They talk about a week in football, well its 24hours in netball !
Tuesday night saw the nine girls from academy travel to Brighton to play Whiley Katz in the Brighton Mid Week League, a completely unknown team, with Sarah Uncles travelling with the squad for the first time. The previous two training sessions had been based on defensive play and I was keen to see this put into practice. The girls got off to a flying start, with the defensive work throughout the court working really well, and Katy Finlay and Katie Pearcy converting the majority of shooting opportunities, the 1st quarter ended 16-4 to Worthing. Changes were made at quarter time with Sarah Uncles coming on at C and Emily Begley at GS, it took a little while for the team to settle down but the hard work continued and the defensive pairing of Mele Jackson and Mele Stubbs remained outstanding quarter ending 29-9. Further rotation at half time saw Anna Van Eevelt back at C, Katie Pearcy taking over from Katy Finlay at GS. The game continued pretty much as before with Worthing dominating defensively and accurate shooting third quarter ended 40-12. Mele Jackson and Jodie Beaney came off at three quarter time and Anna Van Eevelt, the versatile player that she is, went in at GD. Concentration was a problem last quarter as the game was well and truly over. Game won 50-19. Three out of Three in the Brighton league and a good nights netball.
Wednesday was the visit of Tautons College, we were aware it was going to be a tough game as they have a number of regional players as well. The game started badly with Tautons converting a turnover and Worthing not getting going for around 8 mins when they were 5 -0 down. We sparked into life briefly pulling the game back to 6 all, before switching off again quarter ending 12-6 Tautons. Unfortunately Vicky Bowles had to leave the court as she had injured a finger and was replaced by Jodie Beaney. The girls were reminded a game was not lost until the end, and they needed to work hard, move onto the ball and take the opportunities presented. If the 1st quarter was poor, the 2nd was even worse with Sarah Uncles sustaining a nasty cut to the knee which meant she had to leave the court and Katie Pearcy turning her ankle. 2nd quarter ended 22-8. The girls were again reminded they were a much better team than they were demonstrating and they need to believe in them selves, and get the game going. Early in the third quarter it became apparent Katie P could not continue so we were down to 6 players, an afternoon one just wanted to end – third quarter ended 31-10. We took Lizzie Hall from the 2nd Team to replace the 3rd injured player and the girls were told to go out and win the last quarter and restore some pride. We lost the last quarter by 1 goal 9-8 however a much better effort. A team talk at the end of the game to face up to our failings, a massive dent to our pride but hopefully the girls will all learn from this. Heads going down result in a negative effect across the whole team, the onus is on the individuals to sort this out.
Monday 24 October 2011
Sunday 16 October 2011
Coulson's Chatter - Worthing College Performance XV vs. Christs Hospital XV - Daily Mail Cup
Worthing travelled the short journey to the Horsham to face one of Sussexʼs premier sides
in round 3 of the Daily Mail cup. The visitors started well and it was immediately clear that
they were going to be in the ascendancy if they continued in the manner.
The forwards were winning ball and the backs were a constant threat running wide.
Maslen got Fastnedge and Lyons moving quickly and this made defending impossible for
CH side. It was soon clear that the forward domination was to be the key to allowing the
backs to do their thing. the Worthing mid field was linking up well, while the back three
were a constant threat with the CH giving plenty of opportunity to counter attack. Duffield
stressed his opposite man while Ware was regularly beating the first and second defender
with Pegg linking them brilliantly.
The front row was dominating the scrum and the line out was functioning on the few
occasions it was given chance to do so. Trencher, Short and Mee were working well over
the ball and making the life of the half backs very difficult and Herron and Thompson were
carrying well. So by the end of the first half Pegg crossed and with Fastnedge scoring two
so Worthing 15-0 at the half.
With changes being made at the half Worthing came out and Leeming crossed, more
exciting rugby and there was only going to be one winner. Ware crossed to finish some
good work from the team to make it 25-0 Worthing. OʼNeill, Calleja and Connolly added go
forward in the forward pack and Baker made meters in the midfield with Bath and debutant
Al-Dahimi used footwork to beat defenders at will. Dixon was the last player on and his
energy and speed from the base worried the CH 10 and pressured mistakes constantly.
CH continued to work hard and to their credit scored a try of their own 25-5 Worthing. This
was not good enough for Worthing and they worked the final try very well with good
offloading work Sam Bath was able to score under the posts, Pegg converted for 32-5.
A good result well played all.
Ben
in round 3 of the Daily Mail cup. The visitors started well and it was immediately clear that
they were going to be in the ascendancy if they continued in the manner.
