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Oldham make another step towards league title with a convincing 71 50 win over Oaksway.

20/2/2017

The visitors from the North East arrived with a depleted squad, as the effect of Superleague took its toll on their player availability. It was the same for Oldham, who rested Kerry Almond after the previous evening’s Thunder match and they were also without Kathryn Turner, following her wedding a few days earlier.

The home team started strongly with Amelia Hall at goal attack quickly getting into the action, taking advantage of some excellent feeds from Gabby Marshall and Maria McAndrew. Amy Clinton found her range early in the game and the scene was set. Three excellent turnovers by Emma Dovey also contributed to a quarter time score of 18-10.

The second quarter was much the same, with the Oldham centre court finding the shooters with ease. Amelia Hall was giving the Oaksway Goal Defence a torrid time and Susie Armstrong at Goal Keeper was starving their shooters of scoring opportunities. At half time Oldham led 41-19.

Quarter three saw Krista Enziano take to court, with Amy Clinton moving to Goal Attack. Abby Tyrrell moved from wing defence to goal defence, Maria McAndrew from wing attack to centre and Amy Neil took the wing attack bib. Enziano, as always, was lethal with the long bomb shots, but Oldham struggled to adjust to the changes and lost the quarter 11-16.

Oldham NW Prem Squad bounce back

15/2/2017

After suffering a defeat last week Oldham were determined to come out with a win especially after losing to Trafford in the first round of the season.

Starting 7:
GS Chloe Shepherd GA Kim Meadows WA Amelia Hall C Ebbie Danson-Chappell WD Amber Hazelton GD Gemma McDermott (captain) GK Abigail Tyrell
Lucy Stevenson, Joely Ferris and Amy Neild

Player of the match with a fantastic shooting % was Chloe Shepherd

Shooting stats:
Chloe Shepherd - 92%
Lucy Stevenson - 73%
Kim Meadows - 100%

Trafford were first in the score board however oldham quickly responded with a goal and continued to score, in fact, scored 6 before Trafford scored their next goal. Oldham then scored 11 before Trafford's next game and continued their fantastic start winning the first quarter 22-3

Oldham coach Suzy Ashworth made one change at quarter time with Amy Neild coming on at WA. Oldham did not get complacent with their 19 goal lead and continued to make it difficult for Trafford especially with the number of turnovers Gemma McDermott was making and Chloe Shepherd making those turnovers count by scoring off them. Oldham extended their lead with the half time score 43-12

Third quarter Amelia Hall came back on at C, Joely Ferris at WD, Chloe Shepherd to GA and Lucy Stevenson to GS. Oldham settled well and continued to turn the ball over and get a shooting opportunity. At the end of the third quarter the score was 62-20

Abigail Tyrell went to GD, Amber Hazelton to GK and Ebbie Danson-Chappell to C. Oldham continue to push for as many goals as possible and at the end the game the final score was 85-30

U14 Oldham vs Westmoreland 2017

14/2/2017

Oldham kept the same team on the court for the final quarter and the superb defensive unit of Mallinder, Muamba and Diamond kept Westmorland to just 10 goals in the whole game. The attacking unit of McKee, McDermott, Krishna and Rattigan shown their speed and agility to bruise the Westmorland defence by scoring 41 goals

The game ended 41:10

An awesome display cementing Oldham’s place in the North West Region Semi Final

Oldham made the four hour return journey up to Kirby Stephen in the wind and sleet to play their final game in the regional rounds.

Q1 -Oldham U14’s totally dominated the quarter from the first whistle. The ball was turned over and fed back up the court and converted to goals again and again. A massive 22/22 goals scored for the Oldham squad and Westmoreland were unable to put a goal in the net. Quarter 1 score 22-0.

Q2 – Just one change for Oldham this quarter saw Stacey GD, Oldham continued to dominate the game giving Westmoreland nothing. 6 turnovers from Kate Leddy in this quarter secured her player of the match. Oldham converted more balls up the court and into Oldham’s shooting circle with another 100% shooting from both Alex and Berri.
End of first half score Oldham 42 v Westmorland 0.

