Eagles U19 V NRG

Eagles win 50 - 35 ……….a hard fought victory in their third south regional match. Player of the match was a very well deserved Jess. Full match report to follow.

U12 Eagles 54 - 6 Finch

There was an early goal from Finch but Eagles quickly equalised and added 2 more goals to the total. After some good play from both teams, with Eagles managing to feed the ball into the D more consistently, and some great passes the score at the end of the first quarter was 12-2 to Eagles.

There was a fast paced start in the second quarter of the game with some good defence from Imogen, Tamara and Rhiannon. This combined with great team work by the attackers Tilly, Isla, Annabel and Eloise resulted in the score at the end of the quarter of 27-4.

Strong attacking from Eagles continued at the start of quarter 3, with some good centre court passes from Eva and Sienna getting the ball into the D. Fluid play by Eagles in the second half of the quarter took the score to 46-4.

There was a slower pace to the start of the final quarter . Some strong interceptions from Isobel prevented Finch's hard work resulting in goals.  Finch continued to play well and scored 2 goals in quick succession. Despite tiredness setting the great team work from everyone resulted in a final score of 54-6 to Eagles.

POM for Eagles Isobel
POT for Finch was their great GA

Eagles U16 v Woodley White

A strong performance today, with confidence across the team building and great foundation to build from
Eagles 59 - 14 Woodley White
Wellington College 06.10.2019

Q1.
The match got off to a positive start with strong defensive play, marking and turnarounds from the girls. Keira achieved some great interceptions which set the tone for the game.Passing was positive into Grace who converted well, with Sophie supporting Grace with some impressive shooting. The girls kept up the pressure forcing errors, although there were a few opportunities missed to capitalise on rebounds. Georgia and Nya worked well in defence with strong marking and great interceptions supported with some positive centre play from Helena. Izzy was quick to react following a penalty, seizing the opportunity to pass through to Grace for a great goal. In the last moments of the game the girls just missed out with a disallowed goal which had been taken after the quarter end whistle had blown.  Q1 score: 15 - 4 Eagles

Q2.
Off to another strong start with Lottie seizing a rebound securing the first goal of Q2. Grace continued strong with some great shooting and confident style supporting Lottie well in the D. A great reset from Georgia to go on to set up Grace to another goal scored. Ball placement was good and both Kiera and Amelia continued the trend achieving some great interceptions. Resets were improved from Q1 with Amelia quick on the uptake from Centre to pass through to score. The team in general were playing well, with great energy, communication, accurate passing, hands up high and pressure maintained. Georgia managed 3 great interceptions in succession, with defence play strong all round. Play was stopped due to a collision between Georgia and the Woodley GA’s nose. The impact was unavoidable with no fault attributed to either player.  Play resumed minus the Woodley GA for the remainder of the quarter! Q2 score: 31 - 6 Eagles

 Q3.
Soon after the whistle blew for Q3 Amelia secured another great interception which was fed through to Grace for goal 32. Strong defensive play continued with good pressure maintained to force Woodley errors for Eagles to convert to goals. Grace’s general play was impressive with some really confident shooting. Amelia kept those arms high forcing mistakes and securing further interceptions. A last ditched attempt from Sophie to secure a goal in the final seconds sadly didn’t make it in but 10 out of 10 for effort and nearly colliding with the post!! Q3 Score: 43 - 7 Eagles

 Q4.
Tiredness was setting in with some confusion from the outset and a strong final push from Woodley.  Woodley seized some early offensive opportunities and defended well. Kiera and Nya both held the defence well with a few interceptions allowing Sophie to drive forward and score a couple of great goals.  Concentration was definitely down on the first 3 quarters with slower than normal reactions to penalties and a few missed opportunities to seize the advantage. Overall Woodley had a very good Q4 performance, however Eagles were able to secure 12 more goals in the final quarter and were pipped by the whistle for the 60.  Overall a really strong game with great play from all the girls and a well deserved result. 

 Final Score 59-14 Eagles.

Congratulations to Amelia for player of the match
Woodley Player of the match was their WA

Post-match comments:
Defence was strong, shooting equally impressive and some great forced errors.
Areas to focus on: foot work, ball placement & resets standing out the most to work on.

Squad today: Nya, Georgia, Keira, Helena, Amelia, Izzy, Lottie, Sophie, Grace

Eagles U16 v Royals Navy

Another exciting match with the team looking well able to defeat the Royals team from the first quarter
Eagles 36 - 23 Royals Navy
Wellington College 29.09.2019

The Q1 CP was won by Eagles although the first couple of goals were scored by Royals putting the girls on the back foot. With good pressure from Helena in particular, Eagles were also able to score with the first goal from Grace.  There were a lot of great interceptions from Georgia and Keira chased the ball doggedly. It became clear that after two defeats, this game was eminently winnable. There was some excellent passing between Izzy & Lottie which moved the ball up the court and Nya also defended excellently. Score at the end of the first quarter a very respectable 8 - 8. (Holly & Sophie off)

Q2 started well with a couple of goals in quick succession from Grace. Eagles were clearly moving into their stride. There was a lot of great & well timed passing between Izzy, Lottie & Sophie. Nya stuck like glue to her GA to ensure that she couldn’t get close to the goal thus curtailing her goal scoring opportunities. Keira made some good flying interceptions and the passing between the girls was much more fluid than the previous week. Holly was drafted in to support the girls, as the squad was depleted due to injury and other sporting commitments, and she made some excellent interceptions in the circle again reducing the number of goals the Royals team could score. Score at the end of the second quarter 20-15 to Eagles. (Helena & Georgia off)

Q3 Holly again made some excellent interceptions thereby putting pressure on Royals who missed opportunities to shoot. Good pressure from Helena, Holly & Georgia meant Royals were only able to score 2 goals in this quarter. There was excellent passing between Sophie, Lottie & Keira which meant that Eagles were able to score 7 goals to Royals 2. Score at the end of third quarter 27-17 to Eagles. (Izzy & Nya off)

Q4 Having done so brilliantly in the previous quarters there were some passing errors which impacted on the number of goals that could have been scored. This was probably as a result of tiredness as the girls had all played incredibly well – hard and fast with some brilliant interceptions. This quarter saw another 9 goals from Eagles with some excellent shooting from Sophie.  Final score 36-23 to Royals.

Eagles worked really hard and applied a lot of pressure to the U16 Royals team. Overall another really excellent & entertaining performance. With focus on more precision passing, the girls should be able to widen their lead over the Royals team the next time they play them.

Player of the match went to Helena which was very well deserved.

Squad – Georgia, Grace, Helena, Keira, Nya, Izzy, Lottie, Holly & Sophie.

Shooting stats – Grace 70%, Sophie 69%, Lottie 50%.