Monday, 23 April 2012

Woods Panthers defeat Garville 56 – 41 to post first win of Subway Cup


20th March 2012

Woods Panthers have posted their first win of the Subway Cup season fighting off a very determined Garville side by 15 goals on Friday night at Netball SA stadium.

In what was at times a scrappy match, the Panthers ultimately showed more control in attack and poise through the mid-court then their high spirited opponents.

Although Woods held the lead from early in the first quarter, Garville remained persistent and often came back at Woods just when they looked in control.

Garville opened the scoring from the opening centre pass and were again on the attack after some good defence from GK Tamika Arias. Woods soon settled and took the lead as the shifted the ball well around their attacking circle.

In an entertaining but scrappy first quarter Woods were executing with the ball better then their counterparts and took a 2 goal lead into the first break.

Woods were much more composed at the start of the second quarter extending their lead to 8 goals. Their ball control was much improved allowing GS Kathleen Knott to continue her fine match in the circle.

Woods goal scoring slowed during the middle of the quarter as Garville lifted in the mid-court where space for each side was hard to find due to close marking. Garville appeared to be frustrating Woods who went into half-time 10 goals in front.

The third quarter was a shooting battle between Knott and young Garville shooter Georgie Virgo as both sides continued to battle through the mid-court. 

The quarter was Garville’s best for the match as they created more scoring opportunities and outscored Woods by 1 goal in the quarter. Virgo was excellent for her side, showing great athleticism to gather lob passes all match. 

Although Woods were not playing their best netball, consolidated late in the quarter and went to the final break with a 9 goal lead.

The final quarter was much better for Woods as Knott and GA Emma Thomas built their combination in the attacking third. Centre Alice Murt kept the ball flowing through transitional play, providing the link to keep the ball moving.

After an up and down game for Woods they finished the match well scoring 18 goals in the quarter. Garville’s effort was good and they produced a tough battle for Woods as well as playing their best match so far this season.

Woods coach Trudy Barker said that while her side was a little up and down, ball movement improved towards the end of the match.

“We had our ups and downs but I think we pulled out of them when we could, I think we started to move the ball quite fluently in the and credit to our defenders who kept us in the game with a solid performance.”

Barker was also happy with the building combination of Kathleen Knott and Emma Thomas in their attacking circle.

“I think their vision and respect for each other really shone through in the end, a good performance from both of them.” She said.

Garville coach Jackie Blyth said that while they are still yet to play for a full four quarters there is definite improvement in the side.

Blyth said, “Every week we’re getting better, it’s just taking us a while to get there and we have a lot of juniors in our group that we are introducing gradually.”

“I thought tonight even though we were down, the girls were starting to put things into effect that we’ve done at training.”

In other the other matches for the round, Matrics had a close win against Newton Jaguars prevailing 56 – 51 on Friday night, while ETSA Contax continued their good form with an impressive victory defeating Health and Life Phoenix 54 – 32.


Quarter by quarter scores:

Q1:   Pan  11 – 9  Gar
Q2:   Pan  25 – 15  Gar
Q3:   Pan  38 – 29  Gar
Q4:   Pan  56 – 41  Gar

Shooting Percentages:

Woods:     56/64     (87.50%)
K.Knott:   45/48   (93.75%)
K. Walker:   1/3   (33.33%)
E. Thomas:   10/13   (76.92%)


Garville:      41/51   (80.39%)
G. Virgo:   27/36   (75%)
H. Edge:   14/15   (93.33%)

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