Sunday 27 September 2009

CANA - Day Two (Sunday)

Day 2 in Adelaide and OMG the weather is still CRAPPY !!!

U/13s played SAUCNA blue this morning. After a rocky start our girls fought hard and eventually prevailed 39-33. Best players: Isabella King (Bock) - C, WA, Chelsea York, GA and Ghislaine Morgan - WD. Ghislaine came into the game after qtr time and kicked butt !!!

Their second game at 4.30pm was against PANA (Port Adelaide Netball Assoc) and although they got a jump on our girls at the start, we fought back and after being 7 goals down in the 3rd qtr the girls played well and won the game 31-24.
Best Players: Chelsea York - GA, Bock King - C and Chloe Eiszele GS.

The U/17s only played 1 game today and unfortunately I dont have the final score to report, but Fuzz tells me they lost by a LOT :( . There was a massive rain and win storm that hit during the game and the girls were absolutely soaked !! I'm unable to report on the best players as I wasnt able to watch the whole game, but what I saw, I thought that Bec Boxall - GK and Ashlee Nichols - GD were playing very well.

I'm very sorry, but due to scoring duties and severe weather conditions, I was unable to take any photos of the 17's game :( . I promise to make up for that next time.

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.