Uni Games Team Win the Mixed Netball Grand Final

Congratulations to the Monash Uni Games Team on winning the 2013 Mixed Netball Grand Final!

They raced to victory with a win over the Gippsland City Team 34-6.

The Uni Games Team got a pretty comfortable lead in the early stages of the first half, leading 19-4 at half time. The shooters worked exceptionally well together and rarely missed a shot!

A highlight from the Uni Games shooting team-up was the high lobs of the attackers into the GS. It seemed to work every time and there was little that the oposing defenders could do to stop the lobs from rolling in and being easily converted into goals.

For the second half, with a slight change in positions, Uni Games kept on playing very strong netball, making it obvious that their team drills and awareness of each other on court was very solid.

The runners up, Gippsland City, did not show any signs of giving up despite the score line and they fought for every goal. They played some great, consistant netball, but unfortunately it was not enough to take home the gold medals this year.

Hopefully the Monash Uni Games Team can remain a strong competitor when they represent Monash at the Australian University Games in September.

Congratulations once again to all the teams who participated in the Monash Games Mixed Netball!

Monash Games Day 1

Netball - Futsal - Dodgeball

In support of Ronald McDonald House Monash

There has been a roaring start to day one of the Monash Games with netball in the Stadium, futsal in the Recreational Hall and dodgeball in the Games Hall. A lot of players are students from Clayton campus, although the games have also drawn in students from both the Caulfield and Gippsland campuses. 

The players have plenty of friends cheering them on and the sports halls are buzzing with excitement and competition. With championship titles and medals to be won at the end of the day, the fixtures will become more intense as the day moves on. Finals will be this afternoon for mixed netball, futsal and dodgeball and tomorrow teams will compete for titles in women's netball and basketball.  

Come down to Monash Sport to see the competitions unfold today and tomorrow and also support the  local Ronald McDonald House Monash!

Mixed Netball Day 1

Close macthes are the flavour of the morning 

The Stadium is filled with the sounds of whistles, the sliding of runners on the wooden floorboards and fast-paced netball from the mixed netball teams that have kicked off the Monash Games on Day 1.

Team Jaffy had a great success over Team Pegasus in a close match thriller! Team Jaffy are all new to netball and have not played competitive netball before. Their enthusiasm to try a new sport with their friends definitely helped them to their victory.

The teams from Gippsland have had a morning of rivalry - playing against each other in a close game that definitely highlighted the strength and great team skills of these Gippsland teams. The team of Gippsland City just wanted to have a bit of fun with their uni friends, so their victory this morning will have been a great confidence booster for the rest of the competition.

What a morning it has been so far for the mixed netball teams!