U12 Netball lost to St Mary's, Melrose

A nail biter to start the season!

U12 Netball v St Mary’s

Our opposition had been hit by a few Covid cases and so we played a slightly different line up form what we had expected today. It took a while for us to find our feet. Our defending and passing down the line was strong but to start with St Mary’s dominated in the shooting circle. Although we matched the ball for ball in terms of possession we were finding it difficult to convert our passes into goals. At half time, although we had played our socks off, we were 5 -2 down.

In the second half we rotated some of our players. As it was the first game of the season we were keen to try some different line ups and finally things seemed to come together. Suddenly’ it was a different game. The girls’ confidence soared as their hard work in training this week began to pay off. We were buoyed up by some support from the side-lines from the other girls and some parents who had braved the match to cheer us on. Tunrayo at GA and Scarlett at GS converted almost every pass. Izzy A and Maddie worked tirelessly on the wing to feed the ball up and down the court. Maddie intercepted some really high balls and was backed up in defence by Tess and Isabella B who kept a calm head at GK. Lily battled on at Centre dominating the centre court. As the game switched we were on the attack, taking ST Mary’s a little by surprise. The score began to creep up as our shooters continued to score. Our support was going wild ….. A minute more and perhaps the final score would have been different? But overall a fantastic game and superb effort by our U12s.

Final score

Cargilfield 11, St Mary’s 12

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