U11 ISA National Finals: On the 11th of March, we travelled to Warwick to take part in the ISA National Netball Finals. The first match, we lost 8-1 as Lady Barn House are a very strong team, but the second match, however, we won 11-3 against Stover. The next match we played, we drew 3-3 against Gatehouse, but we were not on our top form and the fourth match, we won 5-4 against Thomas's Battersea. Next, we lost to Copthill 10-4, then we won against St Dominics 10-0. This meant that we came third in our group. We then went through to the quarter-finals of the plate and won 9-2 against Akeley Wood. We reached the semi-finals and won that too, 10-4 against Clare's Court and then won the finals 7-3 against Heywood Prep. This resulted in us winning the plate competition and coming away with gold medals from another National Finals! Alba

 

U11B v King's Rochester: On the 11th of March, we played Kings Rochester and lost 8-5 but we all played really well. Anya and Imogen were players of the match. Lucy, Orla and Bella played in shooting positions. Orla

IAPS Regional Championships: On the 5th of March we went to Kent College for a netball tournament. We didn't have Zoey our (GD). Replacing her, we had two new additions to the team, Lottie and Isabelle. They played extremely well, intercepting nearly every ball. Thanks to them and the rest of the team, we won all the group games. Rosie hurt her ankle in the semi-finals, but she stayed strong and her shooting was on point. Annabel was our GA and she made great quick passes to Jessica. Alba played incredibly throughout the entire tournament even with her sprained finger. Jessica made amazing long passes to Rosie and some great movement to receive passes from Annabel. Lottie and Isabelle were on fire sprinting all around the netball pitch getting all the balls that came to them. Olivia linked up some great opportunities to score goals. The first team we played was St Ronans and the score was 9-2 to us. Then we went on to play the second team in our group stage. This was a really tight game but in the end we won 8-7. The final game in our group stage was Holmewood House. We again played extremely well and in the end we won. That meant that we were through to the quarter-finals and we narrowly won that game after extra time. We then played Bromley High in the semi-finals, which we won. In the finals we played Walthamstow Hall. Even though they beat us, we played extraordinarily well. At the end of the tournament, we came 2nd in the cup and we each received a medal on a lovely aqua ribbon. Jessica

 

U9B v Sevenoaks Prep: In our match, the score was 9-4 to us. Baani was the player of the match. Erin

U10/11 C v Walthamstow Hall: We played Walthamstow Hall and Evie, Maya, Isla scored all of the goals. Our Player of the match was Maka. We were moving around a lot and we won 9-4. Maka

U10/11 B v Walthamstow Hall: We played Walthamstow Hall on the 25th of February and the score ended up being 7-7. Isabelle was player of the match as she played so well in defence. Isabella played well in centre and all the shooters were really good. Lucy

U11 IAPS National Netball Championships: On the 25th of February, we went down to Hampshire to play in the IAPS Netball Tournament at West Hill Park. Our first match was against Ashfold. They were a strong team and the first half of the match was very tight, with the half-time score being 6-3. In the second half, we managed to pull away and ended up winning 11-6. Our second match was against Framlingham Prep. We played really well and won 13-1. Our last group match was against King's St Albans. We did lots of great defending and brilliant passes into the circle. We won 13-3. We went through as top of our group to the quarter-finals and played West Hill Park, who were the host team. We played really well and won 8-0. Next we played Winterfold in the semiifinals. They were a much stronger team than anyone else we had played. We battled hard, but sadly lost 11-6. We then had a play-off for third place against St George’s School. We played really well and beat them 6-3, so we came third overall in the National Finals of the Cup! Annabel

U8 A v Sevenoaks Prep: We were very good as a team and worked really well together, passing the ball and supporting each other. Everyone tried their best and we scored 8-4 against the other team. We had lots of fun! Ela

U8 B v Sevenoaks Prep: It was a fun match. The score was 5-2. We all tried our best and Sophia was player of the match. Sophia

