Netball Excellence News
Vicki Wilson Netball
The PBC Netball Excellence girls formed 1 senior team to compete in the Vicki Wilson Cup qualifier and 2 junior teams to compete in the Vicki Wilson Shield qualifiers. This competition was a fierce battle between many talented netballing schools in the southeast region of the Gold Coast.
The senior girls all came prepared and put on a good showing throughout the day. In the main we showed some clever circle attack, smothering defence and brilliant feeds. We were competitive in all matches except at times during the Somerset game who are the benchmark and current champions of the entire VWC competition.
The highlight of the day was our nailbiting one-goal win against All Saints, in which we remained composed and absorbed the immense pressure put on during their late comeback.
We finished tied 2nd place in our pool, missing out on playing in the finals by a count back. With a number of selected players unable to play that day, the ladies stepped up and achieved some good wins.
All Netball X players contributed on and off the court, with special mention to Jacinta Lee and Lily O’Donnell who assisted on the day with coaching and managing our junior development side to the Grand Final in their division.
The Junior White team competed in the development division and made it to the Grand Final, unfortunately going down. The girls played tough netball and showed courage and resilience through the whole day especially considering this, for many, was their first time representing PBC.
The Junior Red team was playing at high stakes for an opportunity to move to the Vicki Wilson Shield finals that will be held at Nissan Arena later in the year. In previous years, these girls missed out on this opportunity, which pushed them even harder to qualify this year. The girls came up against Southport State High School in their last game to decide who will proceed to the finals. The girls displayed great composure during the dying minutes of the game and came up on top by 3 points.
Overall, the Vicki Wilson qualifiers were a great learning experience for the Palm Beach Currumbin Netball Excellence students.