Southern Primary Schools Netball Carnival

The Southern Gold Division 1 Team members were: Renae Stone, Chelsea York, Chloe Eiszele, Emily Foster, Nicole Graham, Teeghan Honey, Codey Cantlay, Matilda Wiggins and Linda Fish. The girls were coached by Kylie Broadbent. The team was selected from the following schools that trialled: Bagdad, Bothwell, Brighton, Bridgewater, Fairview, Glenora, Green Point, Kempton, Maydena, Molesworth, New Norfolk, Oatlands, Ouse & Westerway.

The Carnival was held at Creek Road, New Town today (19 August 2008)

Their first game was at 9.30am this morning against the Southern Green team. Southern Green consisted of traialled players from Cambridge, Campania, Dodges Ferry, Dunalley, Gagebrook, Herdsmand Cove, Levendale, Orford, Risdon Vale, Richmond, Sorell, Tasman, Triabunna & Warrane.

Emily Foster (GS) and Teeghan Honey (GA) played very well and was able to level the scores at 4-4 at the end of the first half. Chelsea York moved into WA for the last half and was able to feed the ball to Chloe Eiszele (GA) and Teeghan Honey (GS) to increase the scores.

Renae Stone (GD) was outstanding in defence and was able to keep the Southern Green's scores to a minimum with her timely intercepts.

The final score was Southern Gold 14 - Southern Green 8.

The second game was against Southern Blue at 10.30am. This team was selected from players from the following schools: Albuera Street, Bowen Road, Campbell Street, Goulburn Street, Landsdowne Crescent, Lenah Valley, Mt. Nelson, Mt. Stuart, New Town, Princes Street, South Hobart, Taroona and Waimea Heights.

Teeghan Honey and Chloe Eiszele teamed in goals and enabled the team to get off to a great start with acurate shooting and the score at the end of the first half was 7 - 1.

Chelsea York moved into GS and teamed with Chloe Eiszele at GA in the second half. With Teeghan Honey in the Centre and Emily Foster moving into WA paved the way for an outstanding second win.

The final score was Southern Gold 16 - Southern Blue 5.

The final game before lunch was against Huon/Channel. This team consisted of selected players from the following schools: Blackmans Bay, Bruny Island, Cygnet, Dover, Franklin, Geeveston, Glen Huon, Huonville, Illawarra, Kingston, Margate, Snug and Woodbridge.

The game was hard fought and with Chelsea York at GA combining with Matilda Wiggins at GS the scores were very close at half time 5 - 3.

The Centre court players, Teeghan Honey, Nicole Graham and Codey Cantlay came out playing very hard and with very tight defence from Renae Stone and Linda Fish, they were able to deny Huon/Channel many scoring opportunities and with accurate shooting from Chelsea York in GA, Southern Gold were able to take the win at the final siren.

The final score was: Southern Gold 10 - Huon/Channel 5.

Our lunch consisted of mixed sandwiches and yoghurt along with a much earned rest and idle "chit-chat" in the warm and very comfortable players room. Although the rain stayed away, the gale forced winds weren't so kind and played havoc with the balls as the goals were trying to shoot.

The first game after lunch was against Southern Red. This team was made up from selected players from the following schools: Bellerive, Clarendon, Howrah, Lauderdale, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne North, Montagu Bay, Rokeby and South Arm.

Matilda Wiggins - GS teamed with Chelsea York at GA and they easily piled on the goals in first half as they were assisted by Teeghan Honey - C and Emily Foster at WA. Linda Fish and Renae Stone combined well in defence (GK & GD respectively) and they kept the Southern Red score to a minimum.
The half time score was 9 - 3.

Chelsea York and Teeghan Honey were rested for the second half and this enabled Chloe Eiszele and Matilda Wiggins to increase the score. The unchanged defence line-up once again proved their worth and kept the Southern Red goals to just 1.

The final score was Southern Gold 13 - Southern Red 4.

Due to the extremely windy conditions the players were moved indoors for the final game against Southern Black. This team consisted of players selected from the following schools: Abbotsfield, Brent Street, Claremont, Collinsvale, Glenorchy, Goodwood, Mt. Faulkner, Moonah, Roseneath, Rosetta and Springfield Gardens.

Southern Gold's Matilda Wiggins - GS and Teeghan Honey - GA increased their teams score very quickly in the first half and as they were fully supported by Renae Stone - C and Nicole Graham WA the half time score was 8 - 1.

Chelsea York - normally an attacking player, requested to remain in the GD position at the other end of the court and teamed well with Linda Fish and the Centre Court players, Emily Foster and Chloe Eiszele and they were runaway winners in the second half.

The final score was : Southern Gold 15 - Southern Black 6.

All the girls enjoyed the carnival and were undefeated Division 1 Champions!!! The Huon/Channel team were in 2nd place.

WELL DONE GIRLS !!!