Bronze In The Plate For Crackley At the ISA Netball Nationals
The U11 Netball team competed in the ISA Netball Nationals on Wednesday 13 March at Kings High School. The girls had qualified for the finals only the week before in a dominant outing at the Midlands Regional Final. It was a fantastic experience for the girls to play in this prestigious national event where they faced the very best teams from across the country.
Team Crackley started the tournament well, with a 5-2 win over Gatehouse School. Next, they played Scarisbrick Hall School and saw them off 4-3. Another close game over Copthill School delivered a 6-5 win. West Lodge Prep School was a tight game but the team earned themselves a 4-4 draw. Crosfields School proved a harder challenge and despite playing well the girls lost narrowly 5-7. In their final group match Crackley faced an exceptionally strong school, Trinity School Teignmouth, who played some amazing netball, the match finished in a 14-1 loss.
That meant that Crackley Hall finished second in the Group and qualified for the afternoon’s Plate competition. In the Plate semi-final the team faced Littlegarth School, the girls showed tenacity and battled hard but eventually went down 6-11.
Crackley’s girls showed real resilience following the defeat, picking themselves up and playing really well in the Plate third place play off against Sherborne House School where in a nail-biting game the girls stayed strong throughout to eventually claim victory 5-4 and earn themselves a Bronze medal.
All in all, it was a great day of netball. A huge well done to them all.
Playing for Crackley Hall School in the U11 National Netball Squad were: Elsie (Captain), Alexa, Amy, Issy, Elora, Darcey and Phoebe.
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