Thursday 7 December 2023

Amazing effort sees team on top!

Clockhouse’s Year 5 and 6 Netball team had their first challenge of the year in the Netball league. Despite having to play as a team for the first time in a competitive setting, they displayed fantastic team work and put in tremendous effort throughout all the matches using all skills they worked so hard on in training!

Clockhouse’s first match of the league was against St Mary's Primary School, the team got stuck in straight away showing great passion for the sport and encouraging others in the team. They demonstrated some amazing passes up and down the court, getting the ball to Lola playing in Goal Attack who had some fantastic shots ending the game with a brilliant 11-1 score to Clockhouse !

The afternoon progressed to facing our toughest opponents of the day, Ardleigh Green Junior School. Depite going1-0 down, the team were determined to come back and not give up! Sophia and Lola passed the ball back and forth in the semi circle allowing Lola to find a brilliant space and make a come back! The team showed some excellent defence skills staying with their opponents and winning the ball back even when it was tough! Dolly played in goal keeper position making some excellent interceptions which resulted in drawing 2-2!

Our final match of the day was against Elm Park Primary School ,the team started to perform more and more confidently throughout the afternoon and this match allowed the team to move around the court sticking to their positions and displaying some amazing passes as a team! The team  stayed strong and pushed until the end whistle resulting in a 7-0 win to Clockhouse!

The team impressed the whole afternoon and the encouragement from all team members was amazing to see! It was a proud and exciting moment for the team as they were announced winners of the day meaning they are through to represent the school in the quarter finals!

Well done to all of you all , the hard work starts now …

The team: Lola - Fiji, Dolly - Fiji, Scarlett - Fiji, Sophia - Fiji, Annabelle - Fiji, Poppy- Fiji, Oliver - India
and Bella - Japan

Player of the day - Lola for her excellent goals throughout the afternoon and encouragement to the team as the captain ! Well done Lola.






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