The Courier

Year 3 and 4 girls were put through their paces on Tuesday lunch time when Carol Lewington, Level 2 netball coach of Rugby High 5 Netball Club (part of the LMR Ladies club) came in to run our session.

Carol focused on defensive drills and tactics looking at their positioning and peripheral vision.  Carol was very impressed by the attitudes and ability of the girls and would welcome any of our girls to join her session on a Monday night at Harris School Sports Centre 6.00-7.00pm.  All girls in Classes III, IV, V and VI have been involved in netball within their games sessions and this would be a fantastic arena for them to continue their love of netball outside of school.

There is also an exciting opportunities for students to sign up and get involved with the Wasps Netball team with their Masterclasses which are running over February half term, please see the flyer below for more information.

We are also getting very excited about our up and coming trip to go and support the Wasps Netball team in the Vitality League in their home fixture against the Celtic Dragons on Sunday 18 March. If you have not filled in and returned your consent slip and would like to go then please make sure this is with Mrs McCollin by Tuesday 6 February. Additional copy of letter below.

Crescent U11 'A' netball team travelled away to St Marie's for a netball fixture on Wednesday 31 January.

The girls were able to put in to practice their knowledge of the rules with fast back line and side line plays and quick breaks from penalty passes.  Girls showed strong spirits and great team work, communicating fantastically on court and starting to read how and where each other would move. This resulted in a 3-0 victory with goals scored by Robyn Shaw and Amelie Edge.

Coaches player of the game went to the Captain Clara Woolf.

Well played everyone.

The progress of the under 9 boys has been impressive over the year so far.  On the back of their tournament win, the 'A' team stroked the ball around with confidence and, at times, it was unbelievable.  They struggled to break down a dogged Bilton Grange defence but Isaac Nelson swept in when he showed good movement in the D.

Crescent then conceded a rare goal but the fact that they were trying but failed a complex switch around the back meant that everyone applauded the idea.  Archie Dowling, as he has done, popped up in the right place at the right time to give Crescent the win. Again, Crescent had to break down the tight defence of Stamford but, again, did so with creativity and they deservedly won the mini tournament.

The 'B' team were just as impressive with James Wright showing his usual energy and resulted in a goal despite him being in defence!  A lot of the boys who had not played much hockey before are now showing super skills for their age.

Crescent overcame Bilton Grange. Against Stamford, they went down 2-0 quickly in the match. They did not recover from that but played much better in the second half.

The under 11s played all four of Bilton Grange’s teams.  The 'A' team played Bilton Grange’s 'B' team first and, although the hosts showed impressive skills, the power of Crescent was too much.   Matthew Browne’s goal was the pick with a rocket from a tight angle.

Against the 'A' team, Crescent were certainly competitive but struggled to hold onto the ball and were a little unstable defensively.  

They went 2-0 down quickly but pulled it back with more assertive play to 2-2.  Bilton Grange then got a run of goals to win it 5-2.  

Crescent’s 'B' team drew 2-2 with the Bilton Grange 'D' team and Vignesh Sadasivan got his first goal for the school.  Against the Bilton Grange 'C' team, they came off second best.