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Cumberland C Team encountered a strong Hyde Park A Team in the NLNL on Saturday. After victory over Hyde B the weekend before, we knew we would be in for a challenging match from the off.

Excellent attacking play during the first quarter meant we were 1 goal up going into the second quarter. Despite strong defence, we couldn't hold off the Hyde Park attack, and they pulled away to lead by 6 goals at half time. We kept fighting back, and a team shuffle gave us renewed energy in the last quarter.

B Team match report, Saturday 27/09/08

On Saturday 27th September, once again Cumberland A faced Poly A. Both evenly matched this shaped up to be an extremely tight and well fought game, indeed it did not disappoint.

The first quarter began well for Cumberland, despite the starting seven being a brand new combination. The team seem to gel with ease and from the first whistler put out a strong performance, with Poly only just taking the lead leading into quarter time up 14-12.

Saturday 6 September 2008
Cumberland A (Club B Team) v Palmers Green A

Saturday dawned cold and windy, but thankfully dry, for the first North London League match of the new season. The Cumberland B and D squads proved themselves to be mighty keen, arriving at Broomsfield Park a good 15 minutes before any other teams appeared, and making the most of the extended warm up time.

Cumberland lined up against a much fancied Academy A team in their first game in the London & South East Regional competition. In a closely fought, high pressure encounter, Cumberland played high quality, patient netball and built a solid half time lead.

Cumberland started their 2008/09 campaign with a convincing victory at home at Camden Sports Pitch over Gems A from Surrey in the top division of the POLY league. After an even and tightly contested first quarter Cumberland eased into their rhythm and asserted their dominance on the game. With sound defence and an accurate shooting display from Kelly Hutton and Krista Priscott, Cumberland came away convincing winners 55 – 38.

Player of the match: Kelly Hutton

Cumberland C team had a tough match on Saturday against Palmers Green, traditional rivals.

Cumberland C V Old Actonians B 13.9.2008
Middlesex County League - Brunel University

Cumberland C made a great start in division one of the Middlesex County League, winning their first match. After a strong start in the 1st quarter the girls went on to dominate the 2nd quarter only allowing Old Actonians to score 1 goal. It was a real team effort with tight defence and good support bringing the ball through the midcourt, but player of the match , Chimene Painter, really contributed to the win with her excellent positioning in the circle and accurate shooting. The final score was 42-23.

Saturday 13 September 2008, Brunel University

PLAYERS from Cumberland’s B Team were in fine form on Saturday when they beat London rivals Old Actonians A in the opening match of Middlesex County Netball League’s Premier Division.

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Cumberland A team finished their best ever season this weekend by lifting the England Netball Challenge Cup Plate. The team have competed in the UK Challenge Cup competition over the last 4 months and reached the Plate final on Sunday at the National Netball Centre in Loughborough. Having knocked out teams several leagues above them on the way to the final Cumberland were prepared for a tough match to scoop the crown!