quarters providing drive from the centre position.
Grace Waldron shot well and moved well in goal attack.
Heidi Cole created space, shot well and provided drive as Goal shooter.
Chiara Caruana played her now normal strong game at wing defence.
Taylor Sharp was consistent at goal keeper and has displayed pleasing improvement in her first season of netball.
Tayla Edwards made good adjustments against a fast goal attack and intercepted some balls she simply would not have got to, earlier in the year.
Jayme Riccardi fed the shooters well and has improved the defensive aspect of her game.
Alana Bonanno has improved greatly over the course of the season and provided strong drive through the centre of the court.
I am thrilled by the girls improvement as a whole and look forward to 2011 with great anticipation with four players returning.