The 2010 CANA National Championships in Townsville were FANTASTIC !!!
The Presentation Night was also enjoyable.
The following players from AYC were selected in the Champion Teams:
U/13's - Sophie Saville, Emily Burn and Ashley Campbell
U/15's - Lauren Downward, Chelsea York, Emma Groves and Amy Rainbird
Masters - Marg Woolley, Cherie Howard, Cynthia Howard, Vicki Blackwell and Tracy Burn
CONGRATULATIONS to all who were selected - Well Done !!
The girls competed in the CANA National Championships U/15 GRAND FINAL against SAUCNA.
Although the girls were unable to beat SAUCNA in the two rostered games or the Second Semi Final on Friday, they started the first quarter with fantastic passing, FANTASTIC defence and superb accuracy when shooting for goal and went into the first break 7 goals up!!
Unfortunately, SAUCNA came out strongly in the second quarter and totally turned the game around after AYC made some changes and they were up by 5 goals at half time.
SAUCNA continued to pile on the goals and eventually won the game by 15 goals.
AYC did extremely well to make the Grand Final and thoroughly enjoyed the week of netball.
The AYC U/15 team played in the Preliminary Final against Corcoran Park Gold at 5pm today.
The girls started the game well, with strong passes, awesome defense and accurate shooting.
Emma Groves and Emily Miles combined well in defense and the Townsville team was under pressure from the "word go".
Bocky King and Nikayla Roach applied "body on body" pressure through the centre court and with Kalinda Gasparin playing in the WD position, these three centre court players were able to make space and feed the ball into the goalies (Chelsea York - GS and Lauren Downward - GA).
Players were rotated at half time and the team continued to pile on the goals.
The girls were extremely excited about their win and of course the prospect of being able to play in the GRAND FINAL tomorrow against SAUCNA.
Final Score: 37 -20
Best Players: Emma Groves, Emily Miles, Chelsea York & Lauren Downward
Finals have arrived !!!
Having finished in 2nd place after the rostered games, AYC played SAUCNA in the Second Semi Final at 9.30am this morning, with the winner going straight through to the Grand Final tomorrow.
The girls had played SAUCNA twice during the rostered games and were beaten both times by over 20 goals.
This time was to be a different game altogether.
With the temperature soaring and high winds playing havoc with ball, AYC started strongly and the teams were even at the first quarter break 8 - 8. Chels (GS) accounted for 6 and Lauren (GA) 2.
Emma was playing brilliantly in GD and was putting her oponent under enormous pressure.
The second quarter was different - the centre court players were struggling with being able to find space and when they did get it to our goalies they were unable to convert. Half time scores were: 11 - 18. Chels 2 and Lauren 1 in that quarter.
Centre court players were changed at half time, but the new players also had trouble finding space through the centre court. Chels and Lauren also struggled with the tight defense. Third quarter break scores were 15 - 28.
AYC came out playing hard in the last quarter and scored a few quick goals with SAUCNA failing to convert. Bock applied pressure to her player and Nikayla was feeding well into the goalies.
All the players (both teams) tired in the last few minutes of the game as the temperature soared, but it was all over with SAUCNA eventual winners by 13 goals. Chels - 4 & Lauren - 5.
Final Score: 24 - 37
Best players: Emma Groves, Chelsea York & Bocky King
This is the final rostered game for our AYC girls and they play the well oiled team - SAUCNA.
With the game being played at 6.30pm the weather conditions were very comfortable to play in.
Of course as reported in the earlier blog, this game was the second for the AYC team today. But it was SAUCNA's first and only game for the day.
Our defenders (Emma and Emily) worked hard against SAUCNAs goalies, and once again Emma Groves played an awesome game.
Our goalies accuracy alluded them at times, but their support of each other and unselfishness was great to see.
Annette rotated the Centre Court players to rest them as much as she could for the Finals tomorrow, and Bock worked hard in Centre and Wing Attack and was causing her opponents some grief.
Athough the girls lost this game, they can be proud that they decreased the margin this time and hopefully can do the same in the Semi Final against SAUCNA at 9.30am tomorrow morning.
Final Score: 30-54
Best Players: Emma Groves, Emily Miles and Lauren Downward
(I'm sorry - no photos again this time due to the lights of the night game that make my pictures very blurry :( )
The AYC U/15 team played Corcoran Park Gold for the second time today. This is the team that our girls lost to by 4 goals (29-33) earlier in the week.
Today was a totally different story.
The girls went out hard, took an early lead and continued to increase the lead at every break.
Emma Groves has had a FANTASTIC carnival and today she continued with her brilliant play.
The girls played very well and although it was understandable that they would tire in the last quarter due to extreme heat (33 degrees at 10am), they were still able to comfortably win the game 45-18.
The play their last rostered game at 6.30pm tonight against SAUCNA
Best Players: Emma Groves, Bocky King, Chelsea York and Lauren Downward
Today the girls have a "Rest Day" - no scheduled games.
The team spent the day with their families - for the three girls who didnt have their parents travel to Townsville with them, they joined other families.
