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U12 - Year 7 - Northants Netball County Cup

Sponne School were due to host the U12 (year 7) Northants County Netball Plate last week on Wednesday 28th February, however due to the extremely cold weather and the onset of snow unfortunately the tournament was cancelled. The plate competition acts as a qualifying tournament for the County Cup with winner and runner up teams being invited to attend the Cup. On this occasion all teams entered into the plate were therefore invited to attend the County Cup.

 

Sponne found themselves in a very tough group with their first game of the day against Oundle. Our girls fought fearlessly from start to finish concentrating on forcing them to make errors and driving onto the ball down court. Final score 4-4. Next up was Wellingborough School and proved to be our toughest game of the day. Our persistence paid off eventually as we managed to get onto the scoreboard but were outshone on this occasion. Moulton were our final game in this group and our girls didn’t disappoint, relentless pressure from Franchesca Allen, Hermione Gilchrist, Becky Brown and Phoebe Earnshaw in defence meant they didn’t even get a shot on goal. Our Shooting Duo Emily Underwood and Lily Hancock worked so well together and the impressive final score was 14-0 to Sponne.

Finishing 2nd in our group put us into the semi-final and up against eventual winners Northampton High School. Whilst relentless pressure from Isabel Chapman and Hayley Dimond in the centre court meant we were in the lead at the break, the second half proved to be a much tougher game. Final game of the day was our play off game for 3rd or 4th place against Spratton Hall. This was quite possibly our best game of the day. Hayley Dimond had a very physical opponent at Wing Attack but showed resilience and calm under pressure throughout.
After an amazing day of netball Sponne U12’s were crowned County Plate winners and finished 3rd in the County Cup. A huge achievement! Congratulations Girls!

Players Player: Hayley Dimond, Coaches Player: Isabel Chapman
Full Squad: Emily Underwood, Lily Hancock, Hayley Dimond, Isabel Chapman, Phoebe Earnshaw, Becky Brown, Franchesca Allen, Hermione Gilchrist.
Mrs Wade

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