Category: Match Report

Hinckley Ladies had two inter club derbys this week. The first was on Monday evening when Hinckley B met Hinckley C in the Coventry & Warwickshire league match.

Both teams came out fighting and wanting a win with home supporters watching. The C team pulled away in the first quarter but with strong shooting from Darcey Arrowsmith and Denise Ibbetson, the B’s managed to pull it back and at half time they had a lead of 26-21. Continuing to make an impact the B’s pulled away a little more setting out at a fast pace, with their defence working hard. The C’s tried to fight back and managed to reduce the gap but ran out of time as Hinckley B team saw their first win of the season 49-46.  Player of the match awards went to the C team GK Jo Oakes and the B team GD Caron Ogden.

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Hinckley Ladies C team claimed an early lead in their match against Synergy C this week, with the team working well together to get the ball into the attacking end and putting pressure on the opposition. Despite being ahead at half time, the third quarter saw Hinckley struggling while Synergy narrowly took the lead. With a few changes made to the Hinckley side, they came out fighting once more for the final quarter, a very tense last fifteen minutes eventually ended with a final Score of 34-34. Player of the match was GA Emily Harrison.

Continue reading “Saturday 12th November – HLNC Match Report”

B Team

Hinckley B had two matches this week. In the first they travelled to Henley D on Wednesday evening. It turned out to be a high impact game with Hinckley suffering several injuries during the match. Unfortunately the game had to be abandoned late into the last quarter, with Hinckley losing the match 40-29. Player of the match was awarded to the Hinckley wing attack Anna Kinsella.

Due to the injuries suffered earlier in the week, Hinckley B had a much changed team on Saturday when they played Offchurch.  Hinckley started the match well, finishing the first quarter only 1 goal adrift. In the middle periods Offchurch drew ahead due to more accurate passing and excellent shooting. Despite out scoring Offchurch in the last quarter the gap was too large to bridge with Hinckley losing the game 35-31. Player of the match was awarded to the Hinckley goal attack Emily Harrison.

Juniors

Hinckley juniors were in action this week as they played Stratford B in their second game of the season. They struggled to get going with the scoreline at the end of the first quarter 3-9. Stratford’s consistent pressing and a few Hinckley mistakes stretched their lead to 4-19. Hinckley managed to pull a few goals back with some good linking up play and excellent defensive interceptions, however this wasn’t enough with Stratford playing fantastic netball finishing the third quarter 29-7. It was Hinckley’s aim to be persistent and see the game through to try and reach double figures, which they achieved with the game finishing 10-40. Player of the match was Wallis Newitt.

Continue reading “Saturday 5th November – HLNC Match Report”

Hinckley’s B team got off to a slow but steady start with some great play around the court by all members of the team. Alec high started to pull away from the off due to some accurate shooting by their attack. Hinckley quickly picked themselves up and fought hard for every ball, this was shown by a fantastic 4th quarter, unfortunately it ended in a loss of 30-26. Player of the match, goal attack Darcey Arrowsmith.

Continue reading “Saturday 8th October – HLNC Match Report”

A Team

Hinckley Ladies A team had a slow start in their first match of the season at home against Rugby’s LMR but eventually warmed up and went on to finish the first quarter 11-11. Persistent efforts into the circle by Rebecca Oldfield and Ashleigh Oakes didn’t always come off due to the tight LMR defence and the away team managed to gain a 16-24 lead by the end of the second quarter. Despite injury to the Hinckley WD, their shooters scored 8 goals in the third quarter as glimpses of good attacking play pulled off, taking the score to 24-33. Unfortunately LMR had a little more in the tank to pull away in the final period taking the match 28-45. Player of the match was WA Ashleigh Oakes.

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Last Saturday morning, Hinckley Ladies Netball Club hosted their third annual Schools Invitational Tournament and it was once again a great success. Four local schools entered the event and a total of 9 teams played on the day. There was some great Netball played by the girls ranging in age between 11 and 14. Congratulations go to Dixie Grammar School who won the Year 7 competition, Hastings High School who won out of the Year 8 teams and Heathfield Academy who won in the Year 9 group. There was also a penalty shootout competition for the Year 7’s which was won by Hasting’s Millie Davies. The club would like to say a big thank you to Walkers Crisps for donating two boxes of crisps to the club for the event. Also a massive thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out and made the day possible, including all of the umpires, scorers, teachers and parents. It was a great way to wind up the Netball Season.

During the first half the Hinckley Hornettes match against CNWC they were not looking on top form. As half time came there was a coming together of minds . The second half began strongly, working together as a single unit. Sarah Ward impressed everyone with some surprise defensive moves. This impressive effort was followed up with a brilliant attack by Katie Foster, boosting the team’s morale. This exhilarating demonstration of sportsmanship was further supported by brave efforts  by  Helen Vause, winner of Player of the Match. The combined hard work of the team, as valiant as they were, met an impressive opposition. Despite the Hornettes playing  as a solid  team the final score was 35-19 to the opposition.

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