Haylee joined us for the day.
We started off by picking the girls up at 8.00am. Then had breakfast (Pancakes) on the Strand - Yummmmm !!!
Ian then drove us to Willows (shopping centre) and the girls bought some swimming gear (bathers/boardies/tops) at the Ripcurl Surf Shop - they're very happy !!
We then headed back to the end of the Strand and boarded a Ferry to head to Magnetic Island for the rest of the day.
Ian hired 2 canoes and we paddled and swam in the water, then watched some of the other girls enjoy rides on the Jetskis.
We all met back at the Strand at 5.30pm for a family/team BBQ - then then afterwards the girls headed back to their rooms for an early night to ensure their ready for 2 games tomorrow.
Thank God the girls played their one and only game today at 6.30pm.
It was a scorcher today - 34 degrees here in Townsville, while we hear of Hobart freezing with rain, wind, hail and snow from our family and friends !!!
The girls played Marleston League again today and as expected it was a hard fought, close encounter the second time round.
The lead changed many times during the game and although AYC took a 4 goal lead early in the last quarter, Marleston rallied and were eventual winners by 2 goals.
Final Score: 37-39
(I'm very sorry - no photos due to the game being played at night. My camera doesnt like the lights and with the speed of the game, all evening shots have been terribly blurry)
There's a REST DAY for the U/15's on Wednesday, so the next games are scheduled for 9.30am and 6.30pm on Thursday 30 September 2010
Cheers
Lisa
This game (second for the day) commences the start of the second round and therefore the girls played Corcoran Park Blue.
The girls had the chance to re-group and work on their basic skills during this game.
They were never threatened and won the game 64-11
(I'm sorry, I was scoring for this game and therefore was unable to take any photos :( ).
The game score to date is : Played 5, won 3
This game was scheduled to be played at 9.30am this morning, but due to the girls having to play again at 5.00pm tonight, the game was rescheduled to 8.00am.
It was very warm at this time of the morning and as the clouds broke up it the temperature increased and everyone at the courts were feeling it.
The girls played SAUCNA - the team to beat in the U/15 division.
AYC girls continued with their sluggish form from last night, and were never in the hunt for a win.
Unforced errors (eg: stepping, obstructions and poor passing) cost them the game.
Final score: 20-51
It's been a very warm day in Townsville today - 31 degrees !!!
The U/15s second game today was against CPNA Gold (Corcoran Park, host team).
Our girls were very sluggish on court in this game and as Corcoran Park took an early lead, their confidence diminished and their disappointment showed on court.
Their passing was inaccurrate, they didnt make space and shots were rushed :(.
They lost the game 29-33. This was a game they should've won !!
Best players were: Amy Rainbird (C,WD,) Emma Groves (GD)
(Photos below are not of usual quality - the lights play havoc with night shots and Ian took the photos because I was scoring)
Our U/15 girls had two games today.
The first was at 8.00am against Marleston League, this team is from South Australia is considered to one of the top sides to beat.
The girls played well as a team. Their passes were hitting their targets and their shots at goal were accurate.
Annette's words were "Chels is on Fire!!" and "Emma Groves is having a GREAT game".
Marleston looked sluggish and AYC capitalised on their oppositions poor form and eventually won the game 37-31.
Of course the girls were very excited about this win (as they should be)!!
Best Players for me were : Emma Groves (GD), Chelsea York (GS), Lauren Downward (GA)
I'm terribly sorry - there are no photos of this game, as I was recording stats for the whole game :(
The U/15 Team played Corcoran Park Blue today.
The game commenced at 8.00am and our girls were feeling the heat already - it was 26 degrees before the game started!!
The AYC girls got off to a great start and never really veered from that. Chels and Lauren combined very well in the GS and GA positions, Bock, Renae and Nikayla worked hard in the centre court, as did Haylee and Emily in Defence.
Annette (Coach) made several changes during the game as the weather forced her to do so - it was so HOT !!
AYC were convincing winners 54-14.
Best players for me were : Lauren Downward, Chelsea York, Renae Stone and Haylee Mianowski
There are 10 Associations participating in the CANA National Championships this year, with a total of 28 teams from these 10 Associations.
The Opening Ceremony was held at 6pm tonight. This was to enable the Carnival to commence on Saturday morning to avoid the heat.
AYC U/15's are to play their first game at 8.00am on Saturday (tomorrow) morning against Corcoran Park (Host of the Championships).
Today was Presentation Day for AYC CANA Teams for 2010.
The Teams and Officals head to Townsville on Friday (24th September) to compete in the CANA National Championships.
The three teams (U/13's, U/15's and Masters) played a Round Robin of games, had their team photos taken, were presented with their bags etc and the Captains and Vice Captains of each team were announced.
The U/15 Team is as follows :
Lauren Downward (Captain)
Chelsea York (Vice Captain)
Isabella (Bocky) King
Nikayla Roach
Kalinda Gasparin
Amy Rainbird
Renae Stone
Emma Groves
Emily Miles
Haylee Mianowski
Annette Logan (Coach)
Janine Wagg (Manager)
