Promotion within reach for netball first team

THORNBURY'S First team is sitting second in the table, with promotion within our reach.

The first game of the season was against our long-time rivals Emus, who joined the league at the same time in 2018.

Each season we have been promoted together and in recent meetings we had let them get the better of us, which sadly was to be repeated in the opening game.

But we refused to allow this to knock us back, picking up our first win the following week and building an unbeaten run into the second half of the season, when our winning streak was halted by local rivals Chipping Sodbury, who were in third place in the table and breathing down our necks.

However this was maybe the added incentive we needed for the next fixture, our return match versus Emus, which this time was a satisfying 38-23 win for Thornbury.

The squad has continued to develop through the season and is now stronger both mentally and tactically, and with only four games remaining the firsts are second in the table behind Emus.

Thornbury 2’s started the season as essentially a new team but have developed enormously, improving with every game.

Skilled at shooting and solid defensively, the team is becoming a force to be reckoned with, and the players have really gelled and learned to trust each other.

In the last two matches the 2nds have scored a whopping 90 goals, and a fourth placed finish is a reasonable expectation, with promotion a realistic prospect next season.

Onwards and upwards, we hope! Sam Baker-Green