Patrice Goring became the first player to surpass the half-century mark in goals in a match this season as Police X beat Police Y by 21 points, 57-36 in a Championship Division match-up of the Courts All Sectors Netball League on Monday night.Playing in the final match of three on schedule, national player Goring, playing the goal-shoot position, was unstoppable with an impressive display of 52 goals from only 55 attempts for Police X while former national stand-out and goal-attack, Euphemia Huggins was perfect from the floor, with five goals from five attempts.
It was a very dominant performance by Police X, which after leading 14-11 at the end of the first quarter, stepped up its tempo and increased its lead to 27-18 at the half, before widening to a 40-27 lead by the start of the fourth period.With the win, its fourth from five matches, Police X improved to eight points, two behind unbeaten leaders Fire Service which it faces in a key clash on Saturday.For Police Y, which suffered its second loss from as many meetings with Police X this season, after a 42-33 first round loss, Giselle Norton-Richards had the hot hands with 19 goals from 36 attempts, while Jiselle Navarro added 17 from 25.It was the sixth straight loss for Police Y from as many matches to remain bottom of the five-team table without a point.In the Retro Division, TSTT crushed Harlem 28-4 to rebound from a default loss against Les Femmes, which failed to continue its momentum in a 21-28 loss to Les Enfants.
Results & Schedule
Monday:
Retro Division:
TSTT 28 (Debra Alie 22/32, Olivia Le Platte 6/18) vs Harlem 4 (Kimberly Marshall 4/20)
Les Enfants 28 (Jill Fernando 21/28, Michelle Boyce 6/15, Joanne Payne 1/30) vs Les Femmes 21 (Sherry Thomas 18/21, Maylin Peters 3/9)
Championship Division:
Police X (Patrice Goring 52/55, Euphemia Huggins 5/5) vs Police Y (Giselle Norton-Richards 19/36, Jiselle Navarr 17/25)
Upcoming matches
Tomorrow
Alternative Division:
TSTT vs Police, 5.30pm
USC vs UTT, 6.45pm
Saturday:
Alternative Division: Central Bank vs TSTT, 1pm
Championship Division: Police Y vs Bermudez, 2.15pm;
Police X vs Fire Service, 3.30pm
Premier Division: Fire Service vs UWI, 4.45pm; Game Changers vs Police, 6 pm