Bronze In The Plate For Crackley At the ISA Netball Nationals

The girls had qualified for the finals only the week before in a dominant outing at the Midlands Regional Final. It was a fantastic experience for the girls to play in this prestigious national event where they faced the very best teams from across the country.

Team Crackley started the tournament well, with a 5-2 win over Gatehouse School. Next, they played Scarisbrick Hall School and saw them off 4-3. Another close game over Copthill School delivered a 6-5 win. West Lodge Prep School was a tight game but the team earned themselves a 4-4 draw. Crosfields School proved a harder challenge and despite playing well the girls lost narrowly 5-7. In their final group match Crackley faced an exceptionally strong school, Trinity School Teignmouth, who played some amazing netball, the match finished in a 14-1 loss.

That meant that Crackley Hall finished second in the Group and qualified for the afternoon’s Plate competition. In the Plate semi-final the team faced Littlegarth School, the girls showed tenacity and battled hard but eventually went down 6-11.

Crackley’s girls showed real resilience following the defeat, picking themselves up and playing really well in the Plate third place play off against Sherborne House School where in a nail-biting game the girls stayed strong throughout to eventually claim victory 5-4 and earn themselves a Bronze medal.

All in all, it was a great day of netball. A huge well done to them all.