The International School Of Penang (Uplands)

Come On Uplands!We re off toMSSPPNetballTournament23rd and 24thFeb 2011The State ChampionshipsU15 netball game.U18 team.The U18 and U15 teams from Uplands both competed in the MSSPPtournament at Westlands, with superb results.The U18 team played over two days and won all four matchesconvincingly. The team played extremely well together and topdefending from Lise Holmberg and Morgan Nicholson meant thatthe opposition was prevented from scoring on many occasions, withthe team only conceding two goals throughout the entire tournament!Consistent shooting from Shannon Martin and Eliene Vonk allowedUplands to keep their lead in all their matches and the U18 s werewell-deserved champions.The U15 team played all their four matches in one day. The heatand playing on grass courts caught us off guard and this meant thatthe first match was a tight loss, 3-6 to the opposition. We weredisappointed with the loss and with the encouragement from MsGain we were determined to stay focused and play to our maximumeffort.This paid off as our next match was against Tenby and we won bya strong lead, 11-0. Chris Schanz and Nadia Holden were in topshooting form, with Chris making a great goal from the edge of theD . The next match against the Chinese School saw us working reallywell as a team, despite the heavy rain! Mirei Iida played a fantasticgame in the centre position, allowing the team to successfully linkbetween attack and defence. Helena Tan worked tirelessly defendingthe ball, which meant the score line was another convincing win10-1, we are all ecstatic.The final game was a must win situation and the pressure was on,especially as the opposition had not lost a match so far! We supportedeach other throughout the match, and despite some tough umpiringfrom the head umpire, we managed to secure a final win, 6-2. Thisresult meant that there were three teams who had all won threematches and lost one. We weren t sure if we had won at this pointand the umpires had to work out the winners through the goalsscored. It was a tense time and as Ms Gain was explaining the resultsto us we were all really nervous. When we were told we had wonthe tournament we were so happy and all the hard work had paidoff. We were the U15 MSSPP netball champions of 2011!Both teams winning the tournament means we have both qualifiedfor the state championships on 9 April.Come on Uplands!pg2Back to Top