 The Spring season is about to begin, with new coach
Leigh leading the team all the girls are looking forward to a successful season.
With all 9 players out to impress and secure a starting 7 position the season should be interesting. About the coach... Leigh Middlin Given
that the season will almost be over before it begins, it's hard to put any lofty expectations in place, especially as
we'll all still be working each other out a little bit for much of it. Fortunately our core of experienced players should
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Match Reports Round 1 PV Comets v Hume Thunder (According to us) We won 9-6, 16-16, 22-25, 30-29 A great effort from all players to defeat last season's premiers. We got off to a quick start which seems consistent with last season but the most encouraging aspect was the way we managed to fight back after going three goals down at three quarter time. Last season Hume may have run away with the game but the hard work in the final term paid dividends. Defence
was solid with Kaz & Britt managing to contain the goalers and provide drive from the back, through several intercepts,
tipped balls and strong leads. Centre court
was steady with Cass providing tremendous energy in the Centre for the whole game, Nell was great defensively despite her
opponent's best efforts and Shan & Jac gave our goalers passing options. Our shooters were fantastic with Kate leading strongly throughout the match & Ciara
able to finish the second and final quarters successfully with high-pressure shots. Almost all positives coming out of the match with the only real issues to address is
movement & spacing in our forward third & keeping our distance defensively. But all in all, a very promising start
to the season. Ciara 16/21 76% Kate 14/19 74% 3 Cass 2 Kate 1 Ciara Round 2 PV Comets v DC Force We won 8-8, 18-13, 27-22, 35-29 A comfortable win although it could have been a lot more had we played with the same level of intensity as last week. Aside from a five minute burst at the end of the second quarter, we were too careless when we had possession and this would have been punished by a better team. Still, it's an undefeated start to the season and a comfortable win with areas still to be improved upon can only be a good thing. Special mention must be made for Janelle's defensive intensity, particularly in the first half, and Jac's passing to the goalers really helped break the game open and the goals both shot at a high percentage missing only 6 between them, Ciara 21/23 91% Kate 14/18 78% 3 Janelle 2 Jac 1 Ciara Round
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PV Comets v Banyule Allies We won 7-7, 17-12, 26-15, 36-22 A very good effort, especially given we only had the bare seven players. The intensity in the middle two quarters and in the last 5 minutes was fantastic. Defenders were tremendous in the middle two quarters, only conceding eight goals though their shooters received too many second chances in the first quarter. Centres were steady throughout the game, through Cass's efforts in WD in the third quarter effectively put the game away. Shooters managed to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the centres and also worked very well with each other. Ciara 17/21 81% Kate 19/23 83% 3 Kate 2 Cass 1 Kaz Round 4
PV Comets v Nillumbik Pulse We lost 9-11, 15-24, 21-34, 31-42 First loss for the year as we ran into a very good team. There was a real chance of us getting blown out of the water as they'd doubled our score at one stage in the third quarter but we managed to pull things back in a really gutsy effort. Defenders played their best game of the season (despite the scoreline) given the constant pressure they were under. Centres were possibly a touch outclassed though Shan's efforts in centre in the last quarter must be commended. Kate probably had to work too far up the court which left Julia to be double teamed a bit too much, although she performed very well. Julia 22/27 81% Kate 9/13 69% 3 Britt 2 Kaz 1 Shan Round
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Plenty Valley v St Albans We won 10-4, 15-12, 26-16, 33-20 A great victory, defensively our best effort for the year. Though we were a bit careless with the ball through the centre, especially in the second quarter (they actually had one more shot than us despite our number of interceptions) We were solid once we had the ball in the attacking circle with Julia shooting over 90%. Britt, Kaz & Sarah were intimidating in the defensive circle with their goalers only shooting at 47% for the game. Jess showed plenty of promise in her first taste of seniors as well. Julia 23/25 92% Kate 10/17 59% 3 Janelle 2 Britt 1 Sarah Round 7 Sadly , the game was shot to bits after the first quarter with them able to take full advantage of their opportunities (14/17). Though our goalers did a good job once the ball got into the circle, it just didn't get down there enough with their shooters getting too many second chances. Passing let us down a touch due to not taking the first (and often best) option. Special mention must be made of Loz and Sarah's great efforts in their first games of senior netball for the year. Sarah 13/17 76% Kate 12/17 71% 3.
Jac Round 8 A tremendous second quarter set us up for a good victory. Our goalers were almost automatic, shooting nearly a combined 85% for the game. A few turnovers were made from our centres due to forcing the pace of the game. The defence worked very well with Kaz and Britt getting plenty of tip aways and deflections and not giving their shooters many second chances. Sarah 15/22 68% Juls 28/29 97% 3. Jac
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