MATCH:                      Aztec 2            v            Ardmore 1

DATE:                         Wednesday 21/3/12

RESULT:                     50 - 46 Aztec

TEAM:
Alison White, Ariana Page, Chelsea Bilton, Josephine Otene, Luana Beazley-Tango, Ngamira Warren, Nicola O’Malley, Sara Lendrum, Sarah Inkster, Shaiann Hemi,Tracey Spence

COACH:           Wendy Bremner                                     MANAGER:      Lucy Bremner

STARTING LINE UP:
Otene GS, Inkster GA, Page WA, White C, Hemi WD, Beazley-Tango GD, Warren GK. 

BENCH:
Lendrum, O’Malley, Bilton, Spence.

Horrendous conditions for netball with pounding rain throughout the match, despite this the game was fast paced.  The first quarter was dominated by Ardmore’s shooters who set the pace but Inkster kept us within reach with perfect scoring 11 from 11.  At the first quarter whistle the score was 15 - 19 to Ardmore.

Bilton came on at WA and Spence at WD, this added more defensive pressure through the mid court and allowed Aztec to use good ball and claw back the margin.  Another good performance in the shooting circle and the half time score was 28 - 29 to Ardmore.

Water-logged players re-took the court at half-time with O’Malley coming on at GS, Lendrum at WD, Spence moved to GD and Beazley-Tango to GK.  Aztec dominated this 15 minute period and Beazley-Tango achieved some crucial turnover ball in the circle which was well-used by attack.  O’Malley struggled to find the hoop in the heavy rain but the rebounding in the shooting end thankfully kept the ball at our end.  Bilton and White built on their combination in the 2nd quarter and were feeding good ball into the circle throughout this quarter. With one quarter remaining Aztec had puttled ahead by 7. 42 - 35 to Aztec

Beazley-Tango was rested and Warren came on at GD with Spence moving to GK.  Another tough tussle in the last 15 minutes with all 4 shooters dropping their accuracy with the heavy rain playing it’s part.  Each team was breaking the other’s centre pass throughout and the lead was being slowly clawed back by Ardmore.  A lot more whistle in this quarter at our attack end.  Aztec ended up triumphant with a 4 goal difference and hard fought win 50 - 46.  

Another closely contested victory for the girls. Let’s hope the weather is better next week!