Threesy does it!

JUST CHAMPION . . . pictured are (back row, left to right): Sue Walker (team manager), Pam Hazelton (head coach), Rhianna Egan, Suzie Armstrong, Amy Clinton, Abby Tyrrell, Jess Dale, Lucy Stevenson, Jackie Reid (assistant coach) and Carol Rhodes (scorer). Front: Amy Neild, Rebecca Hope, Ebby Danson-Chappell, Victoria Austin, Bryony Rhodes and Ellie Fitzhugh.

NETBALL: 

OLDHAM Netball under-16s won their third national title in a row thanks to a commanding win 37-28 in the final over Weston Park Blades.

After seeing off Midlands outfit Sutton Royals 51-18 and local rivals Tameside 31-28, the defending champions were then full of confidence ahead of the clash against the Blades.

Oldham were ahead 20-13 at the half-time interval and already in control, and the same squad that won the under-14s title two years ago, then the under-16s crown last year, were clinical in making it three in a row.

Coach Pam Hazelton said: “I am hugely proud of the girls, they are a talented squad to win three years in a row.

“We made hard work of the Tameside match, but I never doubted that we would come back at them.”