Netball (National Schools Finals)

[Big Lin]

www.englandnetball.co.uk/competition/National_Schools_Championships/

National Schools Finals 2009/10


Rodean School in Brighton witnessed 43 schools, place 54 teams in over 260 games of netball on Saturday 20th March. The annual National Schools Finals Day 2010, hosted by England Netball, saw over 600 young netballers compete in the wind and intermittent rain to win their age groups winning trophy.


Barking Abbey won the Under 19 category, beating Hartpury College 11 goals to 4. The London & South East based school had finished first place in their section and had scored a total of 105 goals before entering the final rounds of the competition.

Bromsgrove School beat Loreto Grammar School 13 goals to 7 in the Under 16 Final. The team from the West Midlands region had finished second place in their section to Herts & Essex High School, however the first place team were beaten in the Semi-Final by Loreto Grammar School. Last year Bromsgrove won the Under 14 category.

Hulme Grammar School won the Under 14 category by one goal in the Final against Parkstone Grammar, the final score being 8 goals to 7. The North West, Oldham, based school had entered the competition as a regional runner up and they entered the Semi Final round in second place behind their section winner Kings School Worcester. Kings School Worcester had won every game in their section but went on to lose by 3 goals to Parkstone Grammar in the Semi Final.

Janet Wrighton, England Netball President commented on the day, Ive thoroughly enjoyed todays event and congratulations to all those who took part. My thanks go out to all those who volunteered today to make sure the event was a success and it was fantastic to see so many talented, young netballers enjoying such a great day - well done to those teams who won!.

The three teams from Central Newcastle High School were collectively awarded the Endeavour Award for their good sportsmanship throughout the competition and Barking Abbey went on to win the award for most goals scored as they finished the day on a total of 129.

The Netball Pod came to the event so make sure you tune in this Thursday 25th March, to hear their report of the day.



Final Standings
Under 14 Under 16 Under 19
1st Hulme Grammar School Bromsgrove School Barking Abbey School
2nd Parkstone Grammar Loreto Grammar School Hartbury College
3rd Guildford High School Herts & Essex High School King Edwards Senior School

[fretslider]

A bit of a Netball fan, then. Are there others?

[mikemarshall]

I've no idea. I went to an all-boys school so of course we never played netball there. Lin is a big fan of the game, though, and used to be pretty good at it.