Following an incredible fundraiser in honour of the Doing it for Daniel Foundation, yesterday saw the highly anticipated charity games between Leeds and Nottingham JSOC, with a netball game in the morning, before Hapoel Hyde Park faced Lenton Orient, the brand new Nottingham JSOC team playing their first competitive match. Although the home team succeeded in a brilliant victory in the netball game, Hapoel sadly fell to their third defeat in an inter-JSOC match, losing 2-1 to Lenton after taking an early lead.
Having endured a poor run of form since the beginning of the term, the Leeds Jsoc netball team entered into yesterday’s fixture very much as the underdogs, having won just one game before the big day and arriving with a smaller squad than their Nottingham counterparts. Manager and former Leeds JSOC president Tali Hurwitz did not seem intimidated by the circumstances and had full confidence in her squad. It was a slow start for Leeds going 5 down into the first quarter before making an incredible comeback for the rest of the game. Leeds were able to turn the game around very quickly, led by star player Ella Bloom, who at one point had Leeds ten points clear in the third quarter. Despite having come from behind, Leeds were able to transform the game from the first quarter, and secure their first inter-JSOC win in a final score of 40-31. Following the incredible netball result, first blood had gone to Leeds going into the football later that afternoon.
In a parallel to the netball game, Lenton Orient did not seem concerned by their opponents ahead of their game against Hapoel, having never played a game together before yesterday as a squad. The home side however, did get off to a strong start with early chances from Daniel Bowman and Eytan Millan both misfiring, whilst Bowman began the game with an incredible challenge just after just a minute gone. As has been the pattern this season, Hapoel took control of the game early on, with Bowman winning the ball back and single-handedly leading a brilliant counter attack, keeping the ball in play even after being shoved off the pitch and putting Hapoel a goal up after just ten minutes played. Although the ball was out of play for six minutes during the first half, Hapoel had full control of the game and were on the verge of securing their first even inter-JSOC victory, having faced two defeats to Birmingham.
However, in what appears to be the pattern this season, Hapoel simply could not replicate their first half success and imploded again in the second half, just the same as in Birmingham. After some questionable substitutions made at half time, the second could not have had a worse start, with a rare goalkeeping error by Benjamin Mallandaine giving Lenton their equaliser without needing to create a chance. From that moment, Hapoel lost control of the game and the second half turned into a far more scrappy affair, with Hapoel’s Noah Rosenthal getting booked during the second half. Hapoel failed to register a single shot on target during the second half with a lack of attacking presence. Another poor pass from substitute goalkeeper Remy Marsh led to Noah Meszarich giving away a penalty, which was successfully converted and gave Lenton their winning goal. As Greg Barmack said “talk about a game of two halves”, where Hapoel once again took control in the first half before imploding in the second. With a win in the netball for Leeds and a win in the afternoon for Nottingham, the day had been an overall success for the Year of Student Sport, and for the fundraiser, with both teams successfully helping to raise three thousand pounds for the Doing it for Daniel Foundation, supporting children and young adults with cancer.
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