U19 Girls Netball

The U19 girls' team went to Mpelembe on February 11, 2017 to play zone 1 netball games. Kalulushi Trust, Lechwe and Mpelembe were our competitors for the day. We were the first match of the day, playing against Mpelembe. Our defence was not the strongest and we were not moving into space like we had been taught. However, we won the game, beating Mpelembe 13-9. We had a break as Lechwe and Mpelembe played each other but we were soon back on the court with Kalulushi Trust. Our first half was really good; our defence was tight, we were moving into space, and our passing was fairly good as well. We were able to keep them at zero points for this half. The second half of the game was still played fairly well although it was not as good as the first. This resulted with another win for Amano with the scores being 20-5. We then had our back to back game against Lechwe. I would say that this was the toughest game, with a lot of uncalled contact on both teams. Also, it was not the best netball played by our team. We did a lot of high, slow passes which were easy to intercept and they did get intercepted. However, our playing got a little neater in the second half although it did start to rain near the end of the match. I think that due to our experience on Thursday afternoon [house netball], we were able to play better in the rain than Lechwe. We did lose this match against Lechwe with the result being 11-8.

 

File Photo - U19 Girls Netball

Our game against Kalulushi Trust was the best game of the day. There were some excellent plays. We do need to work on moving into space and moving on the catch. If this improves, our performance will also improve.

There were some new girls on the team; Grace and Naomi (who were both shooting at some time or another) and Rosemary and Natalie. Thank you to the team who played considerably well for the first netball tournament this year. Thank you, Mrs. Grove for coaching us, Mr. Grove for driving us, and all those who came to support us; it was much appreciated. 

Report by S. Ronald