The forwards were winning ball and the backs were a constant threat running wide.
Maslen got Fastnedge and Lyons moving quickly and this made defending impossible for
CH side. It was soon clear that the forward domination was to be the key to allowing the
backs to do their thing. the Worthing mid field was linking up well, while the back three
were a constant threat with the CH giving plenty of opportunity to counter attack. Duffield
stressed his opposite man while Ware was regularly beating the first and second defender
with Pegg linking them brilliantly.
The front row was dominating the scrum and the line out was functioning on the few
occasions it was given chance to do so. Trencher, Short and Mee were working well over
the ball and making the life of the half backs very difficult and Herron and Thompson were
carrying well. So by the end of the first half Pegg crossed and with Fastnedge scoring two
so Worthing 15-0 at the half.
With changes being made at the half Worthing came out and Leeming crossed, more
exciting rugby and there was only going to be one winner. Ware crossed to finish some
good work from the team to make it 25-0 Worthing. OʼNeill, Calleja and Connolly added go
forward in the forward pack and Baker made meters in the midfield with Bath and debutant
Al-Dahimi used footwork to beat defenders at will. Dixon was the last player on and his
energy and speed from the base worried the CH 10 and pressured mistakes constantly.
CH continued to work hard and to their credit scored a try of their own 25-5 Worthing. This
was not good enough for Worthing and they worked the final try very well with good
offloading work Sam Bath was able to score under the posts, Pegg converted for 32-5.
A good result well played all.
Ben
Netball 2nd Team Report - Worthing College vs. Totton College
A shaky start but that was just trying to get to the right place in Totton, in the end we found the courts that were very hidden from view.
Worthing College started off well with some good movement around the court, but it did not last as much as it should and the girls started losing their focus and had the play turned over quite a few times. With some discussion about the turnovers I gave the girls the challenge of playing the 3rd quarter without any turnovers, and this they did but their movement around the court began to lack in areas.
In the 4th quarter Worthing College began to pull all the points together and started to look like a good team with areas to work on and together they will be able to become a stronger team.
The Captain Lizzie Hall was very encouraging to the team throughout the whole match and provided valuable support to all on and off the court.
Laura Joseph was named Players Player by Totton College – well done Laura!
Match Score: Worthing College 33 Totton College 21
Worthing College started off well with some good movement around the court, but it did not last as much as it should and the girls started losing their focus and had the play turned over quite a few times. With some discussion about the turnovers I gave the girls the challenge of playing the 3rd quarter without any turnovers, and this they did but their movement around the court began to lack in areas.
In the 4th quarter Worthing College began to pull all the points together and started to look like a good team with areas to work on and together they will be able to become a stronger team.
The Captain Lizzie Hall was very encouraging to the team throughout the whole match and provided valuable support to all on and off the court.
Laura Joseph was named Players Player by Totton College – well done Laura!
Match Score: Worthing College 33 Totton College 21
Saturday 8 October 2011
Banter with Bridges - Women's Football U18 1st XI vs. Chichester College U18 1st XI - ESFA National Cup Round 2
Worthing travelled to Chichester in the 2nd round of the ESFA u18’s cup having been given a bye in the 1st round after reaching the Semi-Final of this competition last season. With a warning that they must not drop their standards, and a number of changes to last week’s side, Worthing started brightly quick gaining control of the game. Without causing Chichester any real problems Worthing were enjoying much of the early possession. Chichester were sitting deep and clearing long balls into the Worthing have trying to turn Worthing round and make mistakes by pressing the ball. Worthing coped well with this and continued to build the ball up from the back. A change of shape from 433 to 442 saw an immediate change to the score line as Holly Jacklin and linked up well with her central defenders before sliding the ball to Lucy Somes, Somes just inside the Chichester half put Amy Potkins clean through on goal who calmly slide the ball past the on rushing goal keeper and into the corner of the net. 1-0 Worthing
Back came the had working and well organised Chichester who started to gain more possession in the midfield, the Worthing back four coped with it comfortably restricting Chichester to long range shots at Natalie Woolven in the Worthing goal. Despite Chichester gaining more possession Worthing never looked troubled with their one goal lead. Worthing then doubled their lead with 5 minutes to go when Darcey James up for a corner showed great poise to volley the ball home from 6 yards out after Lucy Somes delivered a pin point cross. 2-0 with half time fast approaching.
Half time 2-0 Worthing and comfortably in control.
The 2nd half started with Worthing again quickly gaining control of the game, passing and moving looking for the third and killer goal. Somes and her midfield partner Izzy ‘Janet’ Burt where running the midfield for Worthing winning all the 1st and 2nd balls before setting up attacks. The midfield battle was intensifying with Chichester’s captain trying to drag her team back into the game but both Burt and Somes stood firm against the battle.
