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CHELMSFORD TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY 9TH MAY 2010
This talented squad consisting of Georgina Fisher, Jasmine Bowman, Rebecca Palmer, Poppy Murchison, Isobelle Stibbs, Victoria Cookson, Niamh Burns and Abbey Berry travelled to Chelmsford hoping to even the score with Redbridge following their runner-up position at the Essex Open the weekend before.
The team were fielded in Group 1 of 2 Groups consisting of 16 teams in total and without doubt had the most difficult opposition in their Group - unfazed by this, boy did they deliver. They outstanding play of all 8 squad members ensured that they went into the semi-finals unbeated - including blistering wins against both Poole and Redbridge blue who normally give them trouble.
In the semi's they were up against Redbridge White and comfortably swept them aside meaning they were to face Poole again in the finals - having already beaten them, the girls were expecting to win, however the demands of the day proved too much for them with Poole narrowly beating them on the final whistle meaning the girls came home with runners up medals but had worked exceptionally hard and were very unlucky in the final game.
Special mentions for all the girls including Georgina Fisher for unwavered determination in the shooting circle, Jasmine Bowman for her consistent strength in the centre court, Rebecca Palmer, who was outstanding as a centre court player on the day and vital to their wins, Poppy Murchison, proving vital in her accurate feeds into the circle, Isobelle Stibbs for her all round strength in defensive and attackng play, Victoria Cookson for solid defence play and outstanding determination and sportsmanship, Niamh Burns for consistent delivery and square ball tatics and Abbey Berry for persistent and determined effort in the defence end.
The girls have a tough weekend in 2 weeks when they have a double back to back tournament - Turnford Open on Saturday 22nd May and Tegate on Sunday 23rd May.
HORNETS NETBALL TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY 25TH APRIL 2010
The U11 team were on fire at this tournament, eager to settle the score with Redbridge Blue from the Crosskeys tournament, the team powered through all their games comfortably with overall goals for on the day 87, and a ridiculously low goals against being only 7, showing the raw talent this team really has in attack and defensive play. In the qualifiers, the team came up against Redbridge Blue beating them soundly 10-2, so they along with Turnford went through to the semi's. In the semi's Turnford met their other team, Redbridge White and inspite of a tough game comfortably won 8-5. I the final Redbridge Blue came back at them having knocked out Hornets and tensions were high, however the pure talent this team consistently demonstrates won the day securing an 8-5 win. The squad consisted of Georgina Fisher, Jasmine Bowman, Rebecca Palmer, Poppy Murchison, Isobelle Stibbs, Victoria Cookson, Niamh Burns, Abbey Berry and Lydia Rowlands.
CROSSKEYS TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY 28TH MARCH 2010
The U11's are proving yet against what a Formidable force they are in this area, dominating play in all their matches bar one, the team comfortably made the semi's knocking out Redbridge White only to face Redbridge Blue in he final. Inspite of securing an initial lead, the team lost out on the day to a 7-5 win and had to settle for the Runner's up trophies. The squad consisted of Georgina Fisher, Jasmine Bowman, Rebecca Palmer, Poppy Murchison, Victoria Cookson, Isobelle Stibbs, Niamh Burns, Abbey Berry and Jessica Williams.
THURROCK TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY 11th OCTOBER 2009
The U11's narrowly missed out on making it a full house Turnford whitewash over at the Thurrock tournament ending up with 4th place on the day. Starting off strong in their first six games the girls were on track to secure another tournament win. In spite of missing the centre court strength of Poppy Murchison and bringing in two new players, Grace Peake and Rachel Bennett to the squad, consistent defence strength from Niamh Burns, Abigail Berry and Victoria Cookson was complemented by Isobelle Stibbs delivering a strong centre court performance in both attack and defence. Jessica Williams playing out of postion was WA for the first time for the squad showed some mature feeds into the circle; the consistency in the shooting circle of Jasmine Bowman and Rebecca Palmer ensured many goals for the team on the day and player of the tournament was Jasmine Bowman for her versatility on court.
Asco Netball Tournament (Goffs School) 20th September 2009
U11’s A
The U11 A team had to settle for the runner’s up trophies following what had to be one of the most nail biting, exciting finals, the youngsters had ever experienced against CD Phoenix. With a 3-3 full time score, the final went into 2 minutes extra time and in spite of having more chances at goal , it wasn’t meant to be with CD scoring twice in extra time.
Throughout the day, the team found themselves in a group where all teams were going to prove challenging. Starting off with Poole Diamonds,( who had previously beaten our squad at Thurrock last year), the team fought relentlessly to secure a 4-4 draw mainly down to some outstanding defence play from Niamh Burns and Jasmine Bowman cpmplemented by solid centre court play from Poppy Murchison; next up, our local rivals , Hertford Hornets who surprised us by winning 4-3 in spite of great shooting from Jessica Williams and Rebecca Palmer , putting our young side under pressure for the remaining three matches. The girls upped their game against High Wycome with a convincing 6-0 win , where Isobelle Stibbs was amazing in defence , intercepting the ball continuously .The next game was against Flames , a notoriously physical side, but undeterred the girls secured a 5-3 win with solid defence play from Victoria Cookson and Abigail Berry. CD Phoenix were last and what a battle it turned out to be; all of the squad played their hearts out to secure a 2-1 win meaning they had done enough to secure a place in the semi’s where they comfortably beat Abbey Flyers leaving them facing CD Phoenix again in the final....role on our next meeting with them. Player of the tournament went to Isobelle Stibbs for her amazing defence play throughout the day.
