Weekend of Firsts

Very busy weekend for the girls...

Firstly, Kate made her Netball debut for the Blaxland Redbacks Under 8's in an intra-club trial where they played the other three under 8 teams.

Given that the 3 other teams played last year and Kate's team (the Sparkles) are all rookies, we thought they'd get slaughtered... well not that it matters in U/8's Netball, that's just me being competitive.

For the record, they lost 1-2, won 1-0 and lost 0-3... she had a go at Goal Shooter in game 2 and it was her intercept that set up their goal, but prior to that she had a shot of her own...



She enjoyed it heaps and she played really well, particularly in game 3 where she played Goal Defence and worked her backside off chasing around a much more skillful team...

Then today, the girls had their dance scholarship competition. We were very proud of the girls. Firstly Brooke had only been doing competitive ballet this year and was clearly a very young competitor but held her own and did really well... we were very proud of her.

Kate however, did really well and came runner-up in a very close decision. She got herself a trophy for her performance and was rapt.

I managed to tape both main dances for the girls, but the video quality is crap on account of I am using my Sony Cybershot and the stage lighting played havoc. Plus the red leotards are a bit lairy as well :)