Local girls shine in netball tournament

Dromore Netball squad with Coaches Claire Ogle, Linzi Bradford, Deborah McQuillan and Rebecca Rooney ©Edward Byrne Photography INBL1513-264EB

Dromore Netball Club were this year’s hosts and the event took place in Dromore Community Centre.

There was a great turn out, with over 90 girls attending from the four clubs and lots of parents to support their sporting stars.

There were two sections. Section One was made up of teams from primary 4/5/6 and Section Two was for primary 6/7.

Banbridge Coaches Lynn Wilson, Cathy Buchanan and Alanna Kerr with the Banbridge squad ©Edward Byrne Photography INBL1513-265EB

There were five teams in each section. The matches took place throughout the day, and there was such a high standard of netball played by all the girls.

There were a total of 20 eight minute matches played, which meant the teams played each team in their sections.

After some very close matches, the winners of Section One were Downpatrick and the Section Two champions were Banbridge.

Each club was given the task of selecting one girl from another club who stood out as their Player of The Tournament. The winners were Banbridge’s Elli Funnel, Downpatrick’s Niamh Murray and Dromore’s Kayla Hooke.

The Rathfriland Teams who played in Dromore Netball Clubs' Primary Tournament with Coach Cara Malcolmson ©Edward Byrne Photography INBL1513-263EB

The clubs would like to thank all the parents of Dromore Minis for their support on. They also sent a big thanks to Chris and McDonald’s Mace in Dromore for sponsoring bottles of water and snacks for all the girls on the day.