Our first game was against Nsansa. Half of us were still waking up but
we played hard, scoring most of our points in the second half. We won the game
17 to 0. In future, I think that we need to be more aroused before we play our
first game (although this is not saying that we did not play well).
Our next game was against Trident. It was not as well played as our
previous game. We were not moving into space as much as we should have been. We
still won the game 11 to 4. I think that we could have easily kept them at zero
if our defence was tighter as well.
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| Facing Chengelo's giants! |
We then had a 'back to back' game against Mpelembe. We knew that we
would have to work harder to beat them as they had almost beaten us in a
previous competition. There was quite a bit of physical contact in this game
which resulted in the whistle being blown quite a lot. Mpelembe was not marked
as tightly as they should have been and again, we were not moving into space.
As a result of this, at half time, they were ahead of us by one point. As we
went back onto the court, I would say that we were still not as organised as we
should have been. They therefore scored the next four goals quite quickly
although they did have to work harder for them. Because they were now working
harder and we had finally gotten our act together more, they were getting
tired. We used this to our advantage as we were fitter than them, and scored
eight more goals. The resulting score was 13 to 9 for us.
We were thankful for a break before we played against our next
competitors, Chengelo. We seem to hyperventilate and have a mental meltdown
when we see them on the court. It seemed like everything we learned went out of
our heads. It was just tall Chengelo people and so we lost to them 9 to 3.
Although we lost the previous match, it put us into the semi-final which
was against Ndola Trust. We actually played quite well considering that we lost
everything when playing against Chengelo. We beat them 13 to 6.
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| Josiah passing to centre Diana |
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| Our younger players working hard |
We were then in for the finals…against Chengelo. Mental meltdown.
Kathleen was not feeling well so we took her off and then put Natasha in her
place to shoot with Naomi. Kathleen was put back on at half time and a couple
other changes were made. We again lost to them with the scores being 8 to 2.
Looking back on these two Chengelo games, it was sort of like a David and
Goliath scenario, most of us were in the shadows. However the results were the
opposite and Goliath won!
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| Faith contributing to the team effort |
I would like to say a big thank you to the team for playing very well,
coming out second in regional qualifiers. To the brilliant attackers, you
fought well. And to the superb defenders, one would consider it foolish to
leave a castle unguarded. Another big 'thank you' to Mrs Grove for the work and
effort taken to coach us. We also thank God for His protecting hand and keeping
the rain at bay.
Report by S. Ronald
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