Champs on song

Thursday 6th March 2008, 2:29PM GMT.

Guernsey star Zola Bourgaize was in fine shooting form for club side Nerine A. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0532217)

THE highly anticipated clash of the top two Nerine sides failed to live up to expectations as the champion A side put in an irresistible performance.

Although both struggled initially to convert their shots, once into their flow, the A team were unstoppable in their Praxis Winter League First Division encounter. By half-time, good defensive work by Amy Wright and Gemma Loveridge, coupled with shooters Zola Bourgaize and Anna Trump rarely missing, meant they were 22-10 to the good.

The pattern of the game was set and although the B team worked hard to get the ball down court, they were thwarted by their in-form first team, who ran out 40-21 winners.