Netball vs Seaford College

U12A Victory

This week, the U12A team took to the courts to play against Seaford College. They were excited, as they haven't had a Wednesday game in a few weeks. With some injuries within the week, the 9-player squad were excited to get started.

With an early break, the team went 6-2 up, and this only built as the game went on, 12-3 at half time. The team were calm and composed when making turnovers, and worked hard on snatching the ball in after a turnover. Sophie, Matilda, and Chiara were our shooters for the game, looking to apply swings and holding to match play. Paloma, Yasmin, and Sorcha worked their socks off to transfer the ball through the court, also looking at how they can appropriately swing the ball in the game. Maddie, Katherine, and Andrea were absolute walls at the back, preventing Seaford from scoring many goals. With 18-7 on the scorecard after the third quarter, it allowed for the team to switch up their positions and play something new. Even though we didn't score any goals in the last quarter, we were still able to prevent Seaford from scoring – 18-7 was final score! Well done team.

Next week: Windlesham House!

U12C Thwarted

Miss Bamford

U12b

The U12Bs played a very competitive, close match against Seaford College. In the first quarter, it was neck and neck, with the ball going back and forth with not many goals scored, all because the defence on both teams were impenetrable. Naomi, Bea, and Beth were making lots of interceptions and tips and turning over the ball. Flo and Alex were working nicely together in mid-court, bringing the ball down and getting it to the circle edge. Martha had a tough job against the GK who was physical and strong and very effective. Eva was also against a tough GD and they were both having to move around lots in the D to get the ball into them. The score was 1-0 to Roedean by the end of the first quarter.

Seaford bought it back slightly in the second quarter and the score was 1-1. We were still finding it hard to break through their defence. We switched it up in the third quarter, with Beth at centre and Flo at wing defence, and they played brilliantly in these new positions, both making lots of interceptions and turning over the ball. A few more goals were scored, taking the score to 3-2, all the shooters doing well to sink the shots with such tough defence. It was going goal to goal and could have gone either way but Seaford managed to take the lead in the last few minutes of the last quarter, taking it to 4-2 to them.

There were some great shots by their shooters. The girls worked super hard all the way to the end and were great at listening to feedback and acting on it. Coaches' Player went to Alex for her excellent positioning and decision-making in the goal third.

The U12Cs travelled to Seaford College with a few girls missing and a few others showing good progress in teams below. The girls were determined and showed this on the court throughout the match.

The first quarter flew by and we ended up 4-1 down after a slow start to the quarter, but managed to get going towards the end of it. The second quarter was a tighter affair, with the score ending 4-3 to Seaford. At the halfway point, it was down to whoever could shoot better would win this game, as both defences were unbreakable!

Georgie was immense at the back, and rightly received Girl of the Game, with Seaford's GK receiving the award from Roedean too. In the third quarter, it was another tight 10 minutes, with Seaford managing the only point of the quarter and leading 5-3. After a final chat before the fourth quarter to inspire the girls, led by Georgie on what the team needed to do. they buckled down and sought to work at starting well, denying Seaford any goals. Alas, all the effort meant the last few minutes were tough, and Seaford broke through and the match finished 7-3, altough it was a lot closer than the score indicates.

Mr Campleman

U13A Win

The U13As had a great match versus Seaford this Wednesday. Our first 5 minutes were not our best netball, and we allowed Seaford to gain a 2-goal lead. Fortunately, the girls reassessed and focused for the second half of the quarter taking the lead 5-2. We continued to push on and had a significant lead by half time. Our defence forced lots of errors and we looked slick transferring the ball from defence to attack. We moved round positions to challenge ourselves further and work on different areas of the game. The team remained solid and secured the win 20-6. It was a great whole-squad performance, Opposition's Players were Izzy and Amelie, Coaches' Player was Amber, and Players' Player was Izzy. Well done all!

U13c

On a fresh Wednesday afternoon, the U13Cs took on Seaford, who started strongly, taking the ball straight to ball. After this the 13Cs sprung into action, forcing a number of turnovers picked up by Polly, which we then took to goal.

Athena and Lola stayed calm bringing the ball out of defense which settled the team when in possession. With accurate shooting from Miranda, Claudia, and Lily Roedean started to build a solid lead throughout the second and third quarter. As the game opened up, Millie and Blaize worked tirelessly in defense picked up multiple turnovers. A great win with the final score 14-4 to Roedean. Players of the match were Athena and Miranda, well done all!

Mr Boisoi