League Table

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Queens University Belfast	4	3	0	1			16
St. Mary’s Belfast	3	3	0	0			15
Ulster University Jordanstown	3	1	0	2			6
Ulster University Coleraine	4	0	0	4			4

5 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit / *Qualify for Final

Finals

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Final
09.03.17	St. Mary’s Belfast	43	Queens University Belfast	35

Regular Season Results

Week of	Team 1		Team 2
	Round 1
07.11.16	St. Mary’s	48	QUB	27
07.11.16	UUJ	39	UUC	25
	Round 2
14.11.16	UUC	22	St. Mary’s	28
14.11.16	QUB		UUJ
	Round 3
21.11.16	QUB	30	UUC	21
21.11.16	St. Mary’s	20	UUJ	0 #
	Round 4
06.02.17	UUJ		St. Mary’s
06.02.17	UUC	19	QUB	46
	Round 5
13.02.17	UUJ	22	QUB	25
13.02.17	St. Mary’s		UUC
	Round 6
20.02.17	QUB		St. Mary’s
20.02.17	UUC		UUJ

Report

St. Mary’s won the 2016-17 Final after the disappointment of losing the final the previous year, however, it was not St. Mary’s all the way as Queen’s University broke out to an early 8-1 lead in the first quarter. Nicole O’Neill & Colleen McVeigh managed to level the scores at 9-apiece by the end of the quarter,

It remained level at halftime, with both sides on 19. A 14 point tally in the third gave the advantage to St. Mary’s as they built up a 33-25 lead at the end of the third, and they weren’t going to let that slip as Queen’s University’s rally early in the fourth was cancelled out by four St. Mary’s goals in succession as they matched each other through the quarter, finishing 43-35 to the St. Mary’s team.

Final Teams

St. Mary’s Belfast	Queen’s University Belfast
Aideen Murphy	Beth Wilson
Aislinn McFarland	Maeve Nethercott
Eimear Gilligan	Laura Redpath
Cristin O’Kane	Claire Hanna
Aileen McAllister	Emma Holley
Nicole O’Neill	Helen Monaghan
Coleen McVeigh	Isabel Jess
Cora Stewart	Lauren Hamilton
Elena Smyth	Cara Gordon
Catriona Bannon	Emily Murphy
Grainne McAnealy	Aimee Donaldson
	Catriona McArdle

References

Images

[1] Student Sport Ireland (2017) Student Sport Ireland Primary Logo [Internet] Available from: http://studentsport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Primary-logo-RGB-e1370094075948.jpg [Accessed 2 June 2017]

[4] Student Sport Ireland (2017) St Mary’s University College Belfast winners of 2017 Student Sport Ireland Netball League [Internet] Available from:http://www.studentsport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17240009_639153956273957_3892412183359012197_o-1024×768.jpg [Accessed 26 January 2020]

Websites

[2] Student Sport Ireland (2017) Netball Fixtures, Results & Table 2016-17 [Internet] Available from: http://www.studentsport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Netball-Fixtures-2016-20172.pdf [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[3] Student Sport Ireland (2017) 4th title in 5 years for St Mary’s Netball [Internet] Available from: http://www.studentsport.ie/?p=14340 [Accessed 24 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ruth Foy & Caoimhe Foy

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