Netball Fever: Tournament Recap
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On Wed 15 Apr, 6 of our Y6 pupils took part in the Netball B team finals tournament at Impington Village College alongside 15 other schools. The team played amazingly well, winning several of their games and finishing 6th out of 16 teams.
Mrs Rodgers was especially proud of the team for winning the ‘Spirit of the Games’ award. This award is presented to the school who have demonstrated excellent sporting values throughout the afternoon and is nominated by other teams. The teams commented that Willingham had shown excellent teamwork, positivity towards other teams, encouragement to each other and towards the opposition and were very supportive. Well done Y6, we are very proud of you all!
One week later, on Wed 22 Apr, it was the turn of the 7 strong year 5/6 A team to take part in their finals netball tournament at Comberton Village College. They had been successful in earlier rounds and had qualified for the higher A team Shield Final. This resulted in them facing a more challenging set of matches.
They kept playing with great sportsmanship, teamwork, determination and positivity, but on this occasion the games didn’t go their way. They didn’t give up and managed a good win for their final game. We were delighted at the presentations to discover that they too had won the ‘Spirit of the Games’ award after being nominated 5 times by other teams and umpires, the same as the B team.
This was quite an achievement for both teams and we are very proud of all those who took part. We have seen them all grow in confidence and skill, through their commitment to netball club and love to share in the enjoyment they have playing netball.
