Parktown High School for Girls’ netball first team defeats old girls team in a friendly match
The Parktown High School for Girls sports weekend saw hockey, softball, and cross country being played.
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Parktown High School for Girls’ old and new netball first teams braved the cold evening and kickstarted the sports day weekend with a netball match on August 30.
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The sports weekend included hockey, softball, cross country, tennis doubles, water polo, and squash.
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The school’s first netball team walked away victoriously with a score of 14–10 against the old girls.
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The school’s first netball team captain, Siwe Ndema, said the game was thrilling and exciting. “I played with old girls I had never met before, so sharing a court with old girls was interesting because I saw how they played as a team. The game was fun because we implemented our rules, which made it more fun.”
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Old first netball team captain Lisa Sibanda noted that playing netball as an old girl with new girls was interesting.
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“I thought my performance wouldn’t be great because I had not played netball in a year, but the feedback I received from my team was motivating. Overall it was fun playing with old and new girls.”
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