POMNA Main Game - A Handful

If you were expecting a clash of the Titans in the POMNA premier division today, you would not have been disappointed.  The main game of the afternoon turned out to be a physical encounter between a fired up Sparrows outfit taking on competition front runners, Esco Telstars.


 The game itself was a display of some "ferociously" fast netball but it also saw some misdirected spite in the contest.

There was no doubting the passion from the ladies on the court and both teams put body and soul into the match.  The Sparrows wearing an alternate grey strip today looked strong in the early part of the first quarter matching up to and causing some consternation for the women in red, but the resilience of the Telstars attack and the combination of experience and exuberance from Raka Nope and Lama Lua respectively in defense of the Telstars hoop set the stage for yet another resounding win for the might red army.

Passion more than temper reared its head midway during the game with a bit of agro coming through by both teams late in the third stanza and into the fourth which saw umpire Michael Petrides calling on the captains of the two teams to calm their players down.

Sparrow's Diane Kala (left) and Telstar's Mona-Lisa Leka (right)

spoken to by umpire Mike Petrides.

In the end the teams were content to leave the occurrences of the game on the court with a convincing scoreline to Telstars 56 - 28.

In other premier division games today, the Rebels accounted for Kapunarau 57 - 33 in quite a decent contest.  Kapunarau seem close to getting their combinations working and will be a real stayer as the season progresses.

Rebels (blue) and Kapunarau (black and yellow)

trash it out in the first premier division game

Paramana (black and white) and Veupunama (orange and black)

today's other premier division clash.

With the Mermaids on a bye this weekend, the only other premier division game was between Monier Paramana and Veupunama.  Paramana needed to assert it's authority this week to keep in touch with the surging pack and did it in style today spanking the ladies in their tiger suits 42 - 29.  Veupu have a very mobile attack and midcourt but are lacking intensity at present tending to drop their guard at critical stretches, making it difficult to recoup as they tire, especially against some of the more senior teams.

All in all, an entertaining day at the Rita Flynn Courts.

Our day started at 9:00 am with the juniors which we'll present in coming editorials, so the color and images we have of the POMNA comp for this weekend will be brought to you with better timing in the next day or so.

Remember the PCNC have their semi finals tomorrow and the Grand Finals will be held next Saturday.  Tomorrow is expected to be a real grinder as the last two of the final three teams in each division do battle to see who plays in next weeks GRAND FINALS...............

No doubt we'll be seeing you somewhere near the hoop.