A brilliant 44-34 win over Canada on Friday put the Northern Ireland netball team into the finals of the 5 Nations Cup in Singapore. Posting their first win in the tournament they were unlucky to lose against Sri Lanka and Singppore earlier in the week and were beaten by Trinidad & Tobago.
 photo Lisa Bowman vs Sri Lanka  photo The Northern Ireland Team |  photo Singapore vs N Ireland |
In the final play offs they faced Sri Lanka who had already defeated them 55-50 on Thursday but with the brilliance of the Bowman sisters Lisa and Kyla in the circle the team put on a superb display to take revenge on the Sri Lankans and win the bronze medal with 10 goals to spare 61-51 the final tally.
Denise Prue was delighted as coach and expects the experience to benefit this young squad as they resume training for the Europeans in February.
 |  Hannah Irvine vs Sri Lanka |
NI Team
Hannah Irvine captain,Noleen Lennon,vice,Sonya Martin,Deborah McCarthy, Lisa McCaffrey, Lisa Bowman, Kyla Bowman, Andrea Magee, Louise McKeown, Michelle Drayne, Eimear Wright, Frances Campbell.
Singapore retained the 5 Nations trophy defeating Trinidad & Tobago in their final having won in the Cup in the inaugural tournament they hosted last year.
