Dekenai Unhinge PWC

You can hear her a mile away, barking instructions at her charges and urging them on at almost fever pitch.

That's the ever passionate Violet Solien, stalwart of division 9's Dekenai Construction team as they clawed their way  into next Saturdays division 9 grand final showdown against Post Courier.

Post Courier is the benchmark for the division having returned from that netballing wilderness called the PSNA this year, after beating all and sundry that the Public Service could throw at them there.  To return to the PCNC competition, the rules regulate that a team having abandoned the PCNC competition must again start from the lower divisions and make their way back up the ladder.

 (above) Price Waterhouse Coopers (in blue) looked very sharp

but it was Dekenai (in black tops) that had the last hurrah.

Post Courier had been the PCNC premier division champions several years in a row when they decided in 2005 that the PSNA competition provided a more promising competition and moved across which great success we might add.

This year they start their PCNC campaign again from division 9 and will advance over the next several seasons to again compete at the senior level.  This year and the next few will be rebuilding process for Lydia Veali, Barbara Simon and Mrs Komu, old hands of the former premier division champions as they teach the finer points of competitive netball to new hands at South Pacific Post family.

The highly competitive Dekenai Construction believe they have the firepower to humble the paper peddlers and were over the moon when they held off a strong finish by Price Waterhouse Coopers on Sunday for the chance to have another crack at Post Courier.  PWC has been a well balanced side all season and looked set to go all the way to next Saturdays meet with Post Courier, but Dekenai were just that little bit hungrier on the day, taking the lead in the first half and never letting go of it.

The final score 17 - 15 to Dekenai with a similar margin at the break 9 - 7.

A happy Mrs Solien was quick to send out the challenge out to Post Courier, "We're coming to get you ladies, so watch out".  Now that's really being competitive.

The division 9 Grand Final on Saturday is set to be a real Bobby dazzler so make sure you're there.