U9A v Sevenoaks Prep: In our match against Sevenoaks Prep, the following goals were scored: Ana 2, Lara 3 and Imogen 2. The overall result was 7-5 to Russell house. The player of the match was Eliora. Imogen

U10/11A v Sevenoaks Prep: We played two amazing matches. In the first match, we lost 13-9. In the second match we won. Jessica, Zoey and Rosie, with her shooting, stole the spotlight. We had started very well, but we got a bit tired. In summary, we played extremely well. Jessica got player of the match (because she was absolutely amazing.) It was lots of fun though we were all super tired at the end. Lottie

U10/11B v Sevenoaks Prep: We won 14-0 in the first game. We played really well and scored lots of goals and Anya got the player of the match. The second game we lost 10-2. We could have played better, but we were puffed out by their efforts and they played really well. Isabella got player of the match. The last match we played we won 4-3. It was a close one, but we came out on top, just! By this time, we were very tired, but we still played our best. Isabelle got player of the match. Anya

U10/11C v Sevenoaks Prep: We won 6-1. We played very well and all of us worked very hard. The player of the match was Maka. The two people who scored the goals were Isla and Evie. Isla scored 5 goals and Evie scored 1 goal. But I think all of us did very well! Kiki

U9 Sevenoaks School Tournament: The U9 A team played a netball tournament at Sevenoaks School. We played very well. In the group stages, we played against six schools. We won three games, lost two and drew one, which meant that overall we came 3rd in our group. Eliora did some great intercepting. Ella and Lara were great at shooting. Overall, we were excellent! Lara

U9 A v Walthamstow Hall: Today we played against Walthamstow Hall for our first match of the season. They won 4-2, but that didn't bring our moods down because we all had a fantastic time. Lara scored the first goal and Evelyn scored the second. This was a great first game and Emilia was player of the match. Well done to all of the team. Eliora 

U10/11 A v Caterham: We all played extremely well in the match. It was a very tight game and we managed to win it in the end. The score was 13-10. Our player of the match was Jessica as she was an amazing centre, getting loads of interceptions. It was a very good game, so well done everyone. Annabel

U10/11 B v Caterham: We played against Caterham Prep and we were sadly beaten 10–2 by a strong Caterham Prep side. Caterham took control early, going into half-time with a 6–0 lead. We showed great improvement in the second half, matching Caterham more closely as it finished 4–2. Orla and Lucy scored the goals for Russell House, rewarding their team’s hard work. Despite the result, Isabel and Anya were named Players of the Match, at the end of the game for their great defence. Nahla

U10/11 C v St Michael's: The C and D team played well all together. The score was 11/1 to them, so we did lose but that does not stop us from having fun. The player of the match was Isabella. Isabella

U11 Netball tournament at Sevenoaks School:
On Wednesday afternoon, the U11 A team were off to Sevenoaks School to play amazingly at the tournament. For the first match, we played Walthamstow Hall and sadly we lost, but we played very well and Annabel and Alba scored very good goals. The second match we drew. It was a very close score. The Third match we won and we definitely earned it. We made amazing passes in all of them so we all should be very proud. The fourth match we won against Hurst. Then we got into the semifinal and we sadly lost to a very strong CHS. We definitely tried our best and finished third overall. Rosie  

U8/9 A v Rose Hill: In the match we played Rose Hill school and the score was 9-0 and we won. Poppy, Clara, Ela and Evelyn scored the goals. The player of the match was Isabella. We had about 13 or 14 attempts and they had 4 attempts. They worked really hard and so did we and their player of the match was the centre. Evelyn

U8/9 B v Rose Hill: We won 8-0. Ellie got player of the match but we all tried our best. Baani

U9 v Rose Hill: Our match was great. The score was 8-2 to us. Lara scored 7 goals and Imogen scored 1 and the player of the match was also Lara. We had so much fun and love playing matches. Anastasia

U10/11 C v Walthamstow Hall: We played a great match away at Walthamstow Hall. The score was 9-3 to us and Isla scored 1, Evie scored 1 and Bella scored 7. We did very well in linking up passes and keeping possession of the ball. Maka played in centre for part of the match and made some great interceptions, whilst Lottie did some amazing defending as well as being given player of the match by the other team. Bella

