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| The Victorious Team |
On Wednesday the 16th of January, Shiplake girl’s netball team had their first match of the new year against Magdalen College. The match began with Sophie, Annabelle and Libby in attack, Bunty, Alice and Emily in defence and Trudi as centre. After Magdalen scored only one goal in the first fifth, Shiplake switched teams to try and vary the game play. Meg, Sammy and Stacie all began in defence, Rose, Anna and Mariana took over attack and Sissy became centre. There was some excellent interceptions from Stacie, Meg and Sammy with Sissy in her first ever match channelling the ball up and down court very well. Unfortunately Magdalen, took us by surprise with seven goals which led the score to eight-nil. Despite the goal difference, Shiplake girls were not yet defeated. With strong defence in the 3rd fifth and excellent shooting from Anna and Sophie, Shiplake performed an outstanding comeback scoring 8 goals, one a minute. We carried on with this team for the fourth and final fifths, scoring an additional 6 goals with great defence from Bunty who was playing in a position out of her usual comfort zone. Alice and Sammy kept the goal circle tightly defended which meant Libby and Trudi were able to smoothly and quickly pass the ball down to their shooters, Anna and Sophie. After numerous injuries and some rough playing from the opposition, the final score was 14-9 to Shiplake. Well done to all the girls and to their Couch Lou for helping us to our first Win of the season.
Written by Trudi Lister
Written by Trudi Lister
