On another lovely warm spring evening not, Diamonds were red hot against Redditch sapphires with a 47-26 win .
Off to a great start first quarter with Eliza playing out of position and her growing confidence at shooting 10-6 to diamonds.
Second quarter saw an amazing 18-4 score with great work in defence by Freya .
Quarters 3 and 4 were consistent with some effortless shots from distance and fantastic team work getting the ball to the shooters !
Well done to chiara on player of the match.

Written by Kim – Manager.

Aces Vs Vixens 29.04.2024
Amazing game with Aces taking the win 32-26!!
It was a tight first quarter with Aces taking the lead by 2. Great defensive circle combo of Leah Wood and Katie Brown winning lots of rebounds and interceptions to get the ball back down our attacking end!
On to the second quarter and Aces really picked it up. Gemma Ward and Chloe Evans were on fire with their shooting, creating a substantial lead of 6 heading into the third quarter!
In the third quarter Vixens fought back, tightening the score. Luckily, thanks to great mid-court work by Sarah Marson and Grace Connolly we were able to keep the lead by 2, but we needed to fight for everything in the last quarter.
Final quarter we had some amazing interceptions by Pippa Kelly which as a team we were able capitalise on and extend our lead to 6 again!!
Amazing 2nd winning game of the season for Aces!!!

Written by Izzy – Aces player

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Clubs took on Scarlett Sabres on Wednesday and absolutely smashed it:

♣️ 56 – 41

There was steady play from both teams until Clubs started to take the lead going into the second half with some great turnovers and some actually beautiful match play. Everyone’s timings were spot on and it was genuinely satisfying to watch Jeanette Selby’s shooting, which was appropriately noted as she was awarded player, she was supported by Gemma Ward who kindly played up for us with Sarah Marson from Team Aces.

Thank you Gemma & Sarah.

Feedback for the next game: less chatting with the opponents please – we’re nice but we shouldn’t be THAT nice 😂

Well played everyone 👏🏼👏🏼

Written by Ellie – Clubs player

Great game last night with a final score of Diamonds 41~25 BDR .
The team were organised, confident and strong in their positions.
We saw some fantastic interceptions from Edie, poppy B and Eliza .
Chloe’s shots were mostly from a distance but just landed easily through the hoop and Katie’s sneaky silent moves around the D to get the ball were great .
Freya was relentless in her defence against a very tall GS and poppy M read the game and found the spaces .
Well done to player of the match Poppy M and a great start for Edie, welcome to the team!

Written by Kim – Team Manager

All tied up with Angels!

Hearts started strong today and came out fighting. Warm ups as well as drills at training are paying off now!

The defence had a great game again with so many turnovers and supporting for a reset when needed. The attack had some really tight defence and play was adapted well to receive an accurate ball for the shot.

The flow of the game was challenged at times but actually a positive to take away is how diverse a team we have! Some forced errors allowed Angels to bring back the score to 43 – 43 but we’ll get them next time!🏆

Written by Lauren Goymer – Team Captain

Alcester Queens v Droitwich Diamonds
A closely fought game throughout saw Queens just miss out on the W. As Queens continued to grow in confidence and cement their performance the game ebbed and flowed. There was some excellent defensive pressure from both teams which kept the scores down. The attack adapted to changes with some patient build up play.
The W is so close ladies
Final score Queens 28 Diamonds 32
Players player Sophie Smithers for her ever presence in attack
Captains Player Amy-Sue Widman for her awesome switch of position
👑❤️🖤

Written by Deb Marshall – Team Captain

A great start to the summer season for Aces – just what we needed after a challenging winter season!
We performed consistently well in each quarter, and focused on timing our movements and pressuring every opposition ball to force errors.
At times we played too fast and gave too many high balls for the wet conditions, but managed to remain in control of the game in each third.
Brilliant defence and reading of play from Leah, Pippa and Katie; Izzy did a great job assisting the transition from defence into attack; some great link up play from myself into Grace and Chloe; and of course some fantastic support through court from our new addition Sarah ✨
Leah Wood got my captains player for being INSANE with turnovers!
Really proud of team Aces today – onto the next!✨♥️

Written by Gemma Ward – Aces Captain

We didn’t really know what to expect going into yesterday’s game so it took us a while to adjust to what was going on! In brief, it was a tough game against a good opposition, with messy play from us which wasn’t helped with some players being out of position. We will definitely take this game as a learning curve for us: eg. not overthinking goal ine passes and not panicking with the ball.

Huge credit to everyone for keeping their heads up and ploughing on throughout the game – despite the score. And now we know what we’re up against, we will smash it next time 💪🏼💪🏼

Score: 49 🦅 – 29 ♣️

By Ellie Burrows – Clubs player currently recuperating after enhancing surgery!

Clubs had a taste of things to come in 2nd division playing against Divas. Clubs came out fighting, showing grit and determination. Movement up and down court was excellent with good strong passes. Divas’ defence was strong making it difficult for the shooters to gain a good shooting position. At the other end Divas’ shooters were on fire. With only a few goals deficit at half time there was still a good chance to turn things around but it wasn’t to be, final score 49-29 to Divas.