.The Swallows had a fantastic Michaelmas term, winning 3/5 of our BUCS league games and drawing one! This puts us at second in the league with our eyes on the number 1 spot by the end of the season!
We started off the season with an incredibly high intensity game against O*ford, drawing 40-40; after having had only one training session together as a team at this stage, it was a testament to the strength of the Swallows looking ahead to the rest of the season. Following this we had several strong wins, a particular highlight being our game against Bedfordshire 2s as we scored 100 goals to their 13.
Following our BUCS league promotion last year, it has been great to see a step up in the standard of netball and play some very strong teams – a hard fought loss to O*ford in the first stage of the Conference Cup was a huge learning curve for us. Following on from this, we have worked extremely hard as a team to pinpoint where our game could improve, and the last few weeks of term has seen us get stronger and stronger as a team. We have also been incredibly lucky to have our new coach Jo, who always offers amazing advice and encouragement!
Georgia Tooth
Swallows Captain
The Swallows after drawing with Oxford 3s and after beating Leicester 3s
BUCS DIVISION: EY MIDLANDS TIER 5B
League Match Results:
Swallows 40 – 40 Oxford 3s
Swallows 40 – 37 Leicester 3s
Swallows 100 – 13 Bedfordshire 2s
Swallows 39 – 44 Leicester 3s
Swallows 64 – 22 Lincoln 2s
Conference Cup Results:
Swallows 30 – 45 Oxford 3s
Team:
Ella Woodman (1st year, Queens’)
Katherine Heylen (2nd year, Newnham)
Beth Lord (3rd year, Gonville & Caius)
Abbey Fawcett (3rd year, St Catherine’s)
Abi Ashthorpe (3rd year, Homerton)
Freddie Bonato (2nd year, Peterhouse)
Lucy Thompson (1st year, Jesus)
Rosa Humphreys (2nd year, Queens’)
Ines Shammah (1st year, Jesus)
Georgia Tooth (Captain, 4th year, Murray Edwards)
Jenny Dunstan (3rd year, St John’s)
Ellie White (2nd year, Queens’)
Alis Francis (1st year, St John’s)
