Bellahouston 8 - 20 Glasgow Gaelic

Bellahouston 8 - 20 Glasgow Gaelic

The S2 Girls Netball Team played their opening Glasgow Schools' League match on Wednesday 1st October at Bellahouston Academy. The team had many familiar faces  from last years S1 team that played at the Glasgow Schools' Tournament in March and won the Glasgow Youth games in April. New faces in the team were Katrin and Iona who were playing their first ever competitive games of Netball with Eilidh only her second.  Full squad:

Margaret

Louise
Aimee
Morag
Daisy
Catriona
Sarah
Katrin
Eilidh
Iona

The girls started the first quarter well and quickly scored the first point of the game. However, Bellahouston immediately replied with the equaliser which alerted SGG that it was going to be a close game. Katrin Swan at Goal Defence had a difficult task of marking the opposition GA who had good movement but Katrin performed her defending duties very well against a more experienced player. Daisy MaGuire playing centre had a speedy opponent to mark but Daisy quickly settled into the game connecting defence to attack with some good passing. Louise Templeton who started at Goal Shooter had a number of impressive successful shots from the edge of the goal circle which resulted in SGG going up 7-3 at the end of the first quarter. All 3 subs came on for the second quarter with Sarah MacKay, Iona McCulloch and Eilidh Campbell having to quickly get settled into the game as Bellahouston looked to get back level. Morag (GS) and Aimee (GA) worked well together in attack getting the ball close to the stand for an easier shot. At the half time SGG were up 11-5.

The third quarter saw both teams getting a bit fatigued. However it was SGG's ability to adapt the team, utilising the substitutes who were able to extend the lead over Bellahouston. In the final quarter SGG did very well to score most of their opportunities, with Aimee and Louise playing successfully together as Goal Attack and Goal Shooter despite being matched against a good Bellahouston defence. Sarah Mackay shrugged off an injury to come back on at centre allowing Daisy to play at Wing Attack, the two combined well keeping the ball in the Bellahouston half. Catriona Macleod and Margaret Driscoll played a strong game in defence particularly in the final quarter with Bellahouston only scoring one point. The new members of the team did great; Eilidh Campbell and Iona McCulloch showed good determination and Katrin Swan who played both Goal Defence and Centre during the game showed good promise in both roles. The team worked hard throughout the match and it finished: Bellahouston 8 - Glasgow Gaelic 20.