CO-OPERATIVE NETBALL SUPERLEAGUE
Match report: LEEDS CARNEGIE V NORTHERN THUNDER
VENUE: Leeds Met University TIME: 1500
Umpires: Janice Treasure, Heather Gleadall reserve: Sue Richards
Q1: 12-12
Q2: 24-18
Q3: 36-33
Q4: 47-46
Full time: 47-46
Have Leeds Carnegie played their last match in the scheduled Co-operative Netball Superleague season? Maybe not. This afternoon’s gripping 47-46 win over local rivals Northern Thunder has lifted Leeds above Brunel Hurricanes and into 4th in the table, the final play-off position. Derby days always have a special feeling and the match was not only a sell-out at Leeds Metropolitan University but so many fans wanted to watch some had to be turned away.
This game lived up to all the hype with tension palpable off and on court and neither team could make a mark in the match early on it so it was all-square after 15 minutes.
Amanda Martin rarely puts a foot wrong and in the second quarter the goal-attack netted all nine of the shots she had on goal roared on by the fans and her success enabled the home side to pull ahead. At the other end it was a different story for Thunder’s Charlotte Beenham who was 0/3.
Changes made by the visitors a half-time brought immediate results as Thunder deployed what we’ll call their “Rachel formation”. Rachel Henry moved to centre while Rachel Taylor moved into WA and Rachel Bramhall came on to shoot and Karen Greig moved from GS to GA. These substitutions swung the game in favour of the visitors who took the 3rd quarter 15 – 12 reducing Carnegie’s lead.
With just 3 goals between the teams it made for a very exciting final quarter which went goal for goal and the game could have gone either way. Nothing was decided until the final whistle when Leeds took the game after a missed shot from Thunder could have levelled it.
As the whistle went there was a scuffle and verbal exchanges involving wing-defence Ama Agbeze and near the Northern Thunder bench. Leeds Carnegie said the incident was unrelated to the game and that they would fully investigate.
As for Team Northumbria manager Dawn Tolcher said “The team played well and fought hard with strong passing and deserved to win.”
As things stand Leeds Carnegie will join Team Bath, Loughborough, and Mavericks in the end of season play-offs - we have to wait for Brunel Hurricanes to play their final match on the final day of the regular season at Loughborough Lightning
LEEDS CARNEGIE
GS: Joanne Walker
GA: Amanda Martin
WA: Danielle Bloomfield
C: Jennifer Fields
WD: Lisa Ferneyhough
GD: Ama Agbeze
GK: Jo Davis (capt)
Shooting Stats
Joanna Walker 11/18 = 61%
Amanda Martin 36/46 = 78%
NORTHERN THUNDER
GS: Karen Greig
GA: Charlotte Beenham
WA: Rachel Henry
C: Krystal Gayle
WD: Helen Browne
GD: Kate Smith
GK: Kerry Almond
GS: Jo Harten
GA: Alex Kirk
WA: Natasha Hampshire
C: Jade Clarke
WD: Olivia Murphy
GD: Kara-Lee Moseley
GK: Hannah Reid
Jo Harten 33/39 = 84%
Alex Kirk 6/11 = 54%
Lisa Stephenson 6/13 = 46%
Not the best of results for Team Northumbria who have a tough weekend with a trip to Team Bath directly after this defeat to Mavericks. Not too many details available about this match at the time but Mavericks coach Kendra Slawinski said “It was closely contested in first quarter.. in the second half we were very strong and competed well to create the game plays.”
Team Northumbria coach Denise Egan said after the game “-We matched Mavericks at times with some well executed passages of play to goal and really did contest staying in the match up to half time. The third quarter characteristically is not always our best and we need to work on this.”
Credit must go to our circle defence pairing of connor and ryan who turned a great deal of ball over. With more front cuts to the ball we can improve our attacking play and must quickly learn from today as we play team Bath tomorrow in the rearranged game from Feb”.
TEAM NORTHUMBRIA
GS: Emma Lower
GA: Carla Dziwoki (capt)
WA: Vicky Burgess
C : Kathy Spears
WD: Tessa Burton
GD: Natalie Connor
GK: Abi Ryan
SHOOTING STATISTICS:
Carla Dziwoki (capt) 22/26 = 84%
Emma Lower 8/9 = 89%
Vicky Phillips 1/2 = 50%
Talei Bari 1/3 =33%
MAVERICKS
GS: Louisa Brownfield
GA: Ella Clark
WA: Karen Atkinson
C: Camilla Buchanan
WD: Steph Bello
GD: Natalie Seaton
GK: Naida Hutchinson
SHOOTING STATS:
unconfirmed