Year 10 Netball Integrated Cup
05 February, 2008

ICD Year 10 Netball team.

Integrated College Dungannon V Hazlewood Integrated The ICD girls travelled to Lisburn on Wednesday 30th January to take on the experienced Hazelwood side in the first round of the Integrated Cup competition. It was difficult for both sides to predict the outcome of the game as very little was known about the opposition. It was the Belfast based side who were first to settle scoring the first goal almost immediately, however this seemed to only encourage the ICD girls as they answered back with a goal from the reliable shooter Mona Younes. With the scores level both teams began to settle into their rhythm exchanging goals at both ends before the Dungannon girls started to up the work rate and began to pull away, at one stage they extended the score difference to 3 between the sides. Some top quality shooting from Mona and Karen Hegarty was really paying off for all the hard work going on further out court from Emma Rice, Laura Boyd and Danielle Dobson. As the half time whistle approached Hazelwood pulled the gap back to 2 goals, leaving ICD leading 6-4 at half time. As the second half got underway the Dungannon girls knew they still had a lot of work to do to hold onto the lead. The perfect start came when Karen fired in a long range shot which lifted the confidence within the team. However Hazlewood were not going to give in easily as they fought back scoring 2 unanswered goals. In defence for ICD, Gemma Cumberland and Courtney Kingham began to feel the intensity of the Hazelwood attack however both defenders rose to the challenge and made some crucial interceptions to relieve the threat the attackers were causing. As time ticked away both sides exchanged scores but it was ICD who proved to be most accurate on shooting terms and they extended their lead in the second half to 3 goals, leaving the winning score line as 11- 3. Congratulations to the ICD girls who now progress onto face Sperrin Integrated College on Tuesday 5th February in Cookstown Leisure Centre. Good luck girls.