Road to The Copper Box Finals: U11, U12, U13 Black & Pink
On the Saturday 20 April 2024, Four junior finals were held on the London Pulse Show court at the Copper Box Arena on the QE Olympic Park.
These finalists had qualified to play at the Copper Box Arena via a tournament held earlier in the year with over 30 teams entered from around the country.
The U11 final between Magic NC and Hatfield NC was the first match of the day.
In a fantastic display of skill the youngest of the finalists provided a great display of netball in front of their parents and friends. The final was keenly contested with Magic coming out on top and winning Gold.
The U12 Final was contested between Starz NC and Wandsworth NC.
Starz showed some great though court play and shooting accuracy beating Wandsworth 17-11. Wandsworth put up a great performance.
The U13 category was split into two finals due to the large number of qualifying entries
The Black final was contested between Aces and Magic
This match was an absolute thriller – with the game being closely contested the whole match. Aces just edged it 14-13. Congratulations to both teams for providing such an entertaining match, and to Aces who edged the win in the last few seconds!
The Pink Final was contested between Eagles NC and Sutton Town
Sutton Town proved too strong for the Eagles squad taking a dominant win 20-11.
The teams stayed to cheer on London Pulse v Bath at the Copperbox Arena and were able to see their role models and icons playing on the same show court.
At half time the finalists were awarded their medals by Jade Clarke in front of a huge crowd.
The Pulse NSL team beat Team Bath by a record equaling score of 76-50. After the game the young fans were able to obtain autographs and selfies with the NSL stars to round off a day to remember.
CEO Sam Bird “I was delighted to welcome and support the junior teams that had won the right to play on our Show Court on NSL game day. Firstly, credit goes to the club coaches of all the teams that made the finals – its great to see these youngsters get coach positive and encouraging coaching and to be able to experience the high of playing on the show court at the Copperbox Arena. It was wonderful to see friends and family support, and for the teams to be presented with medals at half time is something truly special and memorable for these young netballers. We loved having the support for our NSL match and the children were given permission to be as loud as they could to cheer us on”
THE NEXT ROAD TO THE COPPERBOX FINALS ARE TO BE HELD SOON