Charlotte Beetham of Wainuioru School gets her pass away during grading round action at the Colombo Rd courts. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV
Results went as expected when matches in Netball Wairarapa’s premier one competition got underway at the Trust House Recreation Centre last week.
In the Thursday night game between Celtic and the Wairarapa under-17 reps, goals came thick and fast with Celtic eventually taking the honours 68-48 while the first of the Friday night matches between Gladstone Helloworld Gold and Wairarapa College Senior A was a closely-contested affair which could have gone either way.
In the end, it was Gladstone who triumphed 43-38.
Also on Friday night defending champions Harcourts signalled they would again be serious contenders for the title with a comfortable 59-32 win over Carterton New World Red.
Grading round matches for the lower grades continued at the Colombo Rd courts on Saturday and results were:
11am games: Pioneer Nuggets 17, Carterton New World White 12; Wairarapa College Senior C 30, Wairarapa College Intermediate B 15; Year 8 reps 31, Wairarapa College Junior B 6.
12 noon games: Harcourts Elite 30 St Matthew’s A 21; Gladstone Helloworld Black 28, Pioneer Blue 16; Martinborough 26, Wairarapa College Intermediate A 23; Nga Iwi 27, Greytown Fresh Choice 8; St Matthew’s Senior 1 37, Makoura development 11; Carterton New World Social 30, St Matthews Year 11 Green 14; Wairarapa College Intermediate Blue 17, Kuranui Junior B 7; St Matthew’s Junior Gold 10, Wairarapa College Junior Red 2; Wairarapa College Junior Blue 24, Chanel Hearts 6.
1pm games: Makoura A 16, Wairarapa College Senior B 11; Kuranui A 18, Wairarapa College Year 11A 15;
St Matthew’s A reserve 22, Coasties 18; Pioneer Gold 24, Carterton New World Blue 4; Wairarapa College Junior A 22, St Matthew’s Junior A 14; St Matthew’s Junior B 18, Kuranui Blue 5; Wharekura 31, Wairarapa College Yellow 10; Wairarapa College Senior Blue 14, Chanel Diamonds 8.
2pm games: Carterton New World Legends 43, Mitsi Magic 26; Hiona 28, Greytown White Swan 23; Carterton New World Panthers 34, Lansdowne Quick Silver 15; Lansdowne All Sorts 21, Featherston 13; Kuranui Junior A 36, Makoura Junior A 6; Gladstone Helloworld Yellow 39, Wairarapa College Masters 16; East Coast 40, Greytown Top Pub 11.
Games played at Solway College: Solway Green 16, St Matthew’s Junior Green 10; Solway Junior A 13, Chanel B 11; Solway A 26, Wairarapa College Senior Green 20.
Grading ground matches for primary and intermediate grades were also played on Saturday and results there were:
9am games: Lakeview Diamonds 21, Carterton Whio 6; Chanel Gold 7, St Matthew’s Primary A 6; MIS Aces 32, MIS Magic 4; Opaki Pulse 22, MIS Thunder 13; MIS Swift 10, Carterton Tuis 7; Lakeview Opals 7, MIS Tactix 6; Nga Kakano 18, Hadlow Pulse 10; MIS Vixens 9, Chanel Silver 3; MIS Mystics 5, Lakeview Emeralds 2; Southern Steel 11, MIS Steel 9.
10am games: Solway Sapphires 19, DPS Pulse 7; Fernridge Flames 11, DPS Stars 5; MIS Pulse 20, Opaki Tactix 1; Gladdy Hot Shots 29, MIS Fever 5; Wairarapa No.1 11, MPS Tornadoes 5; St Pats Blue 25, Hadlow Mystics 0; St Pats Red 5, MPS Cyclones 5; Solway Intermediate A 22, MIS Stars 19; Solway Intermediate B 12, Carterton Rurus 4; Greytown Challenge Aces 18, Featherston 2; Southern Sting 8, Lakeview Rubies 4; Southern Stars 9, Carterton Kahu 6; Greytown Challenge Bullets 7, Solway Diamonds 5.
11am games: Wainuioru No.2 29, Gladdy Ferns 8; Lakeview Ambers 12, DPS Mystics 11; Opaki Magic 16, MPS Hurricanes 0; Carterton Keas 14, Fernridge Ferns 1; Hadlow Hot Shots 10, Fernridge Pulse 0; Southern Swans 14, St Pats Green 10; DPS Tactix 7, Greytown Challenge Comets 6.
