High energy action at schoolgirl netball tourney

THE first name to be engraved on the trophy at the inaugural SPAR KZN Schoolgirl’s Fast 5s Netball Tournament on Saturday, 3 August at Kuswag High School is Hillcrest High School.

The first SPAR Fast 5s tournament, hosted by Amanzimtoti High School had 10 out of the 11 registered teams take to the two courts, with a total of 55 games of high energy action taking place. The tournament was played in a round robin format with two six minute halves.

The on-song team on the day, the victorious Hillcrest High racked up 10 out of their 10 wins, netting 99 baskets and only allowing 28 points go in against them, including 10 points in the big game against Gelofte High School.

In a game where the action bounced from end to end in lightning quick pace, Gelofte were the first team to score, with Hillcrest levelling shortly thereafter. At the blast of the final whistle after a feisty 14 minutes of play, Hillcrest were up 13 to Gelofte’s 10, earning an impressive victory.

Gelofte met yet another challenge in the team from Durban Girls’ High School. The two schools both finished the day with eight points, eight wins and two losses. In the game against each other, only one point separated the two with the scoreline favouring Gelofte 10-9. Durban Girls’ High School’s only other loss was to the winning team, Hillcrest, while Gelofte’s kryptonite was Durban North College, with College taking that game 12-7.

Mid-fleet, a tightly bunched pack battled it out for sixth place between Ridge Park College, KwaMakhutha High School, Northlands Girls’ High School and host team Toti. Four round robin points sepearted the four schools as the day concluded. Northlands Girls’ High finished their day in sixth, scooping the place from Toti with a better goal scoring difference. Both teams finished on 12 points, but Northlands netted 43 points to Toti’s 30. They were followed by Ridge Park College on 10 points and the hard working team from KwaMakhutha who earned nine points.

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