U16 Netball team triumph at Ann Smart Final
The U16s had a busy week of fixtures starting on Monday (23 January 2012), when they faced Eirias High School in their final league match. This was a nail biting game, with the Eirias team taking an early lead. Rydal Penrhos had to work hard to regain the lead, with the game going end for end. It was not until the final minutes of the game that the U16s secured the game, 25-23 and gained qualification for the Conwy U16 Ann Smart Final.
The final took place on Wednesday (25 January 2012) where the U16s faced Dyffryn Conwy and Bryn Elian.
Rydal Penrhos celebrated a 27-0 win over Dyffryn Conwy; however the Bryn Elian team were fierce competitors. Taking an early lead, Rydal Penrhos settled into a fluent pattern of play but Bryn Elian played well defensively and pulled the score back to 7-8 at half time.
The second half saw Bryn Elian continue to dominate the game but, with focus and determination, Rydal Penrhos started to pull the score back with some excellent shooting by Beth Mather and Hannah Cashell. The final score of 15-12 resulted in Rydal Penrhos being declared the Conwy U16 Champions.
To finish their busy week, the U16 team faced a team from St Edward’s College (away). Once again Rydal Penrhos produced some excellent netball with fantastic attacking and defensive play by all team members. With both teams evenly matched, the game went goal for goal and the final score was 20-20.
Congratulations to everyone who and good luck for the Eryri Final on 10 February 2012.
Other Netball reports
Saturday 28 January – 1st VII v St Edward’s College (away)
The Rydal Penrhos 1st team dominated the score line throughout, producing some excellent attacking play. The final score was 17-10.
Saturday 28 January – U15 v St Edward’s College (away)
The U15s had to contend with the cold, playing outdoors against St Edwards, but were unable to reproduce the result from last week. St Edwards dominated the game throughout and the final score was 24-4 to St Edward’s College.
Under-14 team report
The U14 team had a fantastic week, firstly winning the last game of the Conwy tournament against St David’s, conceding only 3 goals. The final score was 16-3 and Rydal Penrhos now qualify for the Eryri finals.
The team travelled to Liverpool on Saturday (28 January 2012) to compete against St Edward’s College. Rydal Penrhos dominated the game, conceding only one goal in each of the first 3 quarters and none in the last due to some fantastic defence by Abigail Klazinga and Angharad Grindal. Shooting was on form with Hannah Cashell, Lydia Dickson and Constance McMahon scoring 18 goals between them and, with some superb mid court play by Seren Kerfoot-Robson, we won the game 18-3. Well played girls!
Saturday 28 January – U13 v St Edward’s College (away)
The U13s played strongly for the majority of the match, drawing the second quarter. There were impressive moments of play throughout the entire court. However, an injury in the fourth quarter unsettled the side and St. Edward’s began to pull away leaving the final score 20-9 to St Edward’s.
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