Netball stars bump up their skills

Crawford Preparatory Sandton schoolchildren attended a netball camp at Joy Unspeakable situated at Roodeplaat Dam.

The camp was hosted by Sportisimo.

Fifty-seven girls, ranging from U10 to open, attended the weekend to enhance their netball skills.

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On the first day, the girls were taught how to warm up correctly and learnt basic catching and throwing skills.

The following day was packed with advanced training and players were taught the most up-to-date attack and defence skills.

Team-building exercises were also included and the highlight of the weekend was the giant inflatable water slide.

The standard of netball played on the last day was excellent, with the morning ending off with the teachers playing a game of netball against the Sportisimo coaches.

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The teachers, Annie Franke, Ilze Cilliers and Rebecca Brayshaw were a force to be reckoned with and only lost by one goal.

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