U10/11 A v Walthamstow Hall: On Wednesday, the Russell House A Team played a netball match against Walthamstow Hall. The team played really well, with excellent defending and some great goals. Everyone worked hard and showed good teamwork. Even though Russell House tried their best, they lost the match 29-18 to Walthamstow Hall. It was still a good performance and a match to be proud of. Imogen

U9 B v Hazelwood: Today we won 5-3 against Hazelwood. The player of the match was Modupe. Mullai

U9 A v Hazelwood: The match against Hazelwood with the score at 7-0 to us. The player of the match was Ana who played very well. All of the other girls played very well too. Emilia 

U8 A v Hazelwood: Russell House played Hazelwood and won 14-0. It was also quite chilly outside. Ela played goal attack and stood out as our best player and also scored 10 goals. Poppy also scored some good goals as goal shooter.  Isabella, Ellie and Clara played really well in defence and didn't concede any goals. I think we could be running into space a bit more rather than just standing still.  We also had a strong defence to build up to get us to score and to defend our netball post.  So we had a really good match... and, of course, the match tea was delicious as well! Jessica

U8 B v Hazelwood: Yesterday we had an amazing match! We won 9-0. Our sensational Sophia and Sadie did the scoring. I did the defending. I really hope we win all the netball matches. Penny

U10/11 B v Walthamstow Hall:

We played against Walthamstow Hall and won 13 - 10. Isabella played really well as centre and Amelie played really well as WA. Orla got the player of the match, but everyone was brilliant. Orla

ISA London South U11 Regional Netball Championships

We went to Lingfield to play a tournament. There were 18 teams in total and 9 teams in each group stage. For our first game we played Braeside. We played extremely well and our movement was on the spot. We can all say a great job to our new GS Rosie. Annabel and Rosie were an amazing pair. Zoey made some great interceptions. Olivia and Isabelle made some extraordinary passes. Jessica did some great runs and overhead passes to Rosie. We won 6-0. For our second game, we played Rosemead and won 7-0. We went up 4-0 in the first half and scored an extra 3 goals. Our shooting was even better than the first game we scored nearly every shot. Next we played Radnor House and we won again 10-3. Our defending kept getting better the more games we played. Then we played Western Green and we won 8-1. More overhead passes by Jessica and great runs by Isabelle and Olivia. Some more amazing shooting by our GA and GS. We played like that for the next couple of games. The scores were 12-0 against Duke of Kent and 11-0 against Pointer. We then won 11-1 against Farlington and 11-1 against St David's Prep. This put us top of the group after winning all eight of our games. Then we went on to play in the quarter-finals against The Mead. We won that game 11-3, which meant we went through to the semi-finals. We played a really good team from Sacred Heart and sadly we lost 9-4. We played really well. Then we went to the third and fourth play off and we played St Davids Prep. We won 7-4, so in the end we came 3rd. That means we are off to national finals in March! Jessica

U10/11 C v Caterham: We played a match against Caterham prep. We played very well and won 11-3. Isla scored 5 goals and Bella scored 6 goals. Our players of the match were Isla and Hazel. Bella did very well at being everywhere on the court. The match tea was, as usual, brilliant. Jessie

U10/11 D v Caterham: Today we played a match against Caterham Prep and the score was 3-1 and Evie scored a goal. The player of the match was Maka and we made friends and we had an amazing match tea. Shanaya

U11 A Tournament at St Michael's: On Wednesday, we played a tournament at St Michael's. In the first match, we played against Derwent Lodge and won 3-0. In the second match, we played Cumnor House but sadly, we lost 6-4. In the fourth match we played Kent College and won 7-2. In the fifth match we played Hilden Grange and won 7-2. We finished top of our group, which put us in the semi-final where, sadly, we lost to Walthamstow Hall 9-3. We finished in a brilliant joint third. Well done Russell House! Zoey