Netball Sports Section
Annual Reports
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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By Secretary PC Joanna Wilson
Lancashire Netball is gong from strength to strength. The club now has over 25 members who are regularly attending training sessions, held on a fortnightly basis at HQ.
The recruitment of new players has allowed selection of squads and competition for places.
PSUK Knockout competition
In 2005 Lancashire entered two netball teams in the PSUK knockout competition.
Lancashire A team reached the quarter finals of the cup side of the competition, unfortunately they were narrowly defeated by a small margin of 4 goals by South Yorkshire Police.
Lancashire B team reached the final of the plate competition and played against West Midlands. The final was a closely fought game with both teams being on level pegging until the last quarter when unfortunately West Midlands pulled ahead by a couple of goals and won the competition. Nevertheless, Lancashire B are a relatively new squad and should be congratulated on their success in their first year together and for bringing home some silverware to Lancashire.
In 2005 Lancashire entered two netball teams in the PSUK knockout competition.
Lancashire A team reached the quarter finals of the cup side of the competition, unfortunately they were narrowly defeated by a small margin of 4 goals by South Yorkshire Police.
Lancashire B team reached the final of the plate competition and played against West Midlands. The final was a closely fought game with both teams being on level pegging until the last quarter when unfortunately West Midlands pulled ahead by a couple of goals and won the competition. Nevertheless, Lancashire B are a relatively new squad and should be congratulated on their success in their first year together and for bringing home some silverware to Lancashire.
Annual 2 day PSUK netball tournament
The annual PSUK 2 day netball tournament was hosted by West Midlands in August 2005.
Due to summer holiday commitments Lancashire were only able to enter one team, this being an amalgamation of the A and B teams.
Despite torrential rain on the first day of the tournament Lancashire played exceptionally well and did not lose a game. This was a particular achievement as they had been drawn in a very tough section, which included Merseyside and GMP. (Overall winners of the tournament)
As a result of their hard work Lancashire were placed into the gold section of the competition the following day. Again, Lancashire were drawn in the most difficult section, which included The Met and Derbyshire.
Lancashire’s best moment of the day was playing The Met in a nail biting game, the Met eventually winning, but only by 1 goal.
At the end of the weekend Lancashire achieved a placing of 7th out of 31 county teams.
The 2006 tournament is being hosted in September and it is hoped that we can enter both Lancashire Teams and improve further on our performance last year.
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By Assistant Secretary PC Joanna Wilson
The netball team participated in the Bedfordshire tournament and came about eigth. Both A and B teams are through to the quarter finals at present. The A team are through to the cup and the B team are through to the plate. Just to give you some up to date info we have had a recent increase in recruits for the netball team and we are currently training at headquarters every two weeks with a great turn out.
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By Secretary PC Jane Moodie
In 2003 Lancs Police Netball Team entered the PAA Knockout Tournament. We were unfortunately knocked out in the 1st round. However we entered the PAA Plate and played in the final being beaten by West Midlands in a very good match.
Lancs Police team also plays in a local league but due to injuries and pregnancies have not had very successful 2 seasons.
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By Secretary PC Jane Moodie
Lancashire Constabulary Netball Team have not had as successful a year as they would have liked due to injuries and pregnancies. However this year is looking a lot better and new recruits are now asking to join us.
One achievement was winning the PAA Plate. The finals were held at Birmingham.
The PAA Tournament was hosted by ourselves in September 2002 at Edgehill College. It was a very successful weekend and 26 teams competed. ACC Finnigan presented the winning trophy to Derbyshire and the runner ups were GMP A We came in sixth place which out of 26 is a good result.
We are still looking for new player and I welcome any contact. Unfortunately we are trying to find a venue which is central to be able to continue our training. If anyone can come up with a suitable place I would be glad to hear from you.
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By Secretary PC Jane Moodie
This very active and strong team of ladies won the Burnley Netball Winter League Tournament.
In the PAA Tournament they were placed 6th out of 25 and in the Knockout made it to the quarterfinals.
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