ACES VS CLUBS 01.07.25
46-39

Aces are still going strong even in the heat! 🥵

Amazing defence from Leah, Katie and Grace c. Leah and Katie always the defensive duo with some great intercepts and tips throughout the game. Well done to Conner’s for keeping up with crazy Shan for 60 minutes and supporting your gk and gd.

Huge shoutout to Rose for running around as Centre for a full game never letting her head fall assisting in defence with some intercepts, and some amazing feeds into the D as always.

Grace, Gemma and myself down in attacking end. Gemma and Grace had some lovely movement sharing Wa and Ga. Grace always coming forward for the ball and some lovely change of direction. Gem took a tumble but didn’t deter her and she had some cracking shots!

Captains players was awarded to Rose Claire Pendlebury 🫶🏼

Always a fun game playing against clubs, who had a cracking game and big shout out to Amelia in as GA some great shots!

Written by Chloe – Player for Aces

❤️ Winning Wednesday for hearts

46-44 vs Raiders Lightning Bolts on 25.06.25.

A muggy game that we made hard for ourselves. The score did not reflect how we played.
Some great defensive pieces from Pippa, Laura and Kate.
Nat working as hard as usual working the ball up the court. Feeding some great balls in to the D along with Jodie.
Incredible shooting from Lauren and Liv helped us clinch the victory.
A very well deserved player to Jodie Palmer leaving everything out there to help bring us out on top

Written by Molly – Player

Thought I would do the match report for Clubs. They played a young and fit Ryland team and although they didnt win I was impressed with their play. Unfortunately Millie T took a bad fall in the first few minutes and limped off with a sore ankle. This meant Liz moving to GA and along with Shannon gave Jeanette some great feeds into the D. Jeanette was on fire! Katie from Queens stepped in to play as C and the combination with our pocket rocket Shannon was fab! In defence Millie B moved to GD and along with Georgina as WD annoyed the Ryland attackers! Last but not least Lou as GK with her heavily strapped knee managed a full match and came off smiling! There’s commitment for you. The score was 68-54 to Ryland so not a huge difference given the circumstances. Captain Lorraine you can be proud of your team.

Written by Elaine – Coach

Another win for the Queens on 24.06.25 against Hotshot Stingers: 51 – 20 🌟

A solid first half filled with solid, assured passing & steady, careful movement up the court meant we started strong from the off. Taking the lead each quarter, everyone played their part in the success.

Although getting a little bonkers in the third quarter & our play losing a little discipline and calm – no clue as to why – we remained on top and continued getting those shots in, despite a tall, arm-y defence – shoutout shooters ☄️

Despite an injury for the opposition, the match remained a positive one, and Queens continued as the Queens they are 👑
Shoutout Gem for getting Player of the Match for, I quote Elaine, ‘bossing WA’ and keeping that ball bouncing from defence to the attacking D 🏆

All in all, another win to be proud of! Well done Queens 🥳

Written by Beth – Vice Captain

For the first time we had a BIG summer party! This was to celebrate many events this year: ATNC is 15, Diamonds finished their A levels and a lot off to pastures new; many milestone birthdays, a wedding, babies and pregnancies!!! The Why Not was the chosen venue with a wonderful BBQ in the lovely June sunshine.

👑 Queens played a scorcher 👑

We played for the majority in 27/28 degree heat and had a great win 48-26 over Redditch Opals on 19.06.25.

Great play from everyone in sticky conditions; defence as usual made intercept after intercept and worked hard to bring the ball through the centre third and attack worked equally as hard, with patient passing around where we needed to in order to get closer to post.

We did well to tire the opposition by the last quarter and fortunately had a great squad of 9 players for fresh legs due to the extreme heat! Everyone worked brilliantly as a team and some really seamless moments of play throughout the match.

Huge well done to our super centre and player of the match Katie Jones!! 🥳💞

Written by Sophie – Captain

Every year our home town of Alcester hosts a summer street market. This year’s theme was TV & Movies 1970s onwards! ATNC were ‘Incredibles’ for the day! We raised £300 from our ticket sales for lucky lolli lottery and win a barrow-o-booze. Our fund raising will go towards new netball dresses 😃

A great win from team Queens against Droitwich Diamonds: 47-21 👑

Taking the lead every quarter, we really were on great form this evening, playing our steady game & coming out on top 🏆

Attacking end continuously worked around that D, searching for the space until it fell into the hands of our star-shooters, Amy & Gem (no wind was blowing their balls out that net) 💨

Though we started a little hasty in the centre court, we found our ‘steady’ nerve and remained careful in our passing and play, with some great tips and intercepts, even from the opposition’s centre passes. Shout out Stacey Donna & Katie for moving that ball up the court admirably with ease 👌🏼

Defensive end remained strong & took advantage of some long passes from the opposition, plus winning back all the rebounds we could. Forever reliant on the spingy lamb that is Lucinda, backed up by monself, Beth.

Though very pleased to get Player of the Match (Beff), I wholeheartedly believe every single one of us could have achieved POM tonight, the team effort undoubtedly the reason for our win. Well done, Queens 🌟

Written by Beth – Co Captain

Hearts ❤️ won 45-40 over Stratford Ladies!

It started as a neck and neck game with Hearts and Stratford keeping their centres well. Hearts had welcomed back Shannon Hall for her first game after returning from Australia! She had a quick warm up in WA but then was thrown right in the mix as C! It really was as if she’d never been away!

Throughout the game we had short bursts of great play with strong, fast, short passes into the circle which Jodie used well to get closer to the post! Kate in WA was using the pockets effectively to get depth on the centre pass! We would take a lead against Stratford but then they would come fighting back with a tight defence and even back out.

In the third quarter, Pippa made use of tactical plays which worked well! An uplifting 4th quarter talk and we refocused. Katia had too many 2-handed interceptions to count! Defence were stronger than ever and we had about 6 goals in a row and felt like we had finally found our stride! Edie had kept the pressure on well and forced errors but a tumble meant Sophie Smithers stepped in at WD to help keep the lead!

A strong end to a tense game left spirits feeling high! A massive thank you to Sophie for staying till the end and stepping onto court in an unfamiliar position, we couldn’t have maintained the lead at the end without you!

Well done Jodie for player!! ❤️

Written by Lauren – Captain

👑 Queens played a corker against Hotshots Vespas and won 45-32 👑

It was a long slog for Queens tonight in rather humid conditions, we really fought to the end second for our win! The first quarter was a rocky start, everyone was a little out of sorts, and quarters 1-3 saw the goal line go one up, draw, one up to the other team back and forth pretty consistently.

We started the fourth quarter one goal up, but managed to score five in a row without Hotshots scoring any, which put us 6 ahead and we went from strength to strength, finally winning by 13!

We really kept our heads in q4 where we could easily have panicked and rushed, but used every penalty to our advantage and kept our play steady, calm and accurate to steam ahead where our opposition had become tired and begun to make mistakes.

Utterly incredible defence, as per the usual, from Beth M, Lucinda, Stacey and Beth Y – so many flying interceptions, tips out of nowhere and battling to keep the ball in play made such a difference to our score line. Super Centre Katie also fought tooth and nail to win ball and was a workhorse from start to finish. Shooters, Frankie and Amy, recognised early on what was working and played into that for the entire match, creating space for each other and working together seamlessly!

The biggest shout-out goes to Amy-Sue Widman for absolutely phenomenal shooting and movement in the circle, impeccable timing and barely a single missed goal! 👌🏼😍🥳

Written by Soohie – Captain