U11’s B
This amazingly talented young U10 team were playing up a year on the day and produced an unbelievably spectacular result. Fielded in a different group to the U11A squad, the team produced 2 wins a draw and one loss throughout the day, resulting in them securing a place in the semi-finals against the eventual tournament winners CD Phoenix. In the semi final, after taking an early lead and dominating the first half they eventually lost 2-5. U10 Player of the Tournament - Charlotte Hockney. Players - Alicia Mulholland, Amba Gooden, Charlotte Hockney, Chloe Flynn, Emily Histed, Georgia Sargent, Lydia Rowlands, Rebecca Finch, Sophie Hart, Sophie Palmer.
Nottingham Netball Tournament 5th and 6th September 2009
U11’s
The youngest age group for Turnford came away Champions at a tournament regarded as one of the toughest in the country.
The U11 squad consisting of Jasmine Bowman, Rebecca Palmer, Isobelle Stibbs, Lydia Rowlands, Poppy Murchison, Niamh Burns, Victoria Cookson, Abigail Berry and Alice Green continued their winning streak and outstanding form at Nottingham with straight wins against Oldham , Hertford Hornets, Ribble Valley, Hartlepool Oaksway and Tameside on Saturday, going into Sunday as leaders in their age group. On Sunday, after a comfortable game against Ribble valley with a 7-1 win, Turnford had their hardest game of the day against Tameside being 3-0 down at half time, Turnford played their hearts out in the second half to recover to a loss of 2-3 which put them under pressure to win all their remaining games ...... and boy did they deliver ......another nail biting match against local rivals Hertford Hornets with a 6-5 win and then a 3-2 win against Oldham closing with a blistering performance against Hartlepool Oaksway with an 8-2 win. The girls displayed incredible maturity under pressure, outstanding sportsmanship with their opposition and each other and are definitely a force to be reckoned with now and in the future. Player of the tournament went to Jasmine Bowman who in spite of switching from attack to defence showed outstanding consistency in her match play throughout both days.
The Pontins Tournament held in Brean Sands is the last tournament of the season and probably the strongest. It is held over a weekend with nearly 200 teams taking part. Turnford entered into every age group from U11 to U16 with some superb results.
U11’s
A great start saw the U11 side finish top of their qualifying group on Saturday. With a strong defence allowing only 11 goals to be conceded all day, excellent centre court play and feeds allowed some accurate shooting to put them through to the main competition on Sunday.
A draw and 2 wins put them through to the semi finals where they convincingly beat Eagles 5-0 and that meant they would meet Tameside in the final. This match was end to end and neither team conceded a goal on their centre pass, eventually they were beaten by time and lost the match 7 - 8 to take the runners up trophy. It was their 1st time at this competition and we are extremely proud of their performance and the continuous effort given.
Player of the tournament: Jade Kersey
Picture shows U11s, U12s and U13s medalists
TURNFORD TAKE TROPHIES AT TEGATE TOURNAMENT
In the U10 section it was run as a high 5 tournament and this was the first time this young squad had taken the court together and what a source to be reckoned with they are. The first match was against local rivals Asco and the excellent all round play of the whole squad enabled them to run out winners 9 - 0. They then came up against another local squad Cross Keys but again the strength of this young squad did not allow a single goal scored against them and they ran out winners 7 - 0, the day continued in this vain beating Tegate Cygnets 8 - 0 , Asco B 11 - 0 and the only goals scored against them throughout the day was their own club Turnford B beating them 8 - 4.
Turnford youngsters bring back more medals for the club
Turnford's U10's put in a phenomenal performance in the Hassenbrook school annual Thurrock Tournament bringing home the silver medals (runners up). The format was for each team to play each other twice throughout a cold, rain soaked day.
After comfortable wins against every team they were put up against, Turnford came head to head with the somewhat aggressive playing style of Poole; inspite of the weather and the interesting play demonstrated by Poole, Turnford fought for a 2 all draw in the first round meaning they went into the 2nd round as leaders of the group. In the 2nd round, Turnford again demonstrated how good their youngsters are and only narrowly missed out with a clean sheet when they lost out in the final minute of their game to Poole.
Every Turnford team member played their part throughout the day including some fantastic interceptions and circle defence from both Nancy and Nieve, superb strong centre court play from Poppy, Isobel, Louisa and Olivia and some nerves of steel in the shooting circle from Rebecca, Jessica and Lydia.Overall the girls showed they are fantastic role models for the sport at such a young age with great play and exemplary on court conduct.
