Ladygrove are OPEN Netball Tournament Winners for the 2nd Year running!

Congratulations to the High Fivers who played in the OPEN Tournament today. It was  beautiful afternoon (well it rained a little bit !) and Ladygrove started their campaign to retain their title well with a 4-0 win against St Johns. The next game ended in a 0-0 draw with Manor school in a well fought, albeit quite physical match. The third game was against Cholsey and was won 3-1 by Ladygrove. The final group game against Willowcroft ended in an 8-0 Ladygrove victory meaning that they finished top of the league but it also meant that they were to meet Manor again in the final!

Everyone was very nervous but Ladygrove started strong and were 3-0 up at half time but Manor made a great comeback in the second half and brought the game back to a draw at full time. Extra time resulted in the game still being drawn so nervously we played ‘Golden Goal’ – first team to score wins ! Ladygrove gave it their best effort and battled hard against the strong (and quite tall!) Manor side and their effort was rewarded in them scoring the golden goal ! There was some amazing and determined play by the whole team who managed to keep their nerve, but it was nail biting times for those of us watching!
Well done to Callum, Laura, James, Sam, Katie, Kate and Bethany who were great representatives for the school both in their behaviour and sporting abilities. Congratulations team !