Netball Roundup

After our week holidaying at various beaches we made it back to Apia for the final round of matches of the netball season. For those of you that have been following the progress of our teams through the season here is a quick wrap up how things went.

Mens Team
We carried along our winning way until the penultimate week when we played SCOPA. This was the big match of our season, with SCOPA unbeaten since the very first week, and us with only one loss - to SCOPA in the first round. The shield was also up for grabs. Despite the efforts of all our fans on the sideline (including our special fan club from NZ) after leading for the first 3 quarters we ended up losing a close game. We bounced back to a convincing win in our final game and ended up tied with SCOPA at the top of the table. SCOPA lost their last game, and the shield, to Marist. A game that Angela and Daryl (from our team) had to umpire. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to knock SCOPA off the top of the table. We came second on countback, but not a bad effort for a new team.

Womens A Team
Angela's team finally recorded their first win of the season - playing with only 6 players (a netball team normally has 7 players) against Oriana. They also were given the points for a win when it was found that Vaivase had played an ineligible player against them (a game that Vaivase won). They ended the season with a good win and that was enough for them to finish the season in 4th place. A good result considering they were dead last for most of the season!

After the last game we gathered for the customary party, not at our house this time. Again there was lots of food and drinks. After last weeks party Mum had be 'volunteered' to make curry for the final party. So thanks Mum - the curry was a hit, sorry to make you cook on your holiday!!

There was an official prize giving which some of us attended. The Mens team won $350 for coming second, but no trophies. So that's it - the netball season is over, now we can have our weekends back! It sounds like there is a mixed business house netball competition starting up in the next week or two, so I guess there will be more netball for us!