Netball powerhouses maintain winning record in round 2 of North Zone B Division Netball Championship

Update by Koh Yizhe/Red Sports. Photos by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

Republic Polytechnic, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - North Zone netball powerhouses, Singapore Sports School, Canberra Secondary and North Vista Secondary, registered wins over their respective opponents in the second round of the North Zone B Division Netball Championship.

Defending zone champions Singapore Sports School recorded a comfortable 35-19 victory over CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ to maintain their perfect record in Group Y.

"Both teams played equally well and fought hard," said Natalie Koh, Singapore Sports School captain. "They (St. Nicholas Girls’) put up a strong defense so I am happy that my team was able to overcome them."

"The third quarter was crucial as they tried to fight back against us, but our girls managed to pull the win off eventually.”

Another school with a perfect record is Canberra Secondary. They stormed past Marsiling Secondary 38-14 and are now joint-leaders of Group Y together with Singapore Sports School.

Both teams will face off in the final group match of the second round to decide who will finish top of Group Y.

In the other group game, St. Joseph’s Convent prevented Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary from scoring in the entire first quarter to easily beat them 36-13. St. Joseph’s Convent led 11-0 after the first quarter and never trailed from then on.

Over in Group X, Seng Kang Secondary beat Evergreen Secondary 29-16 to keep alive hopes of qualifying for the next round while Yio Chu Kang Secondary defeated Bowen Secondary to even up their win-loss record at 2-2.

The pick of the afternoon's matches was between North Vista Secondary and Anderson Secondary with both teams having identical unbeaten records in the second round. It was a close match between the schools but favourites North Vista managed to edge their opponents 22-17.

After winning all their matches, North Vista are through to the semi-finals while Seng Kang, Yio Chu Kang and Anderson will go into the final day hoping for positive results. Yio Chu Kang will have to beat Anderson to have any chance of progressing while Seng Kang will try to defy the odds against North Vista.

The final matches of the second round will be held at Republic Polytechnic, starting from 1300hrs on Friday, February 26.

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