Netballers battling to secure spots

May 10 2024 Updated May 10, 2024

Sherrill Beale

3 min read

Gisborne Girls' High Senior A player Saige Brown gathers the ball against Old Girls Whangara in a Premier Grade round 1 netball game at Victoria Domain courts. The students were in action in the YMCA on Wednesday night in the first of the Challenge round games. They were beaten by OG Whangara by one goal. Photo / Paul Rickard

The Challenge round in Gisborne netball lived up to its name on Wednesday night when Old Girls Whangara won by a single goal over Girls’ High and a strong final quarter sealed YMP (2)’s win over Ngātapa.

Gisborne’s YMCA hosted the two Pak’nSave Premier/Premier Reserve Challenge games, where the top two teams from the Premier Reserve grade after round 1 played the bottom two teams f...