Netball team win the Garrick League!!!

The High 5 team secured a well-earned victory at the Garrick Finals yesterday rounding off the year in style and meaning that they remained unbeaten in every game they have played ! This is such an impressive achievement given the completion they have met along the way.

The Garrick Finals are a culmination of the league games played over the year and the top 2 teams from each division are invited to play a semi-final and then a final.
Ladygrove were drawn against South Moreton School in the semi-final and at full time the score was even. Extra time was played and still the score was even, so we played ‘Golden Goal’ – such pressure on everyone playing but an incredible effort by the whole team resulted in Isabelle putting up the winning shot!

....and so onto the final!

We started well against All Saints, but they are a very strong squad with some great shooters ! We were trailing by 2 goals heading into the final quarter but with a massive show of determination from everyone we managed to pull back to even up the score at full time. Extra time again followed and with us scoring an early goal we then just needed to hold off All Saints to become winners. Some extraordinary defence and great court play was shown by the team and All Saints came back fighting but Ladygrove held onto their lead until the final whistle.

Congratulations to the whole team for showing that never giving up and playing right up to the end is so important.

It’s been a fantastic year for the triple champions with their wins at Cholsey and Manor Tournaments and now the Garrick Finals. Well done everyone who has played over the season and thank you all for being such a pleasure to take along to competitions and for representing your school with your great sportsmanship and excellent behaviour.

The Garrick Final team was: Callum Henderson, Isabelle G-Bamford, Laura Millar, James Pearson, Katie Woods, Charlotte Pink & Sam Blake.