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News - 2009


Prize Giving
Thank you to Chris from Sunshine.co.uk for attending our prize giving.

Thank you also to our committee for all the hard work they put into running the club.

Well done the following prize recipients:

Coaches Player Michelle
Most Improved Player Caroline
Player's Player (Team C) Vicky
Player's Player (Team B) Helen H
Player's Player (Team A) Debbie
Service Award Annie

Thanks to our coaches for all the help and advice over the past year.

Special mention to Morag for organizing the social.

June Newsletter
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Club Kit
Order for skirts, t-shirts and hoodys can be made using the order form or via email.

Bournemouth Tournament (22 - 24 May 2009)
Squad Photo

Tour
First overseas tour to Spain in 2009
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Bournemouth 7s Rugby/Netball/Music Festival


14 of our girls from Heath Hoops travelled to Bournemouth for the end of May bank holiday weekend for what turned out to be an interesting time! We split into 2 teams of 7, leaving ourselves short of subs and with blistering heat, we suffered quite badly particularly on the Saturday against much better opposition - Team 2 however did win a game on the Saturday. Teams were re-seeded for the Sunday and again in blistering heat, the teams once again commenced play on the astro-turf courts. Team 1 fared much better on the Sunday winning a few games this time. Fortunately, or unfortunately, whatever way you see it, both Hoops teams had to play against each other. Therefore to make it as fair as possible and to try to ensure that everyone had fun, we played versatility.

Netball aside, the tournament/festival was much fun - 3 nights of camping together, with many other netball and rugby teams, fancy dress on Sat and Sun nights, lots of drinking, dancing and singing to live bands. We have learned many lessons of things we will do differently next year, but for the most part this was a great bonding experience and hopefully one that will become a Hoops annual event!!

Next Committee Meeting


TBC

Friendly Match Reports


28 May 2009

Heath Hoops C 66 vs Stardom 24

Report by: Emma B

Heath Hoops C headed out this week to face Stardom who we played a few weeks ago.

We settled in quickly to the game showing confidence throughout the court. Louise joined us this week for her first shot at GK and alongside Sam M and Vicky they put up a defence to be reckoned with. Amy, Tina and Judith worked great together in attack and made some fantastic passes into the goal. The goals poured in giving us our biggest score yet 66-24 !

A fantastic effort ladies ! A big thank you to Tina for helping us out and Lesley for all her encouragement and coaching throughout the game!

20 May 2009

Heath Hoops C 41 vs 13 Alexanders
Report by Emma B

This week we headed off to play Alexanders and were eager to keep up our winning streak. We were minus a couple of players due to injury so Amy and Tina from the B team kindly stepped in to give us a hand by playing and umpiring.

Alexanders were a strong team and were marking us tightly but we played each quarter with more and more confidence. Our defending was spot on with some brilliant interceptions being made. The ball was being worked well down the court and into the goal. By the last quarter, we felt relaxed in our efforts so we had a shuffle of players. All our hard work paid off and once again we came away with a victory.

Many thanks to everyone that played.


11 May 2009

Heath Hoops C 40 vs Giftware 23

Report by: Chloe

With all three of the Hoops teams playing on Monday night we wanted to play a competitive friendly against new opponents and show that, on the night, all of our teams are a force to be reckoned with!

This we did as we led in the first quarter 11-3 and maintained that lead until the end when the final score was 40-23. Each quarter saw one player substituted in order to try out people in different positions and see which combinations worked well together. This was a success and has given the team lots to think about for the future. Long may our winning ways continue!


Heath Hoops A 38 vs Tequila Shots 25

Report by: Morag

Thank you to Tequila Shots for hosting another Hoops team at Wavell on Monday night. Shots were one player short, so Hoops A subbed them a player each quarter. Both teams saw the opportunity of this friendly to try different combinations and happy to say, Hoops were happy with the way things went and that we are now beginning to settle with players in other positions, becoming what we hope is a versatile team. Both teams played the friendly in the manner intended and had lots of fun, the umpires joining in the on court banter too. Well done to everyone - perhaps we play better when we relax and enjoy our netball!!


22 April 2009

Heath Hoops C vs Silver Stars

Report by: Emma B

After such a lovely sunny day, the C Team were in high spirits as we descended once again to Sandhurst to face the Silverstars (some of the team even braved it and ditched their tracksuits!).

We had a couple of new faces in the team tonight and we were all looking forward to a challenge and that is exactly what we got. We started out the first quarter really strong and took the lead.
Over the next two quarters though, Silverstars started to edge back into the picture and the score line narrowed. The game started to resemble a pin ball machine with the ball flying all over the place due to some fantastic interceptions by both teams.

It was a nail biting last quarter and it was getting to the stage where we were matching goal for goal. Everyone was giving it their all. Silverstars were not going to let us get off lightly and really stepped up their game. Luckily, all our effort paid off and we ended up with a 22-17 victory.

Many thanks for everyone that took part!

Good Result Ladies!


Latest League News


Wavell Invitation Netball League

Division 7 Results

Division 8 Results

22 June 2009

Heath Hoops A vs QinetiQ Cobras B

Report by: Angela

Well done everyone on a great match last night. The passing was great and we worked the ball really well up the court. Shooting was spot on ladies.

Emma, hope you are back soon!
 


8 June 2009

Heath Hoops B 37 vs 14 Doodlebugs B/C

Report by: Fran

Heath Hoops B took another victory on Monday evening against Doodlebugs B/C. The team settled down quickly and put out a superb performance. Amy was on fine shooting form as GS particularly with distance shots, ably partnered by Tina who gained shooting confidence as the match went on and fought her GD tirelessly. Deidre as WA and Hels then Anne-Marie as C dominated centre court finding space and coming onto the ball to support the Hoops attack. Helen as WD had a brilliant game, fighting for balls, holding her space and demonstrating her skill to assist both the Hoops attack and defence. Susan and Laura are a strong defensive combination – Susan held out the nippy GA and Laura used her long reach to intercept balls much to the frustration of the Doodlebugs girls.

A solid team performance – well done to all. The next game is against W Store on 15th June.


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