The Owl 2020

The Owl 2020
School Games
MINOR ‘A’ NETBALL
Captain: Anna Falls
Minor A Squad: Seraphina Rooney, Rosa
Gribbon, Mya Pearson, Anna Falls, Emma
Campbell, Eva Mitchell, Melissa Graham,
Jenna McCall, Penny Davidson and Clara
Walsh.
MINOR ‘B’ NETBALL
Captain: Katie McMeekin
Minor B Squad: Emily Saunders, Lucy
Chambers, Lucy Lyons, Jane Martin, Clara
Walsh, Ruby Hanna, Rachel Hackett, Lucy
McKenna, Katie McMeekin, Rebecca Crooks
and Hannah Keed.
Commitment from the minor netball squad was
super and we had consistently high numbers at
training each week. The Minor ‘A ’team had
mixed results in the League against a strong
group, only losing to a strong team from
Dominican College. The Minor ‘B ’team also
had mixed results with notable wins against
Girls ’Model and Dominican. The players
trained hard each week to improve their skills
and were always very enthusiastic and
competitive. I would like to thank the girls for
their effort and look forward to training with
them in the coming season.
K.E.B.
JUNIOR ‘PREMIER’ NETBALL
Captain: Shannen Kelly
Junior Premier Squad: Layla Hunter,
Shannen Kelly, Ciara Murray, Tara Dalzell,
Etta Choi, Beth Adam, Erin McCrea, Eva
Perry- Obana and Debby Ogunleye.
This season was a great one for the Junior
netball team. We triumphantly won all of our
League matches, making it to the quarter
finals, where we played Killicomaine Junior
High and narrowly lost 15-17.
Our first match of the season was played
against Dominican; the final score was 15-9 to
us. In November, we played against Ballymena
Academy. The final score being 14-11 to BRA.
Layla Hunter was awarded player of the match
at both games for her excellent work as Goal
Attack.
Our third League match of the season was
against Carrick Grammar. By the second
quarter we were up 12-0 and it was decided
that Carrick would forfeit, and we would only
play one more quarter due to a traffic delay.
This final ‘quarter ’would be played with our
team’s positions mixed! This also allowed
Carrick to develop their match strategies.
We went on to the quarter finals, where we,
sadly, lost to a strong team. Tara Dalzell was
awarded player of the match. We are very
proud of how far we got this season and hope
to make it even further next season!
Shannen Kelly(III)
JUNIOR ‘A’ NETBALL
Captain: Molly Cash
Junior A Squad: Debby Ogunleye, Alana
Joseph, Eva Perry-Obana, Jasmine Mirfield,
Molly Cash, Robyn McDonald, Casey Smith,
Lauren Douglas, Carla-Lina Gueye-Dorval,
Mia Sittlington, Erin McCann and Abi
Coulter.
We had a very enjoyable season and trained
hard each week to develop our ability to play
as a team. We had mixed success during our
matches this season and, unfortunately, did not
qualify for our League Finals. We will
continue to work hard and improve our skills
next season.
Molly Cash (III)
The Junior netball squads worked hard each
week to develop their technical and tactical
match play. I would like to thank the girls for
their enthusiasm, determination and
willingness to learn at training. Their high
standards highlight great promise for BRA
netball in the future!
K.E.B.
INTERMEDIATE ‘PREMIER ‘ ’
NETBALL
Captain: Catelyn Burns
Intermediate ‘ Premier ’ Squad: Charlotte
Stronge, Kristie Monro, Nada Hawela,
Catelyn Burns, Katie Keed, Siobhan Baine,
Emma Connolly, Mia McCurley, Fiona
Murray, Molly Connolly.
This year was a very successful one for our
Intermediate Premier Team. Unfortunately, we
didn’t have the best start, losing our first cup
match, but we picked ourselves back up and
made it to the final of both the Northern Ireland
Shield and League! Unfortunately, we lost to
Wallace in the League final after a hard, tight
match with some tears shed. Even though we
had a disappointing end to the season we grew
much stronger as a team this year with
maximum effort from all players.
Catelyn Burns (V)
INTERMEDIATE ‘A’ NETBALL
Captain: Fiona Murray
Intermediate ‘A’ Squad: Caitlin Mooney,
Kate Sturgess, Fiona Murray, Abbie Braniff,
Eleanor Green, Faith Drummond, Sophia
’
Ramalho- McCourt, Molly Connolly, Sophie
Doran
This season was a challenging one as it was our
first in the Intermediate League. Our first
match was against Dominican College; we
played a very good match in both attack and
defence which paid off as we secured our first
win of the season. Our next two matches were
against a very good Carrick Grammar team,
our first match was very well fought and
closely contested but unfortunately, we could
not bring it back and lost by a few goals. Our
next Carrick Grammar game was much more
difficult. As a team we struggled to bring the
ball up the court which ultimately lost us
match. Although this season did not go as well
as we would have liked, we have high hopes
for next year! A massive thank you to Mrs
Winning and Miss Brady for all the brilliant
coaching this season and we cannot wait to
come back next season.
Fiona Murray (IV)
Commitment from the Intermediate netball
squad was excellent. I would like to
congratulate and thank the girls for their effort
and teamwork throughout the season. Both
teams fought hard in tough Leagues- well done
to all of the players who took the court! I would
also like to congratulate Catelyn Burns, Nada
Hawela and Siobhan Baine for being selected
to represent The Northern Ireland U17 squad
at the European Championships. Fiona Murray
also trained with the U17 Development squad
and showed great potential on the court. I hope
to see the girls build upon their success next
season.
K.E.B.
SENIOR ‘ PREMIER NETBALL
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