Reports on recent netball matches and tournaments, as written by Russell House players.

U10/11A v Kings Rochester
We played very well. Georgie and Annabel were our GS and GA and they were exceptional at their shooting. We won and everyone did amazing at their positions. Amelia
U10/11B v Kings Rochester
We won 3-2 after a long and close match. For the first half it was 0-0, but both teams were playing incredibly well. After the third quarter, we were down by 2, but it was very close. We were playing very well for the whole match but we really stepped it up in the last quarter. We scored three goals and stopped them from getting any chances to shoot, with only one or two exceptions. It was the last netball fixture for the Form 7s and we are very happy that we won. Anya was the player of the match and she definitely deserved it. Catherine
U11 ISA National Netball Finals

We went to the ISA Nationals Finals at King's High in Warwick. It was a tough day with lots of great netball and overall, we came 6th in the country! Our first match was against Scarisbrick Hall, which we won 8-4. We then played Heywood and won 7-2. Our third match was against St Hilda's, which we won 6-1 and then we won 7-3 against Malvern St James. Our fifth match was against Ipswich High and we scored our most goals there, winning 13-5. We went into our last match as the joint-top team in our group. Annabel and Georgie had done some amazing shooting and Beatrix's excellent defending had helped us to play so well. Jessica's passing from the centre circle was superb. Our final match was the hardest with us playing
The Study. We have probably never played this hard in any matches and we lost 7-13, but we did play excellently. This meant we finished second in our group, out of 7 schools, so we progressed to the semi-finals of the Plate. After a slightly wobbly start, we beat Wester Green, which meant that we qualified for the finals of the Plate! We played Ursuline in the final and it was a tough match. We missed some chances, which put us behind, but we didn't give up. It was close in the end, but we ended up narrowly missing out on the title. However, this meant that we finished 6th out of the 28 schools who had qualified through to the national finals, which we are enormously proud of. A special thank you to Mr Falconer and Mrs Curling for coaching and taking us to this event and for all the support all of our parents gave us.
Nandin
