National League Prem 3
Dominoes Netball Club has a squad of players who play National League netball and also take part in the National Open Championships (formerly the Challenge Cup). The squad is made up of players from the Senior Club, and is coached by Sarah Tomlinson.
National League Netball - Ready for battle in our second season of Prem 3!
Dominoes Netball Club are preparing for their second season of National League netball. We entered the newly formed Prem 3 after successfully fighting our way through a grueling set of matches in the 2010 Play Off’s, which really tested our stamina!
From the very start of the 2010/11 competition, the home advantage was clear. Dominoes stormed to victory winning all our home games throughout the season with the exception of a closely contested game against Evesham Reds. After leading for the first three quarters of the game, we were unable to maintain the momentum and lost to the, soon to be champions, by just 2 goals.
We performed particularly well in the run up to the Christmas break gaining good home wins against Cumberland and Poole Aquariums. We were pushing between 2nd/3rd place in the table by the end of the year and in a Prem 2 play off position.
January saw the beginning of a number of away games for Dominoes. This was much tougher; the league results suggested all teams in the league appeared to find travelling long journeys and playing in front of away spectators a much bigger challenge! Combined with this challenge, Dominoes lost our much-loved captain and amazing talent Kath Maw to the Cayman Islands whilst we suffered an usually high number of injuries. Cumberland finished the season much stronger than they started and grabbed 2nd place. Dominoes did ourselves proud finishing in equal points with 4th position Comets, but pushed overall into 5th position by just 0.007 goal difference!!
Check out the 2010/11 results following the link below:
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/competitions/Premier_3
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/Libraries/Page_imagery/PL3_table.sflb.ashx
I would like to thank Caswell Palmer for the role he played in moving the club forward as Prem Coach for the 2010/11 season. I would also like to thank Donna Millar (scorer), Kerry Halliwell (primary carer) and all others involved in the club for their ongoing support last year.
We are now raring to start the 2011/12 competition. Our preparation is taking good shape under our new coach Sarah Tomlinson. We have all worked hard to improve our fitness and have particularly benefitted from the training given by external fitness instructors who take no prisoners! Prem 3 is going to be a totally different ball game this season with 5 new teams entering the fold!!
The squad for the 2011/12 season is still being developed and yet to be confirmed whilst we are frequently recruiting new players. Players currently making preparations with the prem squad include:
Karen Player ©
Lucy McKeown
Toyin Malomo
Rosie Bailey
Leanne Miller
Lauren Millar
Emily Webb
Kathryn Booth
Hannah Mercer
Ellie Utku
Sarah Whitehouse
Sarah Tomlinson
Kate Watkins
Claire Lewis
Stephanie Whitehead
Leanne Furber
Zoe Chadwick
Helen Carter
Phoebe Hooson
Verity Goddard
Melissa Flanagan
Caroline Moran
Sam Mottershead
Ambah Simpson
If you’re interested in playing for the team or for more information about Dominoes Prem squad email saraht@dominoes-netball.co.uk
Karen Player, Captain, 26th July 2011
To see the results go to
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/National_Leagues/Premier-2/premier-league-23-playoffs-200910.php
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