Defending champs close in on final spot in netball competition

Defending champions Shirley Chisholm Primary are now just one game away from another appearance in the final of the National Sports Council Pedialyte Sport Primary School Netball Competition.

Playing in the quarter-finals at Gall Hill, St John, Shirley Chisholm produced another dominant display to defeat St Giles Primary 21-4.

The Vauxhall-based team led 6-1 at the end of the opening quarter, 9-2 at half time and 14-4 at the end of the third quarter.

They will be joined in the final four by neighbouring school Christ Church Girls’, after they defeated Hilda Skeene Primary 8-5, after leading 6-1 at the end of the first quarter and at half time, before ending the third quarter with a 7-4 lead.

Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary have also advanced to the final four of the competition, after defeating All Saints Primary 14-4.

Wilkie Cumberbatch led 3-1, 9-3 and 13-4 at the end of the opening three intervals.

West Terrace Primary grabbed the remaining semifinal berth, following a 12-8 victory over Belmont Primary. 

West Terrace led 4-2 after a close opening quarter and 6-5 at half time, before moving ahead 10-7 at the end of the third quarter.

(KH)