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Sep 7, 2014

Wentworth Netballers Win their Division at UNISS!

The Wentworth Senior 1 Netball team spent last week at Waitakere competing with 112 other schools and 1600 Netball players in the Upper North Island Secondary School Tournament.  Each day they played 2 games. The first 5 games were in a 'round robin' and they played Opotiki, Glendowie, Avondale Invitational, Pio Pio and Pompellier. The next 3 games were the top 8 competition, against Reporoa, Tauhara and Kaipara. The final day consisted of the semi-final against Te Kuiti and final against Glendowie. Our team remained undefeated throughout the entire tournament, with some points differences of up to 35. The girls came out with no injuries but were very sore, with tired bodies. As winners of D Grade, Wentworth will be one of only 3 teams promoted into C Grade for 2015. The team had lots of fun at our accommodation at Bethells Beach, spending each evening in a unique way with our dance competition pizza night as the highlight. Thank you very much to coach Tania Cargo, whose invaluable advice and encouragement enabled this achievement, and to team manager Kim Reeves, for her wonderful organisation (and milk and bananas!). Thank you to the parents for their support and meals. Congratulations to the girls who worked hard in every game and maintained an incredibly positive team spirit throughout the week, resulting in bringing home the silverware to Wentworth.