CANA Championships - Saturday 26 September 2009

Day One - Saturday 26 September 2009

The weather here in Adelaide has been very poor. It blown a gale, rained, haled and did I mention the wind ???

The opening ceremony was quite short (just the way we like it) and thank God the rain held off for entire time. Chels was quite nervous as the first duty as Captain of the U/13 team was to lead the entire Championship teams onto the courts. There werent many smiles forth coming as the look of concentration took over.

The U/13 team played Marleston first up and the U/17's took on SAUCNA.

The 13's started quite well but Marleston ran away with the game in the second half and won the game 31-11. Best players: Emma Groves - GD, Chelsea York - GA, Isaballa King - C, WA.

The 17's game was very close throughout and with a deficit of 6 goals heading into the final quarter the girls rallied but heartbreakingly lost the game by only 2 goals.

Best players: Ashlee Nichols - GK, Hollie Coleman C, WA & Sara White GS.

Our U/13s played SAUCNA in the 2nd game at 7.30pm. It proved to be the tough game as it promised to be and our girls lost the game 14-39. The wind was playing havoc with the ball and our girls found it extremely difficult to score.

Best players: Isabella King - C, Chelsea York - GA, Emma Groves - GD.

The U/17s were outclassed in their game against Westfield (new association from NSW entering the competition for the first time). The courts were very wet following a severe hail storm that left fairly large stones on the court prevented our team from using their past paced game and the Westfield team were runaway winners by 30 goals.