A, B and C Netball vs St Marys

This was our last fixture of a very busy, and successful, year on the netball front.

It was with mixed emotions that I approached the games – it’s always great to have our teams on court, but this was the last time I would be part of a match with our committed group of Year 6 players who have had much success in terms of their progress, results and how much fun they have made it week on week. They will be missed next year.

The A team completed their Dorchester netball journey with a 6-3 win against a strong team and should be very pleased with how well they calmed their play when St Mary’s started to narrow the gap and were able to combine well to ease ahead for their final victory of the year.

The B team saw a few players trialling new positions and against a well-practised St Mary’s team they found it hard to settle into their own game, but the 6-0 score line doesn’t reflect some of the smooth passages of play and lovely circle feeding that they displayed during the game.

This was the first ever match for most of our C team players, who waited very patiently to play in the third game of the fixture. The most pleasing thing about their performance was their technical netball – footwork was good, as was their understanding of their positions – which is key for all these players going forward. The final score was 4-0 to St Mary’s, but due to time constraints some of the opposition team were A team players playing out of position and so our C team should be very pleased with how they coped with this and how they managed to keep the score line within touching distance for the whole game – only one goal scored in the second half!

A huge thank you to all the players for their enthusiasm towards our matches this year and also to the number of parents who have regularly come to support, both home and away matches, whatever the weather!