Last-gasp agony for college

PICTURED are: Krista Enziano (back, left), Danielle Rogers, Lauren Whaley, Lauren Bowler and Gemma McDermott. Stacey O’Neill (front, left), Katie Wretham, Kirsty Connor, Natalie Dawson with captain Alexa Collier (foreground).

OLDHAM Sixth Form College netball team suffered an agonising defeat in the final of the British National College Finals, at Loughborough University.

They defeated the North East (29-14), East Midlands (37-7), East (32-12), West Midlands (21-20) and West (24-18) on a hectic opening day of competition.

The following day, Oldham beat the South West region 32-30 to set up a showdown with the South East which kept the crowd enthralled until the South East scored with only five seconds remaining to snatch victory 22-21.