Breezers v Oakwood A promised to be a very tough fixture and we were not disappointed.

Our last meeting saw us lose by a whopping 27 goals and with some key players missing Breezers needed to dig deep. Despite the rather exuberant play of Oakwood, Breezers held their own in the first quarter ending 8 goals a piece and lifted by team solidarity.

Sadly this did not hold during the second quarter. Despite a great defensive performance by Heather and Emily we struggled to get the ball safely into our attacking circle and our goal scoring opportunities were few and far between. This enabled Oakwood to get 9 goals clear by half time.

After some wise words by Macca at half time we decided to have a team overhaul with all players changing position except the Mowle. This proved to be inspired. Our attacking play and support down court improved dramatically and we capitalised on our chances well. Quarter score 7-8 to Oakwood.

Breezers rallied on in the fourth quarter, winning that one 8-7. Final score 34-25 to Oakwood. Those 9 goals in the second quarter were the only thing to separate us. 

Despite losing this was an excellent performance by a team that has never played together yet this season. Well done to Emily for her POM and a special mention to Heather who had an outstanding game as GK and GA.

Team: Heather (GK/GA), Emily (GD/GK), Rhi (WD/GD), Macca (C/WA), Nic (WA), Foxy (GA/C), Hayley (GS), Emma S(WD)

Half term always proves to be a difficult time for player availability with a lot of the Breezers girls taking off to the slopes to enjoy some skiing! The few that remained had an extremely successful week on the netball court.....

Monday night at Queensmead was against local rivals Falcons. The game was closely contended but some great work bringing the ball down the court and some accurate shooting enabled us to start edging away. A great team performance with special mentions to both Nicola and Debbie W who had outstanding games!

Well done to Mondays team: Sophie, Heather, Nicola, Clare, Debbie, Rhi, Fran and Alison. Final score 42 – 34 to Breezers!

Saturday mornings game arrived against Omega and the team showed up bright and breezy and ready to play! A good start put Breezers a few ahead, the wind was proving a slight problem for the shooters but they battled through to convert the goals. A second quarter injury from Nicola saw Philipa come on as WA. An amazing defensive performance saw a game full of impressive interceptions by the whole team. Special mentions to Ali and Philipa who had a phenomenal game and well done to Hayley who got POM.

Team was: Hayley, Sophie, Nicola, Heather, Rhi, Ali, Fran and Philipa. Final score 33 – 18 to Breezers!