17.12.11 New Cambell 58 Gems 55. After trailing for the whole game and at times by 10 or more goals, New Cambell pulled it out the hat to win in the last quarter by 3 !!
07.01.12 New Cambell 37 Whitton 28. This was a top of the league clash which saw New Cambell take a convincing win. We are now sitting 2nd in the table.
NC senior squad (Charlene, Mary-Ann, Kieri, Emma, Terri, Leanne, Rochelle and Sarah) arrived in Darftord knowing that this away game against London Lionhearts would be tough and physical. Despite losing the toss we went ahead early in the first quarter to take a 9-7 lead, and true to form the Lionhearts defence stepped up the pressure and with timely turnovers they ended the 1st quarter 11-9 ahead.
It was a tight game through the middle phase trading goal for goal- good communication in our defending circle and Sarah’s eye-in allowed us to pull them back and go in 20-all at half time.
Lionhearts were insistent on keeping the pressure on us, with a swap in our attacking mid-court we were able to capitalise on the steals provided by the defensive trio led by Mary-Ann; the 3rd quarter ended 33-29 ahead.
We knew Lionhearts wouldn’t take defeat at home quietly- it was a team effort to lock down their attack in the final quarter only conceding 5 goals- even with the desperate efforts of the London Lionhearts aggressive GK, GD and WD there were not prepared for our own bone-crusher (Terri) we were finally able to breath and demonstrate flair in the attack to take us to a 14-goal victory.
Well done girls!
Thanks to our scorer Mike and our supporters (Fee and Terri’s Mum!)
Final score 48-34 POM Terri
Match Report by Charlene
We got off to a flying start this week and found ourselves 4 goals up at the end of the first qtr. There was some great defending from Charlene, Jenny, Jade & Michelle who worked well as a defending unit. The turnovers were converted to goal & despite some very close marking Leigh-anne managed to get some excellent shots away.
There were a few changes made in the 2nd qtr & the team took a while to settle but unfortunately we lost the 4 goal lead & found ourselves level at 21 goals each.
The third qtr saw us dig deep and although we had great determination we still managed to drop a goal. That meant it was all on the last qtr !!
We did manage to pull away by 2 goals but due to a couple of errors Comets came back at us & we found ourselves 2 goals down with a munite to go. We then scored off our centre pass and got a great turnover which was converted to a goal seconds before the whstle went.
Squad Leigh-Anne, Rochelle, Sarah, Terri, Michelle, Emma, Jenny & Charlene.
1st qrt 12-8 2nd qrt 9-13 3rd qtr 10-11 4th qtr 11-10 final score 42 all
Quote of the day by Ellie Blackford “Tracey are you being Pat today !!!” Bless her
We did not get off to a good start this week . Hyde Park had a tall GS and despite the excellent work rate of Charlene & Mary it was the accurate over head feeds that were causing the damage. The attack were also unable to give our shooters enough shooting opportunities and all that combined with some over zealous umpiring decisions we found ourselves 12 goals down !!
The 2nd quarter saw Leigh-Anne come on to GS, Jenny Blackford move across to GD & Rochelle move to GK !! With Jenny’s experience & Rochelles height & elevation they managed to pick off & stop many of the feeds going into the GS. We managed to win this quarter by 2 but just could not get enough turnovers throughout the rest of the game to close the gap. We will get them next time girls !!
Squad: Rochelle, Katie Mc, Leigh-Anne, Terri, Emma W, Emma J, Jenny, Mary, Charlene & Aziza
1st qtr 5-17 2nd qtr 10-8 3rd qtr 6-7 4th qtr 7-8 Final Score 28-40
A trip across the other side of London in Southgate saw our 3rd match of the season against another well established club Poly.
A good start saw us take the lead by 4 goals and Tracey NC player/manager decided to keep the same team on for the 2nd Q. At half time Poly had pegged the score back to give NC a 3 goal lead. Tracey brought herself on and moved the rest of the players back one position which made the impact that was needed along with a 6 goal lead. With the same team combining well together and some great defending down the court enabled the defences of Mary Ann & Belinda to reap the rewards. Some fast attacking play by the centre court of Michelle, Teri & Tracey enabled the shooters of Rochelle and Leigh Ann plenty of opportunitites to double the margin of winning to 12 goals.
Squad: Rochelle: LeighAnn: Tracey: Teri: Michelle: Jade: MaryAnn: Charlene: Belinda:
Score: 13- 9: 8 – 9:P 11 – 8: 11 – 5: Final Score: 43 – 31
New Cambell Senior travelled to their first away fixture today to play Whitton from Middlessex.
Although if you take the shortest distance it was only 30 miles but due to the A406 problems this 30 miles took between 2 & 21/2 hours. Fortunately the umpires had a very similar problem – so other teams be aware.
New Cambell had a reasonably good start as they took a 1 goal lead after the 1st quarter. Unfortunately an ankle injury to NC centre meant that team changes had to be made as she was taken off. New Cambell found great difficulty in settling for the rest of the game and went down by 14 goals. Fortunately some great defending down the court but especially in the defending circle where player of the match Charlene managed to turn the ball over on numerous occasions pulled it back in the end and lose by just 10.
Score: 31 – 41:
Squad: Rochelle: Leigh Ann: Tracey: Jade: Aziza: Mary Ann: Ophelia: POM Charlene.
May we thank Whitton’s Physio who came to our aid – you were fantastic. Thanks also to the Umpires – great game.
New Cambells 1st Regional Match which was played at their Home venue of Frances Bardsley in Horchurch saw a team from Surrey demoted from Division 1 last season.
A nervous start saw Gems take a one goal lead in this 1st Quarter with both teams having the same number of shots at goal. A shaky start with timing as expected to be slightly out at the start of the season and players getting to know what each other can do.
2nd Q as normal New Cambell change their team at each quarter and today it made a big difference in defence where we saw Adele Bourne being introduced in to the defending circle along with newcomer to the squad Aziza just 17 years of age coming on at WD. New Cambell turned the ball over 16 times in this quarter as defensive pressure took its toll on Gems all the way down the court and restricted them to just 6 scoring opportunities and just 3 goals scored.
3rd Q both teams made changes with Gems bringing on fresh legs at WD. Our court play was starting to improve and we saw some great attacking moves between Jade and Terri on the centre court and some really good rebounding from our Defences of Adele & Charlene.
4th Q with New Cambell holding a reasonable lead Gems fought back hard putting a lot of pressure on our attacking end which seemed to ignite our shooters of Katie & Rochelle to put 15 goals away.
The new defending combination of Adele, Charlene and Aziza shows great potential for the future combined with our stalwarts of the previous season holds well for the coming matches and it is always nice to get a good Win under the belt in the first match.
Squad: Rochelle: Katie Mc: Tracey: Terri: Jade: Aziza: MaryAnn: Charlene: Adele:
Score: 11 – 12: 9 – 3: 11 – 11: 15 – 12: Final Score: New Cambell 46 – 38 Gems
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