Netball reverse by Sacred Heart B

Press, 22 May 1978, Page 19

Netball reverse by Sacred Heart B

Wet ’weather caused the can cellation of all but senior and senior reserve netball on Saturday To gel similar playing conditions, all senior teams took the courts at the same time, and had to contend with inter- ■ mittent rain, wet surfaces and a cold wind. The only upset was the defeat inflicted on Sacred Heart A by Sacred Heart B. The B side has played consistently good net ball throughout the season and; on Saturday displayed better court combination and was stronger on defence than the A team. Sacred Heart B remains — with St Nicholas A and Teghni-i cal A — the joint leader of the I senior competition. Sacred Heart B 26, S.H. A 23 The B team began badly, miss--Ing eight relatively easy goals, and this allowed the As to jump ahead to a 5-2 lead. The B attack. Daphne White, was troubled by the defence of Phillipa McLean and took time to adjust to McLean's tactic of coming from behind to make interceptions. But then better shooting from Penny Berry saw the B team overtake the A side, and enjoy a slender two-goal lead at half time. The A team came back strongly in the second half. The attack. Vicki Patterson, moved with ease against the more experienced Brenda Roweberry. and showed greater concentration in her shooting. However, at the other end of the court Penny Berry had her: eye in giving her team the deserved win. St Nicholas 43, Burnside B 13 St Nicholas outplayed Burnside B but did not look as sharp as in previous weeks, probably because of not enough match play. But its strength, as always, lay with the shooter. Ann Davidson. who continued to display an unerring accuracy In the trying conditions of the first

half, she shot 23 goals, missing only three — this was the highest average of any shooter. Burnside chased hard for the loose ball after the interval, but often found itself going too hard in the wet conditions. It had • more shots at goal in this half, and was well served with passes from Debbie Bergin. Davidson had an excellent, average for the match, shooting 40 goals. Her partner in the i circle, Judy Pani, added the remaining three goals. Any team facing St Nicholas must learn to cope with Davidson, for she was undoubtedly i the star of the battle. Riccarton 30, Teachers College 20 Play was very even in the first half, but College could have been more dominant had : it capitalised on its glut of possession. Strong defence from the player. Sue Reeves, kept lobs into Riccarton’s shooter, Bridget Hishon, to a minimum, allowing College to stay even. Riccarton’s Cathy Slave and Adrienne Williamson had the edge on their opponents with better tim’ng and ball control. The standard of College, deteriorated in the second half,! and allowed Riccarton a handy i lead. Karen Ericson starred in; centre court, intercepting passes to swing play back into Riccar-i ton’s goal circle, and when the: final whistle sounded, her team was well in control. Hagley A 23, Burnside A 23 Illness and resignations onceagain forced Hagley' to field a

5) make-shift line-up. But the’ - replacements performed admirably. none more so than Carol » Chisholm, wing attack. Site j t was well supported by the 1 centre. Christine Pietzner, who t was asked to take more than) . her share of the play once j again. The goal shooter, Lyndsay t Pugh, and Gerae Katoe took time j 1 to settle down and missed /several easy goals Wai . Toumaunui was first to the rebounds and play gradually s swung in favour of Burnside. Burnside, too. was not at full strength. The shooter, Adrienne Prattiey. arrived late and this ; appeared to completely upset the Burnside team Deidre Snow was moved to goal shoot to cope with the I emergency, and Heather Kench I supported her well at goal I attack. It said much for their efforts that the half-time score » was locked at 10-all. j The second half was slowI scoring due in the main to a , splendid defence from, ’ Toumaunui (Burnside) and ’ Dianne Petrie (Hagley). i Technical A 46, Cashmere A 16 ; r Technical’s strong forward line I of Robin Foster and Frances ; ;, Granger proved too much for the , relatively inexperienced Cash-i I mere defence, and the falling i rain did not deter the Tech-I 5 nical shooters. Both Foster and | - Granger were positioning well > and shooting accurately. i Linda Shepherd had another sound game for Cashmere, but she was given little possession. ?, and Technical went on to its II cricket score.