The game was finally killed off when Somes tapped into an empty net after the Chichester goalkeeper let slip a shot from distance, 3-0 Worthing with half an hour to play. Jade Widdows was introduced for the influential Somes, meaning the hard working Jemma Kendall moved inside to central midfield, Potkins moved to right midfield and Widdows went up front. Potkins immediately started causing trouble down the right beating her defending full back at will and delivering dangerous crosses into the box both Aliss Pidduck and Widdows nearly getting on the end of the crosses.
Finally a fourth came when Widdows volleyed the ball past the Chichester goalkeeper from another great cross from Potkins. 4-0 and game over. The game rolled to and end with both sides playing out time.
Scorers: Amy Potkins, Darcey James, Lucy Somes, Jade Widdows
Player of the Match: Izzy Burt dominant in the midfield battle and showed some powerful running both on and off the ball
Back came the had working and well organised Chichester who started to gain more possession in the midfield, the Worthing back four coped with it comfortably restricting Chichester to long range shots at Natalie Woolven in the Worthing goal. Despite Chichester gaining more possession Worthing never looked troubled with their one goal lead. Worthing then doubled their lead with 5 minutes to go when Darcey James up for a corner showed great poise to volley the ball home from 6 yards out after Lucy Somes delivered a pin point cross. 2-0 with half time fast approaching.
Half time 2-0 Worthing and comfortably in control.
The 2nd half started with Worthing again quickly gaining control of the game, passing and moving looking for the third and killer goal. Somes and her midfield partner Izzy ‘Janet’ Burt where running the midfield for Worthing winning all the 1st and 2nd balls before setting up attacks. The midfield battle was intensifying with Chichester’s captain trying to drag her team back into the game but both Burt and Somes stood firm against the battle.
The game was finally killed off when Somes tapped into an empty net after the Chichester goalkeeper let slip a shot from distance, 3-0 Worthing with half an hour to play. Jade Widdows was introduced for the influential Somes, meaning the hard working Jemma Kendall moved inside to central midfield, Potkins moved to right midfield and Widdows went up front. Potkins immediately started causing trouble down the right beating her defending full back at will and delivering dangerous crosses into the box both Aliss Pidduck and Widdows nearly getting on the end of the crosses.
Finally a fourth came when Widdows volleyed the ball past the Chichester goalkeeper from another great cross from Potkins. 4-0 and game over. The game rolled to and end with both sides playing out time.
Scorers: Amy Potkins, Darcey James, Lucy Somes, Jade Widdows
Player of the Match: Izzy Burt dominant in the midfield battle and showed some powerful running both on and off the ball
Coulson's Chatter - Worthing College Performance XV vs. Oaklands College XV
A cooler day than in previous weeks and a light wind to greet the the Worthing side in
Hertford at the Oaklands campus. A large squad consisting of experienced players and
freshers alike went into battle with a competitive and competent Oaklands team.
The first half started with Worthing playing uphill into a light to fair breeze which made
possession key and a good kicking game vital. In the early exchanges the visitors
struggled and conceded first to a good score from the home side. This was converted and
Oaklands took an early 7-0 lead.
Worthing got their hands on the ball and played some good rugby, Cook and Watts made
metres working in the middle part of the field and were supported by Roberts making his
return to the college side. Although no end result was forthcoming due to a poor kicking
game, Worthing not able to get into position to build pressure as good relieving kicks made
yardage down field for the home side at all the right times.
The line out functioned well with stand in Hooker Luke hitting his mark more often than not
and Watts and Reed doing good work. The scrum was solid and provided an attacking
platform for the backs to run from.
A great break in mid field by Fastnedge (A) beating the centre defence stepping from his
left foot (a real collectors item) and drawing the fullback delightfully to put Lyons (T) in for
the five. Parker converted (C) to make it 7-7. Worthing then went on the offensive again
building pressure the result of which was a strong carry on the right hand side of the field
and Luke (T) pumping the legs to cross with a good finish, Parker (C) again converting.
Just before the half Worthing conceded a try which was not converted 14-12 Worthing at
the half.
Changes at the half and a message of ʻGo Forwardʼ took Worthing in to the second period.
A strong start from Worthing playing some excellent rugby using the conditions to their
advantage. Birch (T) benefiting from a good catch and drive Parker hitting the post from
the conversion. Worthing up 19-12 and with the big ʻMoʼ on the team it was really game
on.
