Tonight saw a reciprocal netball match against Atlantic Academy, this time away on their courts on Portland.  It was a cold, chilly and crisp game! The team played with determination and resilience and really impressed me with their clear and continued progression of skills and game tactics.

The first quarter saw no goals on either side but some phenomenal marking from Southill, making life very diffcult for the Atlantic team, causing particular trouble for them when throwing in from the back line. Fantastic centre position play from Lexi with clear passing from Lillie and Lola saw us gaining majority of possesion of the ball.

Atlantic were the first to score in the second quarter despite the best efforts of our amazing defenders, especially Ellie-Belle with her confident marking, keeping her eyes on the ball at all times and really sticking to her opponent, well done.

The third quarter saw a second goal for Atlantic. We were really feeling the cold by this point and starting to flag. Southill resilience saw us through however and Ellouise and Jess formed a dominant shooting pair strongly supported by centre player Florence, intercepting Atlantic passes and then both scoring within 3 minutes of each other! I was so proud of their skills catching the ball from the rebound and perservering at all times – 2 well deserved goals to equalise with Atlantic!

The final quarter unfortunately saw another goal from Atlantic to secure them the win.  They were great opponents to play, thank you so much to them for welcoming us and hosting another brilliant game.

Thank you also to our wonderful Southill spectators who came all that way to cheer us on and keep us going! I am beyond proud of this team and how well they played today.  They worked together, had clear link ups down the court to secure shooting chances and have really done Southill proud, well done everyone!

Have a look at the photos below and see for yourselves the effort, skill, and determination of our players, especially against some very tall opposition!