Tu Toa Defeats Mount Albert Grammar 31-30

NZ SECONDARY SCHOOLS NETBALL CHAMPS 2011
14.10.2011
Finals Day Results - Tu Toa Defeats Mount Albert Grammar 31-30
ATTACHED: SHOOTING STATISTICS

Results

Team 1 Team 2
9am Round
Sacred Heart 29 St Kentigern 41
Rangi Ruru 25 St Mary’s 33
10.10am Round
St Margaret’s 31 Wellington East 36
Columba 28 Cambridge 26
11.20am Round
Hamilton Girls 24 Palmerston North 36
Auckland Girls Grammar 36 Waimea 31
12.30pm Round
Epsom Girls Grammar 42 Craighead 34
1.40pm - FINAL
Mt Albert Grammar 30 Tu Toa 31

1st – Tu Toa
2nd – Mt Albert Grammar
3rd – Epsom Girls Grammar
4th – Craighead
5th – Palmerston North
6th – Hamilton Girls
7th – Auckland Girls Grammar
8th – Waimea
9th – Wellington East
10th – St Margaret’s
11th – Columba
12th – Cambridge
13th – St Kentigern
14th – Sacred Heart
15th – St Mary’s
16th – Rangi Ruru

Tournament Selection:
Kaitlin Alexander Epsom Girl's Grammar
Tera Maria Amani Mount Albert Grammar
Dawn Debruin-Wakefield Cambridge High School
Alice Eddington Craighead Diocesan
Kendra Falefitu Auckland Girl's Grammar
Holly Fowler Mount Albert Grammar
Angela Latu Epsom Girls Grammar
Materoa Poi Tu Toa
Jamie-Lee Price Mount Albert Grammar
Keaghan Seymour Palmerston North Girl's High
Zoe Walker Waimea College
Te Aomihia Watene Hamilton Girls High School
Brooke Watt Wellington East
Kayla Williams Tu Toa

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GRAND FINAL: TU TOA v MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR
14.10.2011
1st /2nd playoff - Tu Toa defeat Mount Albert Grammar 31-30
Tu Toa and Mount Albert Grammar gave the crowd what they really wanted, a nail biting, gripping game played at a level of intensity and skill that left you forgetting how old these secondary school girls are.

Tu Toa got out to a slight lead in the first half - putting the pressure on early and finding space through the midcourt where Mount Albert Grammar stuggled. The shooting circles down both ends were incredibly tight as both defensive pairings wouldn't give their shooters an inch. But it was Tu Toa Captain and Goal Shoot who stepped up and created her own space under the hoop to help Tu Toa get ahead.

In the midcourt Mount Albert Grammar struggled to find their way through a well-constructed Tu Toa zone and threw away a few too many loose passes in the first half, but as the game went on their links became stronger and they battled their way back into the game by the end of the 2nd quarter.

Tu Toa Wing Attack Ashleigh Tahiwi and Centre Renee Te Riini found their flow early on in the game and maintained a cohesive midcourt throughout the whole match, stepping up when it really counted toward the end of the match.

The Tu Toa shooters Brooke Leaver and Goal Attack Shaani Temata-Frost were on fine form, working together to get the ball as close to the post as possible. They were also strong in the rebounding department as they wanted to captitilise on every opportunity given to them by their defenders.

In defence Goal Defence Kayla Williams and Goal Keep Cheyene Walker were unstoppable, making life hard for 2010 NZ Secondary Schools captain Tera-Maria Amani, but the pressure placed upon the pass from Wing Defence Materoa Poi enabled the intercepts to happen.

Mount Albert Grammar had their only loss of the 2011 season and with an average age of 15 were courageous on court, pulling back a 9 goal lead. At half time MAGs introduced Ashi Ponini to Wing Defence, the move tightened up their defensive end and started to create more turnover ball. Young Holly Fowler at Goal Keep picked off more intercepts and was rewarded with a place in the 2011 NZSS tournament selection

Down the other end of the court Tera-Maria Amani kept calm and encouraged her team to work the ball in. Rebekah Roache who has been in great form all tournament found new space around the circle edge and worked hard on defence to get her team back into the game.

The Mount Albert Grammar supporters did all they could to get their team across the line too as their chants were loud enough to equal those of a packed stadium but it was Tu Toa who got ahead at the end to win 31-30.

Tu Toa Coach Yvette McCausland Durie was elated with her team.

"It has been a massive tournament." She said.

"I have the amazing privilege to work with these girls who are such a talented young group and we couldn't be happier."

Mount Albert Co-Coach Te Aroha Keenan was proud of the fight that her team gave.

"I am so proud, any team would have buckled under the disappointment of not having some of our key players but I was so impressed with the new combinations." She said.

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