Great match tonight! Edie and Poppy from former Team Diamonds fitted in so well with the team
Some very patient play through court; amazing D defence forcing the long shots in; great circle work to work the ball closer and some good shooting too!
Grace got a well deserved players player – she did a great job at isolating her WA from the game and getting lots of tips and interceptions which we could convert too!
Great work girls 🤍🌟
Aces 42 – BDR 28
Written by Gemma – Captain
Tonight Hearts played Raiders Lightening Bolts and won 59-40 🏆
After a bit of a slow start, Hearts slowed their game down and made excellent decisions throughout the match. Ball placement throughout the court and feeding into the circle was on point, both areas for development in previous games.
Defence was solid throughout, with some excellent leans and plenty of forced errors from both Laura Mae and Katia Cardin. Well done to both for keeping their cool when decisions didn’t always go their way.
Thank you so much to Chiara Chambers and Eliza Beth for keeping our centre court in a strong position throughout, you’d never know that they’re not usually on our team sheet!
A brilliant first official match as a heart ♥️ for Jodie Palmer too, with brilliant movement and shooting on point!
Kate McStrafick was quick off the line playing back in her usual WD position tonight, with plenty of tips and turn overs both on the centre and through the zone.
We really are starting to use the zonal press in the attacking third to maximise turn overs through court, which Eliza and Chiara picked up straight away – well done!
Congrats to Lauren Goymer for a very well deserved player of the match. As always, movement and shooting was on point.
Well done Team Hearts ♥️ the positivity was infectious tonight 😍
Written by Natalie – Co Captain
👑 In the words of Lucinda Granger, Queens took our well-earned /revenge/ victory! 👑
The re-match against Redditch Sapphires, who beat us by one goal last week, ended in a Queens 33-29 victory as we took what was rightfully ours 🥰🥇
Great, close game on a lovely sunny evening; we kept our play steady and controlled this week, despite a speedy opposition, and executed fantastic play of possession in the final minutes of the match.
As always, the circle defence truly could not give any more to the team, as they won ball left right and centre (literally)!
Phenomenal shooting from the star of the show Amy-Sue Widman who thoroughly deserved her player of the match award 🖤
Written by Sophie – Captain
👑 Queens played their 🍑es off 👑
Redditch Sapphires 38-37 Alcester Queens(!!)
We had a fire start to the game and won q1 10-4, but when Redditch warmed up, it was a very close, even, quick game and often was 1 up or down either way! We managed to scrape ahead and around 5-10 minutes before the final whistle, we were up 36-31 🥹
Everyone played incredibly and did their part, with a special mention to the VERY hot circle defence and VERY hot shooting!! 🔥
Bit of a gut punch to take the loss by 1 right at the end, but lots of lessons learnt (mainly on my part! 😂) and we play the same team again this coming Monday.
Big shout out to Frankie for player of the match award, despite only playing half and struggling with a numb mouth from an afternoon at the dentist; what an impact on the game regardless 😮💨🏐
Heads up Queens, and we go again 🙌🏼🥰👑
Written by Sophie – Captain
Queens 48 – 23
54-28
Clubs 44 – CBH 51
Well done everyone! It was a great game to watch and really fast paced right till the end. CBH started pulling away in the 3rd Q after a shuffle round of some very versatile players, something which Ellie and I would like for us to be able to do. Individually you all had an amazing game. They took the advantage of having subs and moving players around and it showed that we tired a little towards the end, not giving up though!
Well done to Jeanette for getting player, managing to retain her head on her shoulders!
Written by Lorraine – Captain
Final score Aces 48 -47!
Was literally down to the wire – really tough but good match and some seriously really great umpiring that made it a really well contested/battled game to play in!
Written by Gemma – Captain
That’s the first week of matches done for the summer season! Everyone playing their best netball and in the dark towards the end of the games! ❤️👌♣️👸
