Returning to the court after a two week break,
the Eagles team take on the U16 Windsor team in physical match. 
Eagles 49 - 24 Windsor
St. George’s School, Ascot

Q1. Windsor win the centre pass to start the game. Despite the difference in ages, the Eagles team match the Windsor team in passing and defending.  Eagles quickly find their rhythm and some great passing sets up Grace nicely to score the first goal for her team within the first 2 minutes of the game.  Georgia, Keira and Nya defend well and intercept Windsor’s passes to win the ball.  Izzy demonstrates fantastic attacking skills and consistently feeds the ball into the D for Grace and Lottie to convert to goals.  The confidence amongst the team appears to grow with each passing minute. They show some great movement, finding space and applying pressure to the Windsor team, closing down Windsor’s ability to pass to their team mates. Eagles win the ball through sheer determination and successfully pass the ball to the shooters. Eagles appear to quicken their passing up the court and some great ball-work from Helena helps the persistent attack on Windsor’s defence leading to further goals being converted.  Instructions from the coach from the side-line helps the girls focus and keep their form, leading to the Eagles winning the first quarter 12 – 9.

Q2. Team changes are Amelia as C from Helena, Sophia replacing Keira as WD and Sophie taking over from Lottie as GA.  The game starts quickly and the fast pace remains through the entirety of this quarter. Windsor opens the quarter with an early goal and the energy on court is outstanding with Windsor applying much pressure on the girls. Eagles have to work hard to get the ball to the shooters.  Windsor’s GD is proving to be rather formidable and the Eagles own defence, Georgia, Nya and Sophia are stepping up and defending brilliantly.  Sophia is unstoppable and tenacious in her attempts to intercept, defend and win the ball and her linking with Amelia and Izzy help create opportunities for the Eagles to pass the ball to Grace and Sophie.  Grace is finding space well within the D, supported brilliantly by Sophie.  Eagles soon command the quarter and again, show their strength and determination to win, with good pressure being placed on the opposition.  Eagles win this quarter with a further 12 goals compared to Windsor’s 6, ending with a score of 24 – 15 to the Eagles.

Q3. Team changes are Sophia swapping WD for GD and Keira returning to WD.  The pace from the previous quarter remains and Keira appears to have springs in her trainers as she jumps to win the ball from the opposition throughout the quarter.  Her linking with Sophia, Izzy and Amelia helps the fluidity of the game with some great passing to Sophie and Grace around the D.  Sophie wins the ball to convert to a goal, and the two shooters work well to support each other throughout.  Nya, along with Keira and Sophia defend well, preventing the Windsor team from getting the ball into their D.  Eagles passing is precise and strong much of this quarter and the girls are finding space and able to pass the ball quickly to their shooters.  Despite this being the 3rdquarter, the girls energy remains high and they increase their lead by 13 to end this quarter 37 – 22 to the Eagles.

Q4. The final quarter sees the team make their final changes; with Georgia replacing Nya as GK, Izzy resting for Lottie to come on as WA and Amelia making way for Helena as C. Eagles open this quarter with a goal within a few seconds of play and their perseverance and unrelenting pressure on Windsor pays off as they widen the gap scoring goal after goal.  There is such good communication between the girls and the movement around the D enables them to feed the ball to the shooters. The Eagles defence remain strong with Georgia making some fantastic defensive moves as GK.  The game ends with Eagles defending and attacking brilliantly that Windsor managing to only score 2 goals in this quarter.  Final score 49 – 24 to the Eagles.

Despite two weeks off, the girls showed tenacity and determination.  Their ball skill, pace and team-working was very good and each player warrants recognition for their play today. Congratulations to Keira who Windsor voted Player of the Match. The Eagles voted Windsor’s GD as the Player of the Match. Thanks to Windsor for a great game.

Shooting Stats; Grace – 78%; Sophie – 69%