Netball Spring Term

2nds

The 2nds had an outstanding season, forming a tight team from the outset. Despite having a depleted team mid-season due to Covid the girls showed versatility and teamwork. Claudia and Tilly dominated the defence with Holly being the glue in the mid court. Georgia Lance earnt a well-deserved place in the team after half term becoming one of our strongest shooters. The girls accumulated over 140 goals throughout the season which is a tremendous achievement. The highlights were coming runners-up at the Millfield Tournament and the final games of the season against Clayesmore. It was neck and neck until the final quarter where Sandroyd turned it up a gear and made every pass count, winning 15-12. Well done to you all.

Flo Kerr

1st team and finally particular congratulations must go to our captain Olivia C and top shooter Oriana B for leading the team brilliantly.

Faith Golding

3rds, 4ths, 5ths

As mentioned before, we have had more girls than ever taking part in sport at Sandroyd. This increase in numbers has enabled us to field 3rd, 4th and 5th teams in netball. The girls in these teams scored in excess of 80 goals between them and were ably captained by Amelia B, Grace G & Xenia C. These three girls led by example and showed flexibility and determination throughout the season.

Faith Golding

U11

This was a term of constant improvement from every girl in the U11 squad. They had not played matches for two years, since Year 4. Our competitive edge was a little rusty to start with, so we had a couple of tough fixtures against Hazlegrove and Chafyn Grove. The girls fought hard in all their matches but it showed we had plenty of work to do. On the plus side, we were starting to see specific strengths come to light for when the girls would be playing full seven-a-side netball next year and they an specialise their positions. Xa, Tatty and Romilly were proving to be consistent shooters, with India and Rose performing well in defence and intercepting at key moments in matches to ensure victory. We had some well deserved victories against Hanford and Clayesmore and some slightly easier matches against Knighton and Salisbury Cathedral School.

U10

A slight change to the timetable in September meant that the girls had been able to sneak in a regular netball session every two weeks before the start of January. This made a huge difference to their game and the basics were well established. ‘Bee Netball’ requires all of the girls to rotate into every position which can be daunting but the U10’s were confident and applied all they knew resulting in some brilliant pieces of set play and some seamless goals. There were undoubtably various tough matches but they should all look to next season with confidence. As do I, well done.

Rosie Mullens

U8/9

The girls played a huge amount of netball this term - Bee netball has arrived at Sandroyd!

What is Bee Netball? Bee Netball is friendly, high-energy, and carefully designed for children.

Bee Netball is England Netball’s fun and nurturing programme for children aged 5-9 at the beginning of their team sport journey. It is designed to introduce children to netball skills: throwing, catching, footwork and shooting. More importantly, the programme is designed to support every child’s personal development on and beyond the court. All activities are underpinned by our Beeliefs; our core values are focused on improving your child’s belief in their own ability. The girls at Sandroyd played small

Our toughest match of the term was when we travelled to Stroud. This was a new fixture for us and the girls felt overwhelmed by the occasion. Stroud were very strong and the girls were a little downhearted having worked hard on their core skills, but true to form they picked themselves up again and both A and B teams finished the term with comfortable wins against Clayesmore and Castle Court.

Lulu Green

sided games against our main opposition schools and scored more goals than any other team in the school! The U9 girls finished their season with a tremendous festival at Millfield, playing some brilliant netball and scoring lots of goals.

Faith Golding