Some of the region’s best netball players will come together at the netball courts at Ron Harbone Oval this Sunday, as they clash for round two of the Netball Regional Competition.
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The netball club will field two teams in the round robin, which will go up against opponents like Tamworth, Armidale and Inverell.
Division one is placed fifth, and third-placed division two will play to defend their title after the team took out top spot in last year’s competition.
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“Hopefully we can get all the way to the finals in Tamworth,” Moree and District Netball Association’s Dimity Boydell said.
“The team has to be in the top four to make it that far, and there’s definitely potential.”
The first round saw Moree’s teams play off in Armidale at the end of July. Despite a rocky start on the day, the teams managed to pick up their game and brought their performance on par with expectations.
“With the wind, rain and all of the above, it made it very difficult for all teams to perform. The weather played a bit of havoc, and the girls had to adjust their skills to beat the wind,” Ms Boydell said.
Ms Boydell said that the team’s fitness levels were praisworthy, and that the players always walked away from a game with a close scoreboard.
“There were plenty of comments from other clubs, about how well the girls performed. It’s an extremely long day with half-an-hour games and only an half-an-hour break in between. You could see some teams had trouble keeping up,” Ms Boydell said.
The netball teams will go head to head in Moree, with a start time of 8.30am. Ms Boydell said she expected the competition to draw a crowd of more than 200 people.
“This is a real opportunity for people in Moree to come down and see some high levels of netball playing. These players are at the top in their region.”
