East Zone Netball Final 2009

East Zone Netball Finals 2009

TKP Seniors vs St Hilda's Pri 21-17

Player of the match - GA Ngov Seak Im (TKP)

East Zone Netball 3rd/4th Playoffs

TKP Juniors vs Pasir Ris Pri 21-15

Player of the match - GK Natasha Hogan (TKP)

What a day! The juniors bounced back from their semi-final defeat and won their 3rd place playoffs. Having played with Pasir Ris Pri during the quarter finals and narrowly beaten them, the juniors knew they have a tough match ahead. True enough, it was a titanic battle right up to the 4th quarter when the superior midfield as well as the mighty defence coupled with some accurate shooting won the day for the juniors! The match was an appetizer of what was to come for the seniors in the final.

Having beaten St Hilda's Pri last year in the final, their opponents were in no mood to make it a repeat of last year and fought point for point right up to the end of 3rd quarter with the score still deadlocked at 15-15. The edge for the seniors were the fighting spirit and the experience of having won the nationals last year. Finally, the seniors in the last 5 minute managed to capitalise on their opponent's mistakes and won the match 21-17. Phew! It was a close shave.

When quizzed on his thoughts after the pulsating match, Mr Njoo calmly replied that the other schools in the east zone were fast catching up and the immediate response was to work harder and to raise the standards of netball in TKP even higher. He also mentioned that the talent identification of players in future has to be more rigourous so as to mount a better challenge to wrest the junior title back from Fengshan Pri and to train the current batch of juniors to match up to the other teams whom we have lost. This is a transitional period for TKP netball and we certainly hope that we will be able to regain what we have lost as soon as possible! Come on TK!

Watch out schools in Malaysia, TKP netball team will be training hard for the nationals during the June holidays in Malaysia. Watch out for our update on the Cross Straits Netball Tournament in Kl.

Here are some of the action at ITE Simei, venue of the East Zone Finals 2009: