Devon Dynamites Mixed Netball Club

Regional Playoffs

What a morning!
With no league and no training, this newly formed team played an absolute blinder.
We had 3 matches to play and lead out every match, being up in the 1st half of every match.
Sadly, the lack of those final connections you gain with a league meant that just a couple of minor errors in each match was enough to make the difference between 1st and 4th.

But club history has been made today!
2 years ago we did not have a ladies team and today, this incredible squad played for a place in regional netball against clubs that have been established for decades!
It wasn't quite our day today, but we will be back next year stronger and hungrier.

Super proud of these girls..and how they represented.

We will go again...

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Exeter Ladies Summer league.
The rain didn't stop play tonight!
What a whole squad performance.
Fluid play through court, defensive turnovers and sharp shooting meant we were in cobtrol the whole match!
Playing a team a division higher and absolutly smashing it.

Players POM- Daisy Cotton for defensive domination !
Coaches player goes to
Zaylea Volshenck ..played 3 diff positions and showed real versalitity ... those shooter feeds 🔥

Well done ladies !
💚🖤💗

MIXED LEAGUE :
The team totally crushed it this Sunday, winning big with a 56-13 victory!!
With an almost full squad, they really nailed the strategies they'd been working on in training.
Our simple aim was to work on our defensive systems and they certainly did that!
We were strong and structured and this led to turnovers galore! Still some way to go, but for today, job done!

Huge shout out to ._williamson_ on her debut!
And Ella Harrison for being players' POM for incredible defensive turnovers and
for sharp shooting and getting another OPOM.
🔥

The team is building...
On to the next...

Summer league ☀️
And the ladies are back!
It was the 1st Summer league match last night and it was full of drama!
Playing a team 2 divisions higher the squad of just 7 came out flying. Clinical play into the shooters on our attack saw a goal for goal start in the 1st Q.
Sadly, early in the 2nd Q we suffered an injury and we no subs, the squad had to battle through with only 6 players .
They drew the 2nd Q but had a slight wobble in the 3rd as they adapted to a player down , couple of our own errors and the opposition capitalised with strong shooting.
The girls put in a really gutsy last Q, with multiple clean flying intercepts to Win the last Q 10-7! What a way to finish!

Sadly the result was 35-42 loss, but with only 6 agsinst a team 2 Divs above us is an incredible result and shows how well the team played!

Players POM's- Anna W /Georgie

Coaches POM - Zaylea/Daisy

On to next week!

Mixed league v Stunts
The Bank holiday Sunday showdown with the 2024 National champions was intense.
Despite missing a lot of key players, we used the opportunity to introduce 3 new Dynamites.
Our new defensive lineup was thrown in at the deep end against Stunts' attack.
We started strong, using turnovers to build a small lead.
However, Stunts soon found their stride, and some errors allowed them to dominate.
Positional tweaks helped us stabilize, and we managed to draw the 3rd quarter.
Stunts' class told in the end, winning 65-43.
Huge debuts for Martyn, playing his 1st Ever competitive netball match and to Ella, and Zoe - 1st outing as a dynamite.. can't wait to see what the future holds for them.
We'll take the lessons and come back hungrier.

Can't wait for the re match!

Game On! 🚨📢
This Sunday, our Mixed team takes on the 2024 National Champions and one of the country's top clubs! Expect a court full of star players and an electrifying atmosphere.
Come support the team at Gordano Sports centre, 12:30pm kickoff. It's time to make some noise! Let's Go Dynamites! 💚🖤

Incredible training match against .
It's becoming an annual event and was an absolute pleasure to test our Mixed squad! We got to try out lots of new combinations and really built momentum through the afternoon. Huge congratulations to Jonny Potter on his netball debut! Jobny, who plays korfball for England, transferred his skills perfectly, with some amazing flying intercepts! This sets us up well for the tough league matches ahead. Thanks , we can't wait for the rematch in May

Come join us for a couple of Mixed open training sessions.
Weds 22nd April /Weds 6th May
7.30-9pm £6pp
Chelleram sports centre, Bristol.
Experienced female players and Male players who either already play or fancy trying out Netball.

Link to sign up in bio .

What a saturday of netball!
We joined forces with men to create a joint mens squad for the Mens Winter Champs.
Coming together for the 1st time the lads had to jel pretty quickly as fitst up was the force of London Giants royals
In an incredible nail biter of a 1st match it was goal for goal, in the end just a last second goal from Giants was the difference.
But it was the start of some thrilling netball to come.
We played 6 matches .
Had 2 incredible wins , 2 very narrow nail biter loses and 2 losses to very well established mens teams.
You can't ask for more than that.
This was a whole squad effort all day with every player giving all they had , sometimes playing out of position. There was some incredible defense often forcing held balls and spectacular intercepts, and we really took advantage of the super 2 point shots !
With many of the team making their netball debut , it was a really solid effort and we are so proud of each and every one of them .
12th out of 15, which could have been higher had those close matches gone our way.
What. A . DAY !