Comfortable Victories for England in U17 and U19 Euro Championships
It was all pretty straight forward stuff for our netballers at the weekend when the England U17 and U19 sides dominated the play at their individual European Championship tournaments.
The U17 girls journeyed to Belfast to take on Ireland, Wales and Scotland in the hope of living up to the tag of favourites and retaining their title. The girls got off to a difficult but good start when they defeated Wales in a fierce contest 39-37 but that would be the end of the difficulties as they went on to show their class in the remaining matches beating Scotland and Ireland 64-15 and 63-20 respectively. It was a great performance from England; to top if off their captain Yasmin Parsons was voted ‘Player of the Tournament’ by her team mates and fellow competitors.
It was all very emphatic from the U19 team as well as they made light work of the competition in their tournament in Loughborough. They had an extra match to play on their way to the championship as, as well as playing Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, the team from Malta had also made it to the finals.
It was the Maltese who were first to be pushed aside by England as they hit their stride early and recorded an 88-11 opening win. Next up was Northern Ireland but the result was in the same ruthless fashion as England marched on to an 81-12 victory. It seemed there was no stopping the English girls as they reclaimed there title, finishing off the tournament with wins against Scotland 71-19 and Wales 60-17.
Congratulations then to both sets of players as they showed great ability and professionalism in their performances alike. Such quality in youth bodes well for the future of England netball.
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