Libra Lea storm through the play offs to secure their place in West Midlands Senior Regional League division 2 for next season!

After a long 3 months, the Libra Lea regional squad qualified for the final play offs by winning all 5 of their qualifying league group matches. A tough day lay ahead on Sunday 28th June, playing 2 full matches against tough opposition. In a very tense first game, Libra finally came out on top against Elmdon 42-31, having been behind for most of the first half. A second game to follow, against Bran Nu, was never gong to be easy and the game remained tight all the way through until the final quarter, when Libra found form and pulled away to secure a 50-37 victory. Most notably, this success was secured at their first attempt in qualifying for the West Midlands Senior regional League Division 2.

From South Staffordshire, a huge congratulations to you all!

On Friday 26th June, Netball West Midlands hosted the Goalden Globe Awards and WMNA 65th Anniversary at Villa Park, Birmingham. In total there were 7 nominees from South Staffordshire represented, and much to everyone’s surprise on the night 2 excited winners!

And the winners are…

• Paige Jackson (Barr Beacon) who was awarded the Young Volunteer Award. 
  
• West Brom Netball club, who won the Outstanding Club of the Year Award. 
  

Both West Midlands representatives will now go forward to the National Goalden Globe Awards on Saturday 19th September.

From South Staffordshire, congratulations on your success and good luck at Nationals!

Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this year’s Goalden Globes!

Honoured Guests
Janet Wrighton (Patron, England Netball)
Kerrie Jones (Chair, West Midlands Region)
Maureen Hooper (President, South Staffordshire County Netball)

County Achievements 2014-15

Schools

• George Salter Academy finished second in both U14 & U16 Sections at the West Midlands Regional Schools Tournament.
  
• King Edward VI College Stourbridge were the winners of the U19 Section of the West Midlands Regional Schools Tournament.
  
• A good number of South Staffordshire athletes represented Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School (Birmingham) who were runners-up in the U19 Section of the West Midlands Regional Schools Tournament.
  
• All the above schools competed in the National Schools Finals.
  

Academies

• Last year’s U14 Satellite Academy won their section of the Regional Versatility Tournament, with the U16 County Academy being placed a very creditable 4th in the U16 Tournament.
  
• This season, South Staffordshire athletes make up over one-third (35%) of the Regional Academies.
  

Junior Clubs

• West Bromwich U14s won the Regional Junior League U14 Final.
  
• Yendys U16s were losing Finalists in the Regional Junior League U16 Final, after winning their semi-final against West Bromwich U16s.
  
• The two teams above competed in the National Finals on 24th May.
  
• County Junior League – 21 teams took part this year (13 teams in 2008).
  
• County Youth Festival – 20 teams took part this year (10 teams in 2009).
  
• A new aspect of the Youth Leagues is the increasing number of U12 teams.