Hautapu Premier Red have won their opening fixture in senior netball’s Premier championship round.
In the Monday night competition at St Peter’s, Cambridge, Hautapu Premier Red led 23-19 at half-time but steadily built their lead to win 46-34.
Playing the high-ranking Otorohanga Sports team, Hautapu Premier White trailed 18-15 at the quarter stage but their rivals built a 44-21 lead by half time.
In the second half, Otorohanga pulled clear to win 95-36.
In the Saturday competitions at the Cambridge Netball Courts, Hautapu Hot Shots beat Leamington Blue 19-14 in the A Grade (Section A) competition.
The Hot Shots came from behind at the first quarter to lead by one point at half-time.
Leamington Blue took a 12-10 lead but Hautapu finished strongly to win by their five-point margin.
Hautapu Hawks and Hautapu Hustlers both lost their Premier Reserve (Section A) games.
Hautapu Goal Diggers, unbeaten in the A2 competition, recorded a 28-20 win against CHS Senior Mawhero in a round of friendly games.
No Saturday matches are scheduled for Matariki weekend but Monday night netball continues on July 1.
Here’s our weekly round-up of Monday and Saturday competitions:
Results
Games played on Monday June 24, 2024
Monday Premier Ladies (Section A)
Hautapu Premier Red 46
Leamington 34
Hautapu Premier White 36
Otorohanga Sports 95
Games played on Saturday June 22, 2024
Premier Reserve (Section A)
Hautapu Hustlers 29
TVP Stars 44
Leamington 46
Hautapu Hawks 36
A Grade (Section A)
Leamington Blue 14
Hautapu Hot Shots 19
A2 Grade (Section A)
Friendly game
Hautapu Goal Diggers 28
CHS Senior Mawhero 20
Fixtures
No Saturday games are scheduled for Matariki weekend.
Games to be played on Saturday July 6, 2024
Premier Reserve (Section A)
Hautapu Hustlers
Still to be scheduled
Hautapu Hawks
Still to be scheduled
A Grade (Section A)
Hautapu Hot Shots
Still to be scheduled
Games to be played on Monday July 1, 2024
Monday Premier Ladies (Section A)
Rangers v Hautapu Premier White
St Peter’s Cambridge, Court 1, 6.30pm
Hautapu Premier Red v United Matamata Sports
St Peter’s Cambridge, Court 2, 8pm
Fundraiser to help upgrade Hautapu Sports’ netball courts
Hautapu Sports have launched a calf stock scheme to raise funds to help upgrade the club’s netball courts.
The club seeks donors of 100kg calves for rearing, with monies raised from their sale going towards the upgrade project.
Currently, the court is the club’s only training surface for almost 48 junior teams and six senior teams, who use it to prepare for local Cambridge and Hamilton competitions.
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