Isle of Man Netball Senior League results and reports from games played on Sunday, February 13:

Premiership

Suntera Global Ballasalla

Blizzards 21, Simcocks Red Eagles 47

The game started well with both teams contesting for every ball.

Kate Tebay and Sarah Long worked well in their shooting circle, receiving pinpoint balls from their WA Ashley Hall to enable them to put some lovely shots up which kept the Simcocks defence on their toes.

The other end of the court was much the same, with Rachel Johnstone feeding her shooters just at the right time. Balla Blizzards kept the Simcocks girls on their toes, making them think and forcing them to alter their game a little. As such, Balla took the first quarter by one goal.

Simcocks came back onto the court in the second period with more determination and fight as Hannah Leece and Johnstone made vital interceptions in the defensive end and mid-court for their side.

Balla worked really hard and Sarah Lister put pressure on the Simcocks shooters, working really well with her team.

But Aalish Bridson and Chloe Swales linked well and shot really well to ensure Simcocks scored an impressive 18 goals in this quarter.

The second half of the game saw Balla make some changes to their line-up, Lydia Shaw taking the centre bib and putting Johnstone under some more pressure.

Vivia Stawna and Swales also switched in defence and the effort of the former was relentless as she worked really hard for her team, getting tips and interceptions from everywhere.

Simcocks seemed to pull ahead and Balla didn’t have the answers. Ashley Hall worked tirelessly for the Balla girls and was always in the right place and the right time, but Simcocks had other ideas as Johnstone and Leece picked up their loose balls and made vital interceptions.

In the end, Simcocks won the game 47-21 with Johnstone being named player of the match.

Championship

Castletown Spaniards 39, Manx Gems Sapphires 17

The two defences had the best of the first quarter, with both teams struggling to get the ball into their circles.

Tori Leece at GK for Sapphires picked up some great interceptions but they couldn’t get through the strong defence of Spaniards.

The second quarter continued in the same vein with the defences on top, Spaniards resorting to too many long balls into attack which the Sapphires defence were picking off.

When the Sapphires got the ball to Alisha Fitzgerald (GA) she didn’t miss, but the first half finished 15-7 to the Spaniards.

In the second half the Castletown side got into their stride, with centre Rebecca O’Neill moving beautifully and putting great balls into their attack.

Sara Collister (GA) was able to score from everywhere, while Zoe Ludford-Brooks (GS) found some great space under the post.

Ashleigh Baines at C for Sapphires had a great game but had her work cut out trying to keep up with O’Neill.

The Spaniards defence kept up their workrate, with Rachael Cubbon (GK) and Ruth Kinnish (WD) getting some great turnovers.

The Sapphires were overrun in the final quarter, losing it 4-14 and narrowly missing out on a point that they probably deserved. Player of the match - for a second time on Sunday morning - went to Rebecca O’Neill for Castletown.

Division One

Marbree Missfits C 30,

Simcocks Silver Eagles 20

Missifts started the game well, with centre Emma Riley making some lovely passes into her shooters Abbie Kelsey and Helen Watney who were on form and shooting well.

Simcocks began the match slowly, finding it difficult to get the ball to their shooters, but they did manage to get a couple in and started to build their game.

The second quarter saw Simcocks react to the game and start to pull back on the lead the Missfits girls had opened up.

Niamh Coole shot well and Freya De Backer worked well for her team, placing some great balls into the shooters and helping them pull back the scoreline to six.

Missifts took the third quarter with ease and started to capitalise on their lead. Niamh Baggesen-Cox came on for the Missfits girls and Kinry Glassey worked hard in at GK, putting pressure on the Simcocks girls and getting some great tips and interceptions for her team.

Tara Murphy down the other end was put under loads of pressure from Claire Parker and Vicky Waterhouse, but her movement and fine shooting was too much for the Simcocks girls as Missfits took the third quarter by 12 goals.

The fourth and final quarter looked like it was going to be too much for the Simcocks girls to do, but they upped their game and put some pressure back on their opponents.

Unfortunately it just wasn’t enough to take the game, but Niamh Coole and Stephanie Jurezynksa worked hard and moved round their circle well.

De Backer moved to defence which made things hard for the Missfits girls and stopped them putting as many goals in the net, but Missfits still took the game 30-20, with Tara Murphy being named player of the match for the victors.

Division Two

Suntera Global Ballasalla Gales 25, Manx Gems Corals 20

The game started with Ballasalla’s centre Annelise Mellor taking the first centre pass. The opening quarter was fast paced from the beginning, with both teams having equal possession of the ball.

With excellent shooting from Lucy Brown (GA) for Gems and Nessa Farren (GS) for Ballasalla, the opening period ended in a very tight score of 5-4 as Gems led by only one point.

The start of the second quarter was a shock to many as Ballasalla came back with a fire underneath them. They mainly dominated this quarter with amazing interceptions from Trinity Hebden (GD) in the goal third.

Ballasalla were able to drive the ball down to the other end of the court where both Iona Bridges and Farren scored many goals.

In the second half of this quarter Gems started to fight back and began to score some goals again but unfortunately it wasn’t enough and by half-time Ballasalla took the lead with a score of 14-10.

In the third quarter Gems’ defence stepped up a level as they allowed less balls to be passed into the D and also made some good interceptions, allowing for the ball to be passed down the court where Emily Brown (C) fed it nicely into the circle resulting in several goals.

As such, they managed to reduce the gap between the two sides, but by the end of the quarter Ballasalla were still in the lead with an overall score of 18-15.

In the last quarter both teams contested the ball as the intensity of the game reached its highest, with Ballasalla eager to stay in the lead and Gems wanting to close the gap.

This did lead to a few technical errors being made from both teams, but the play from each side was still great.

With really accurate shooting from player of the match Iona Bridges (GA) for Ballasalla, Gems were unable to close the gap anymore, leading to Balla winning the final quarter.