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GSAL teams give champion performance at national netball finals

Wednesday 19 March 2014

WEB U16 netball national champions

The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) has reclaimed a national title last won by the school in 2012 – England Netball U16 National Schools Champions.

Teams enter the England Netball National Schools Competition in three age groups – U14, U16 and U19 – and for the second year running GSAL was represented at the national final in all three categories.

The tournament involves 18 teams in each age group and to reach the finals each team plays in a county round and then a regional round, from which the winners and runners-up progress.

GSAL gave a strong showing at the national finals. The U16 clinched the trophy with a hard fought 7-6 win against The Fallibroome Academy. The U14s and U19s finished as runners up in their competitions. Both progressed from the group stage and won their semi-finals; however the U19 final went to extra time before Greenhead College took the title 9-8 and the U14 went down in their final 8-11 to Aylesbury High School.

Head of netball Cath Johnson said: “It was a fantastic team effort from every member in the squad. Winning a national competition is an unbelievable experience for the girls and having three teams in the finals is exceptional – only one other school achieved this.”

Alex Kirk, the U16 team’s coach, said: “It was a really long hard day for the girls, they were amazing. They have worked hard in training and have learnt that they can achieve their goals if they pull together as a team. They had to be mentally tough to recover from 4-2 down at half-time to come back and win 7-6 in a very tight match.”

Team captain Rosie Harris, year 11, said: “As our first time in the national finals we were expecting the day to be intense, however we gelled well as a team and all the tactical and fitness training paid off on the day.”

GSAL’s U16 netball team are pictured (L-R) Yasmin Cant, Lucy Poskitt, Truly Ogbonson, Louise Marsden, Millie Jeavons, Rosie Harris, Hollie Bruce, Claudia Aston, Brinkley Ogbonson, Hannah Gorman and Lucy Stead

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