Sam bath fielded a high ball and made a strong run into midfield, from this point Pat White
(T) ran a delightful line to score under the posts and Parker added the extras (C). Worthing
up 26-12.
The pressure was now beginning to show and good direction from Leeming at half and
Parker at first five was leading to opportunities across the field.
Lyons (T) completed a good move with the assist from Baker (A). Worthing 31-12 Josh
Bath (T) managed to finish a good team try with the assist from Fastnedge. Unconverted
by Parker Worthing 36-12.
A good effort from the entire squad. Looking forward to reviewing the game on Friday at
7.30am.
Trys: Lyons 2, Birch, Bath J, White P, Luke
Cons: Parker 3
MOM: Cook
Hertford at the Oaklands campus. A large squad consisting of experienced players and
freshers alike went into battle with a competitive and competent Oaklands team.
The first half started with Worthing playing uphill into a light to fair breeze which made
possession key and a good kicking game vital. In the early exchanges the visitors
struggled and conceded first to a good score from the home side. This was converted and
Oaklands took an early 7-0 lead.
Worthing got their hands on the ball and played some good rugby, Cook and Watts made
metres working in the middle part of the field and were supported by Roberts making his
return to the college side. Although no end result was forthcoming due to a poor kicking
game, Worthing not able to get into position to build pressure as good relieving kicks made
yardage down field for the home side at all the right times.
The line out functioned well with stand in Hooker Luke hitting his mark more often than not
and Watts and Reed doing good work. The scrum was solid and provided an attacking
platform for the backs to run from.
A great break in mid field by Fastnedge (A) beating the centre defence stepping from his
left foot (a real collectors item) and drawing the fullback delightfully to put Lyons (T) in for
the five. Parker converted (C) to make it 7-7. Worthing then went on the offensive again
building pressure the result of which was a strong carry on the right hand side of the field
and Luke (T) pumping the legs to cross with a good finish, Parker (C) again converting.
Just before the half Worthing conceded a try which was not converted 14-12 Worthing at
the half.
Changes at the half and a message of ʻGo Forwardʼ took Worthing in to the second period.
A strong start from Worthing playing some excellent rugby using the conditions to their
advantage. Birch (T) benefiting from a good catch and drive Parker hitting the post from
the conversion. Worthing up 19-12 and with the big ʻMoʼ on the team it was really game
on.
Sam bath fielded a high ball and made a strong run into midfield, from this point Pat White
(T) ran a delightful line to score under the posts and Parker added the extras (C). Worthing
up 26-12.
The pressure was now beginning to show and good direction from Leeming at half and
Parker at first five was leading to opportunities across the field.
Lyons (T) completed a good move with the assist from Baker (A). Worthing 31-12 Josh
Bath (T) managed to finish a good team try with the assist from Fastnedge. Unconverted
by Parker Worthing 36-12.
A good effort from the entire squad. Looking forward to reviewing the game on Friday at
7.30am.
Trys: Lyons 2, Birch, Bath J, White P, Luke
Cons: Parker 3
MOM: Cook
Monday 3 October 2011
Talk with Tina - Worthing College Netball vs. South Downs College
Wednesday saw the Netball Academy take on South Down College in Worthing in glorious sunshine. The 1st team started with shooting partnership of Finlay and Pearcy and defensive partnership of Jackson and Stubbs, centre court of Beaney, Van eevevelt and Bowles. Worthing should have been out of sight by quarter time, however the shooting was not a good as it could have been and the quarter ended 12 – 0. Sarah Uncles came on a quarter time for Vicky bowles, just for 15 mins to ease her back in after an unfortunate bout of Glandular Fever. The defensive pairing of Jackson and Stubbs remained strong however they were disappointed to concede a goal and the second quarter ended 26-1. Emily Begley came on for Katie Finlay and Vicky bowles can back on.part way through the quarter Vicky had to go off with a recurring back injury, which saw Katy Finlay take the WA bib and Jodie Beaney revert to WD. Sarah uncles was desparate to continue playing a part in the game and she came back at three quarter time as a WD with Jodie going off. Game ended 45-7. Excellent defensive partnership which is just getting better game by game.
2nd team had a new look defense with Sophi taking up the GK bib with Vicky Mayne strengthening the 2nd team at WD, Beth Finn at GD. It was an evenly contested game and Worthing played much better than the week before. There is still a lot of work to do, but they were unlucky to lose 20-25.
Tina
2nd team had a new look defense with Sophi taking up the GK bib with Vicky Mayne strengthening the 2nd team at WD, Beth Finn at GD. It was an evenly contested game and Worthing played much better than the week before. There is still a lot of work to do, but they were unlucky to lose 20-25.
Tina
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