Netball win to College

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33254, 18 June 1973, Page 14

Netball win to College

Teachers’ College held off a spirited second-half burst by Burnside to take a deserved win in the seventh round of the Canterbury senior netball competition at Hagley Park on Saturday.

Apart from the opening stages of play, a depleted Technical A never looked in any danger of being lowered by Technical B, while Sacred Hear’ A, although pressed by a determined Brighton side, was in control and maintained its pressure to win decisively.

In a dismal, error-ridden match, Riccarton dictated play in the later stages to take an' easy win over St Nicholas A. Hagley A. looking the more constructive team, was not seriously troubled in its game against Sacred Heart B. whose play in the seccn dhalf was improved to a much higher standard. Results were:

Technical A 50, Technical B 18. Teachers' College A 33, Burnside A 29. «

Hagley A 34, Sacred Heart B 18.

Riccarton A 38, St Nicholas A 14.

Sacred Heart A 45, New Brighton A 21.

Competition points after seven rounds of play.—Sacred Heart A and Technical A 14. Riccarton A 10, Teachers’ College A 8, New Brighton A and St Nicholas A 6, Hagley A 5, Sacred Heart B 4, Burnside A 3. Technical B 0.

SMOOTH PLAY Technical B. in the opening stages, contained a depleted Technical A. which missed the services of the valuable centrecourt player and feeder. S.

Langrope, who was sidelined with fractured ribs.

However, her substitute. C. Wi-heim, settled into a pattern and play flowed more smoothly through the court, enabling the A side to take the lead with some good shooting by F. Grainger and S. Richards. Tight guarding by S. Regers

and M. Blomruis' gave the B forwards, R. foster and J Lambie, few scoring chances, and the wing attack, S. Ruffle, was kept busy round the circle trying to find the gap in the defence line. FORWARD PLAY Superior forward play, especially by P. Wilson, enabled College to gain an early lead. A. Allborough and A. Van Veithooven Troubled the Burnside shooters, L. Uren and K. Pyne, with their tenacious guarding, ■ and it took some time to settle i the forward combination. Howlever, with K. Haughty working hard and passing precisely, I Burnside slipped back into its . normal pattern of play to narraw the gap and come within I five goals of College at halfI time, 19-14. Excellent forward play and I superb shooting by L. Uren cn 1 abled Burnside to draw level at | 24-all, but College edged ahead again to win. The defenders, C. Stone and A. McCormack, worked tirelessly on defence for Burnside but. could do little against the superior height of the College forwards. J Hughey and C. Honeybone. GOOD SHOOTING With its forwards having sue- | cess with their shooting, Hagley! took a healthy earls' lead. E. 1 Campfens led the Sacred Heart B forward line and took some; clever interceptions but when! the Sacred Heart forward com-i bination settled. Hagley was well, ahead. The goal shooter, C. Taurima, I played skilfully in the goal-keep | position (in the absence of A. Van Woerkumi but with the experienced play of J. Marks at wing attack, Hagley was able to keep control in the forward area and increase its lead. MORE ASSURED Riccarton, looking the more assured team, led St Nicholas! throughout, displaying some good through-court manoeuvres and precise shooting. St Nicholas sadly missed the services of R. Henry and its through-court nlay lacked its usual directness, with players looking lost In their positional olay. The young substitute, T. Margaritas, nlayed hard but seemed to have difficulty adjusting to the pattern of play. The game was marred by frequent and careless ball handling, and the resulting play was dull and uninspiring. J. Burney and L. Cauley played vigorously in the Riccarton defence line to trouble the St Nicholas shooters, L. Hamilton and P Carrick, and forc» them ’nto shooting errors. For St Nicholas, J. Mather did some fin* defence work but could find little support from fellow players.

ESTABLISHED PATTERNS Both teams looked established In their patterns of play, but Sacred He’art A. making fewer mistakes, looked more dominant. Brighton found It difficult to penetrate Its goal circle against the excellent defence of B. Rowberrv. S. Mene and P. Maclean, and ol avers were forced to pass the ball around the circle on numerous occasions.

J. Blair nlayed with precision at wing attack, using her skills to find gons in t’” 1 Sacred Heart defence Uno. She seemed the only Brighton player able to work her forwards Into favourable shooting positions. J. Barnett and D. Erickson, although pressed, shot a number of good goals to keep Brighton in the gome. M. Dh'-be’-” and J. Fowke positioned themselves well and passed with Initiative to allow the Sacred Heart forwards numerous scoring opportunities. With exoel'ent shoot'ng by -t. Harnett and E. Price. Sacred Heart went on to take a decisive victory.