Match Report: Diamonds Show Promise in Season Opener against Jaguars

As the newly formed Diamonds we certainly kicked off the season in style. Overall I thought it was an energetic and determined performance and at times we showed plenty of promise against a more established opposition.

As a team we grew in confidence as the match progressed, linking up well through the court and showing flashes of real quality in both attack and defence.

Considering this was our first outing as a unit, I think we did incredibly well to stay within just six goals by the final whistle.

Thank you to Lucy John for stepping in as GK first quarter and some excellent shooting in the D.

Connor’s was exceptional in defence bounding around the court with some sensational interceptions.

I think as different combinations start to develop and confidence builds, this team will certainly make an impact in this division.

Special mention too to our trusted supporters and cheerleaders who continued to help push us on in the last quarter.

A fantastic start and plenty to build on—well done, Diamonds!

Score: Diamonds 39-46 Jaguars
Written by POTM: Leanne Hudson GD

We ended the season on a high with Hearts winning against the undefeated Panthers! It has been a great season with four teams: Hearts and Aces in division 1, Clubs in division 2 and Queens division 4. We have seen some fantastic netball and I am proud to say that Alcester are coached to play a tidy and fair game with fun & fitness being our objective. Huge thanks to Sarah Marson and Elaine Squirrell for their commitment to coaching, and umpiring! We end the season saying goodbye to Team Clubs as the majority of the original back to netballers take a step back from their netball journey. It has been a blast achieving division 2 status.

We go into summer league 2026 with three teams: Division 1 – Jokers, Division 2 – Diamonds, Division 3 – Queens

Panthers hadn’t lost a match all season until today!!! What a game to end on FANTASTIC!!! Happy Chair

Written by Alison Clarke – Chair/umpire

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♥️ Hearts 52 v’s 34 Blossonfield Bees 🐝
A dominant performance from Hearts The shooters remained patient in tricky windy conditions to maintain fantastic shooting accuracy, and Shannon, Molly & Nat all showed their versatility playing in both attack and defence 👌 A well deserved player for Shannon 👏 but the morning was really all about Lauren and her shiny new ring 💍 congratulations Lauren and Cal – wishing you all the happiness in the world 💕

Written by Kate – Player

Well played all and well deserved player @Rose Claire Pendlebury – you provided consistent support all throughout court today!
So so glad we won!! We probably should have had a lead of 10 goals throughout but a win is a win!
A key takeaway from today’s game is all about driving and then clearing afterwards – both through court when moving the ball down and into the attacking third and in the shooting circle too
I think we all felt stuck at various points today when actually if we’d have driven, cleared and allowed the person behind to drive into that new space it probably would make the game flow more and less energy for us to exert!
But a great win against a team we lost to by two goals last time so we held our nerve till the end 💪🏼

Written by Gemma – Captain

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Despite the score Aces played well
Don’t quite think my performance was worthy of player as my shooting % was not great today but I had fun so I’ll take it!

Grace C gets my player of the match – playing out of position as GD and getting SO MANY tips, turnovers, rebounds as well as supporting well through court.
Defence as a whole worked tirelessly – Leah doing well timed jumps to get rebounds and read the play well
Rose filling in as GD for one too putting pressure on the GA really well
Katie J had a fantastic match and really gave her WA a run for her money by challenging for every single ball
Rose as C for the majority of the match was nippy, controlled and supported excellently round the edge of the D
First game back for little Luce! Who slotted back in with the team perfectly providing great feeds and being the link between defence and attack
Chlo had some great movement round the D and in the second half it really felt like we came into our own in attack – more dynamic movement, confusing our defenders with scrambles, pops, drives out
All in all a solid performance against a regional level team – well done girls I am really happy with the way we played today!!

Written by Gemma – Captain

No match report but a fabulous win!