Plymouth Prem B

Rentafford 25

Phoenix 24

KAREN Channon tipped Phoenix’s centre pass which was converted by Sophie Jury.

Phoenix broke straight back and took the next three goals. Kate Bourn intercepted in the centre third and Naomi Kent brought the ball down the circle where Jury scored.

Toni Dustan and Gemma Cole fought hard in the defensive circle. Ford brought the game back to 5-5 at the end of the first quarter.

Rentafford started slowly in the second, with Phoenix taking the first two goals. Bourn had two shots bounce out of the ring. The Phoenix goal shooter was working the circle well and confidently scoring from under the net. Helen Veness made a great intercept but Rentafford couldn’t convert. Kent and Bourn were linking well together bringing the ball down court but the goals were not there. The second quarter finished 15-9 to Phoenix. 

Dustan and Cole swapped and the change was very effective, with Cole marking the goal shooter out of the game and Dustan tipping four shots. A reverse hand from Bourn, which she managed keep in play was passed in by Veness to Jury who scored. Ford were keeping within distance of Phoenix, the score 17-12 at the end of the third. 

Ford took the first five goals before Phoenix scored one. A reverse hand in the Phoenix shooting circle by Cole was converted by Bourn. Ford brought the game level at 19-19. With the game level at 24-24 with only moments left, Cole got a tip and the ball was brought up. With seven seconds to go Jury scored the winning goal.

Plymouth Division 3

Horrabridge Cavalettes 15

Plymouth Marjon Kestrels 30

COMING up against a Kestrels side who are top of the league and yet to lose a single game, this was always going to be a tough proposition for Horrabridge.

With experience on their side though, it was not a runaway success for the young Marjons. A good start for Horrabridge saw some great defending by Scott in the D and some intelligent passing from centre court players Burgess, Callard, Morel and Shadrick against a fast Marjons. 4-8

In the second quarter Horrabridge defence piled on the pressure with some great attacking passes into the D against a strong Marjon defence from Callard, Burgess and Nevin.

A few changes were made in defence and attack; Scott for Morel at GK and Demery for Nevin at C for the third quarter. There were some excellent interceptions and great passing but Horrabridge could not capitalise on a very strong Marjons. 11-25.

More changes were made — Morel for Scott at GK and Demery for Nevin at C.

Horrabridge came out with heads held high and a determination to keep the pressure on.

Player of the match was Demery at centre but the entire team put in good performances.

Plymouth Division 5

TT3 8

Sitting Pretty 20

TT3 had a tough start against the more experienced Sitting Pretty side, who turned the ball over straight away and converted.

Pretty scored the next two goals before Robyn Hammond fed the circle to Siobhan Rescorla who scored. Sarah Daymond and Sky Greta May had their work cut out in Pretty’s shooting circle, but TT3 were unable to convert. Hannah Cole and Hammond worked hard bringing the ball down to the shooters. The score at the end of the first quarter was 2-7 to Sitting Pretty.

Great defence by TT3 attacking players tried to delay the play going down to Pretty’s shooting circle. Daymond intercepted the ball brought down by Hammond and Lisa Chamberlain and Lorraine Hucker scored. At the end of the half the score was 4-13 to Sitting Pretty.

May and Daymond swapped bibs. Daymond was able to tip the shots of Pretty’s GA. May put alot of pressure on the Shooter. Tracy Coupland was good support bringing the ball down to the shooters. The quarter finished level with two goals each to make the overall score 6-15.

The final quarter was good from TT3. Daymond was still tipping the ball and bringing it down court well with Coupland and Hammond, with good support from Chamberlain. The final score was 8-20 to Sitting Pretty with some big positives for TT3. Player of the match was Sarah Daymond.