Pearls still dominating

The Titikaveka Pearls premier grade continued their dominance on the netball courts beating Tupapa 58-34 on Saturday.

The Pearls are looking strong to defend their championships title but hot on their heels and chasing the champion’s trophy are the Avatiu Dragonflies.

On Saturday the ladies from the Swamp faced the Arorangi premier grade and Dragonflies showed no mercy as they trounced the wild west ladies 80-45.

High scoring games also featured in the reserve grade where Avatiu thrashed Arorangi 77-29 and Titikaveka beat Tupapa 63-41.

Takuvaine registered a strong 41-25 against Ngatangiia.

This Wednesday the open 1 and 2 netball grades return to the TSA courts and at this stage the second hit out for the national netball team will be held after the open games.

The national squad are set to face the strong netball men’s squad in what should be a thrilling game.

Full results – Open 2-Titikaveka 28 vs Tupapa 34, Under 15-Ngatangiia 20 vs Takuvaine 24, Open 1-Titikaveka 34 vs Tupapa 21, Open 2-Avatiu 30 vs Arorangi 29, Under 8-Titikaveka 2 vs Avatiu 6, Under 10-Ngatangiia 13 vs Takuvaine 1, Under 10-Titikaveka 8 vs Tupapa 18, Under 10-Avatiu 8 vs Arorangi 1, Under 12-Ngatangiia 20 vs Takuvaine 6, Under 12-Avatiu 17 vs Arorangi 9, Under 12-Titikaveka 6 vs Tupapa 15, Under 15-Avatiu 36 vs Arorangi 16, Under 15-Titikaveka 24 vs Tupapa 23, Junior Open-Avatiu 26 vs Arorangi 40, Junior Open-Titikaveka 45 vs Tupapa 38, Reserves-Ngatangiia 25 vs Takuvaine 41, Reserves-Titikaveka 63 vs Tupapa 41, Reserves-Avatiu 77 vs Arorangi 29, Premiers-Titikaveka 58 vs Tupapa 34, Premiers-Avatiu 80 vs Arorangi 45.