Great performance at State

The Griffith & District Netball Association’s U15s came fourth in the Under 15 Grade 3 at the Netball NSW Senior State Titles played in Liverpool recently.

They played 17 games of netball over three days, with 18 teams in their pool. They played Coffs Harbour, Hawkesbury City, Tamworth, Great Lakes, Nelson Bay, Kurri Kurri, Woy Woy, Cessnock, Singleton, Macleay, Ballina, Southern Highlands, Kiama, Wollondilly, Cowra, Mudgee, Kiama and Shoalhaven.

They won 11 games, drew 1 and lost 5. The loss included going down by two goals to Coffs Harbour who took out the title.Kylie Warren from the Association said the girls have continue to do themselves proud.

“They have travelled to other representative carnivals during the year at Queanbeyan, Wagga & Dubbo and at each carnival improved immensely in the build up to State Titles,” Ms Warren said.

“These young ladies worked hard as a team, they kept their heads up and remained very positive over the three days, both on and off the court.”

“They showed great sportsmanship and an incredible fighting spirit to turn game results around in the second half, to secure wins. The team scored 256 goals over the three days and took a massive 63 intercepts.”

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