We had teams fromTakapau and Waipukurau travel down to play against our Y7 and Y8 netball development teams on Sunday, July 11, to fill the void of games in July.
The teams are preparing for the annual Viking Tournament to be held here on Sunday, August 1, but had not played actual games since the start of June. They looked smart in their new uniforms which were kindly funded by a grant from the Racing Industry.
Year 7s shooting for goal against Takapau.
The results from the mini tournament held here on July 11 are as follows. There were no actual 'winners' as it was not an official tournament but from the results you can see that the Year 8 team went through undefeated.
The tournament was just a one-off arrangement to give the Dannevirke girls some extra game time before they host a range of teams here in Dannevirke again on August 1 in the Dannevirke Netball Centre annual Viking Tournament.
The teams thoroughly enjoyed the games and cherished the opportunity and experience so much we would like to see something like this held annually with our central neighbours.
Sunday was the first opportunity for the teams to wear their new playing strip (provided by local company Stitch Me) as it had not arrived before the first tournament in June.
