We started the game very well and it was very close most of the way through. The shooters were in good form with some great feeds in from Sue. Unfortunately our defence was weakened at half time with Rachael having to go off poorly. Abingdon’s shooters took advantage of this and started to pull away. We did start to catch up but their attack was just a bit too strong. The score didn’t really reflect the game, it felt much closer!
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Abingdon Centre B 41 - 28 NOA B
Match report by Katy
- Location: Abingdon
- Time & date: 20th Nov 2009
- Team: Rachael, Hallane, Kirsty, Amy, Sue, Emma, Pip, Diane, Lisa
- Player of the Match: Diane
Oxford Royals 25 - 51 NOA A
Match report by Katy
- Location: Oxford
- Time & date: 28th October 2009
- Team: Catherine Foakes, Sharn Newman, Laura Anderson, Kelly Boswell, Sophie Connelly, Lisa Darnell, Sue Doke, Rachael Smith, Hallane Hill.
- Player of the Match: Laura Anderson
- Umpire: Karen
A well played game by everyone against Oxford Royals this evening, culminating in a 51 – 25 win for NOA A. It was an all round excellant performance by everyone, and a big thank you goes to the B team players who help cement this win, Lisa Darnell, Sue Doke, Rachael Smith and Hallane Hill. Despite having two cripples playing GS and GA, they played very well. Mid court was excellent with Laura Anderson winning player of the match. Defense was good, against a tough old attack, but an excellent team performance ensured a good win for NOA A taking them up to 5th in the league.
NOA D 36 - 23 Brize
Match report by Katy
- Location: Banbury School
- Player of the Match: Toni
First quarter started very well already scoring 13, brilliant shooting by Toni, Vanessa and Bryony. Bryony moved very well and used her WA and C to get into a good position. Great defence by Becky and Laura, as Brize only gained 1 shot in the second quarter. Esther kept up a great performance as our C and the attack worked very well together. Brilliant win girls and well done to Toni.
Abingdon Ladies Diamonds 32 - 33 NOA B
Match report by Katy
- Location: Fitzharries, Abingdon
- Time & date: 14th October 2009
- Team: Rachael, Hallane, Kirsty, Lisa, Amy, Susan, Dianne, Pip
- Player of the Match: Susan
It was a very close and highly competitive game. Everyone fought brilliantly throughout. Both teams shot well and there was some great feeding into the circle, particularly by Kirsty. Our defence was excellent and Rachael defended superbly, preventing an equally tall shooter from scoring. Brilliant defensive pressure. Fantastic teamwork, another great win! Well done everyone.
NOA B 38 - 21 JR Gold
Match report by Katy
- Location: Banbury School
- Time & date: 12th Oct 2009 19:00
- Team: Raych, Kirsty, Lisa, Amy, Sue, Di, Pippa
The game started off very competitively with a tight first quarter, but in the second some great interceptions by our defence and some great play round our circle allowed us to build a 7 goal lead by half time.
NOA D 21 - 28 Banbury Blues
Match report by Katy
- Location: Banbury School
- Time & date: 12th Oct 2009 20:15
- Player of the Match: Lisa
- Umpire: Lesley & Mags
This was a battle of a match. Blues took the lead early on and NOA worked hard throughout the court to keep the deficit to a minimum. Unfortunately in the 3rd 1/4, a few loose balls and frantic passess allowed the Blues to grow the gap to 10. We went on the last 1/4 with a positive attitude and fought to close the gap but only managed to bring it down by 3. Our first loss of the season but we played well as a team and will learn from this for next week. Well done girls!!
Becky
NOA D 19 - 17 David Lloyd Ladies
Match report by Katy
- Location: Banbury
- Time & date: 5th October 2009 19:00
This was our second game of the season and our first game was a good win for us but we knew this time would be harder as David LLoyd are a good team that have been playing for ages.
NOA B 32 - 43 Vale Vets
Match report by Katy
- Location: Banbury School
- Time & date: 5th Oct 2009 19:00
- Team: Lisa, Emma, Kirsty, Amy, Halane, Raychel, Dianna, Pip, Noods.
- Player of the Match: Dianna
- Umpire: Sophie H
It was a really close match throughout with one goal between the two teams up to the last quarter. In the last quarter Vale managed to break a few of our centres and maintained a small lead.
Shrivenham (A) 45 - 33 NOA (C)
Match report by Katy
- Location: Shrivenham
- Time & date: 28th Sept 09
- Team: Sabrina, Amy, Simona, Alicia, Hat Wells, Vanessa, Hazel.
- Player of the Match: Hazel
After a long drive (!) NOA played a great game, that was very close, with everyone working really hard. A good start to the season.