U16 Oldham vs Westmoreland 2017

14/2/2017

Squad:
Vanesa Muamba
Laura Mallinder
Rachel Diamond
Jess McDermott
Nell McKee
Jaya Krishna
Keegan Rattigan
Alisha Willey
Scores: Oldham won 41:10 – rolling scores as follows:
Q1: 6:2
Q2: 10:3
Q3: 15:2
Q4: 10: 3

Statistics:
Keegan Rattigan – 24 goals from 31. 77% shooting accuracy
Alisha Willey – 7 goals from 7. 50% shooting accuracy
Jaya Krishna – 10 goals from 14. 71% shooting accuracy

Player of the Match: Laura Mallinder for awesome defensive display.

Oldham played their final league game of the under 16s Regional season against Westmorland pushing to reach the semi-final of the regional championship

Both teams started the game slowly with the defences being dominant resulting in 4 minutes of play before the first goal was scored. Westmoreland scored the first goal of the game before Oldham 6 consecutive goals. The first quarter ended 6:2 in Oldham’s favour

Oldham started the second quarter with more purpose and pace and were soon leading 10:2 before Westmoreland scored their third goal. The defensive partnership of Mallinder and Muamba was now showing its dominance. The half time whistle brought the game to an end 16:5

Oldham made changes to the shooting partnership at half time and brought Jaya Krishna into the game at goal attack to partner Keegan Rattigan at GS. Oldham seemed to settle into the second half of the game with a degree of ruthless execution and were soon leading the match 25:6. The end of this quarter saw the game with Oldham leading 31:7

Oldham take 58-40 win in top of table clash

13/2/2017

Oldham played host to London based, New Cambell, in a top of the table clash between two experienced teams. With Oldham holding pole position in the league table and New Cambell hot on their tails, it was all to play for.

The start was littered with unforced errors from the home team, who struggled to find any kind of momentum. Fortunately for Oldham, New Cambell also made mistakes and the low scoring quarter ended with Oldham holding a slender 10-9 lead, thanks in the main to a solid performance from Kerry Almond in defence, with an impressive 4 turnovers in the quarter.

Coach, Debbie Hallas, reorganised the team, introducing Amelia Hall to WA, moving Maria McAndrew to Centre and Gabs Marshall to Wing Defence. This had an immediate impact and Oldham scored three quick goals. However, New Cambell replied with three goals of their own and the quarter was going goal for goal. With the scoreline standing at 20-19 Oldham began to slip through the gears. Some excellent through court play, stemming from Emma Dovey and Gabs Marshall in defence, through to Maria McAndrew and Amelia Hall, was providing Shooters, Kathryn Turner and Krista Enziano with more opportunities. The latter found her range with her trademark long bombs, to give Oldham a 28-20 lead heading into half time and earned her the player of the match award.

Oldham 49 v 41 The Downs

7/2/2017

Oldham Netball Club’s premier league side travelled down to Guildford based The Downs on Sunday and came away with a hard fought 49-41 win.

Oldham finally had Gabby Marshall, Amy Clinton and Iona Darroch back from England U21 duty, which came a welcome boost to coach Debbie Hallas after having a depleted squad since December.

Oldham started strongly, racing out into a lead that would prove insurmountable for the home side, at one point scoring 7 unanswered goals. The Oldham defensive unit of Kerry Almond, Emma Dovey, Marshall and Maria McAndrew were forcing errors from the home side and taking intercepts at will, for Krista Enziano and Kathryn Turner to slot home. Oldham were running things in the first period, with Amelia Hall proving elusive for The Downs defence to catch. Oldham took a 14-7 lead at the break.

Oldham 35 v 43 Bury

7/2/2017

Oldham v Bury
NW Prem league
Oldham 35 - Bury 43

Team:
GS Lucy Stevenson
GA Isobel Hallam
WA Lucy Shepherd
C Ebbie Danson-Chappell
WD Amber Hazelton
GD Gemma McDermott
GK Zoe Mallinder
Vanessa Luamba

Player of the Match - Gemma McDermott

Oldham arrived at Bury Grammar with a depleted team having only 8 players for the match v Bury. Oldham knew it was going to be a really big ask having had a tough game against them last time. However the last time Oldham played them it was in their favour winning the game 45-32. Early into the first quarter Oldham's missed shots and errors crept in, which allowed Bury to get the advantage and go into the lead 7 goals to 3. Oldham managed to stay close to their score line though and pulled it back by playing some good patient netball. Oldham was trailing by 3 goals at the end of the first quarter with the score 8-11 to Bury.