Narrabri Netball Association’s mixed netball competition for season 2022 began at the Bev Burrows Courts last Thursday when an abundance of keen men and women and boys and girls took to the courts.

This year’s competition is the first since 2019, with COVID-19 and a lack of volunteers contributing to no comp being run in 2020 or 2021.

There are 27 teams playing across four divisions in 2022.

Five of those are in the junior comp, which includes the Swamp Donkeys, Net Setters, Shooting Stars, Jetts and Go Getters, and eight are in the high school-aged comp, which includes Rowdy Rockets, The Lunatics, AGT, Cloud 11, S’n’B, Goal Diggers, Young Guns and Mix It Up.

The other 14 teams are in the senior divisions which are broken into two pools.

The Open Mixed Kaputar division includes Wilga Wales, T-Table Trolls, AFF Farm Dogs, Mums and Bubs, Boss Babes, Dantone Designs and What a Catch, while the Open Mixed Namoi Division includes Jam Drops, The Fraggles, Galaxy, Oreos, Hoop There It Is, Two390 Phoenixs and Nets Get Physical.

The opening round of the junior competition last Thursday saw Net Setters and Go Getters both prevail.

Net Setters won 37-3 against the Shooting Stars, while the Go Getters edged out Jetts 9-8.

Swamp Donkeys had the bye in round one.

In the high school-aged competition, Cloud 11, Rowdy Rockets, AGT and Goal Diggers were all victorious.

Rowdy Rockets beat Mix It Up 20-16, and in even closer games, Cloud 11 downed S’n’B 16-13 and Goal Diggers edged out Young Guns 11-10.

AGT scored a huge win in the other match when they beat The Lunatics 35-3.

In the Open Mixed Kaputar division, T-Table Trolls, Dantone Designs and What a Catch kicked off their seasons with wins.

T-Table Trolls downed Boss Babes 20-10, Dantone Designs beat Mums and Bubs 18-11, and What a Catch outscored AFF Farm Dogs 7-4.

Wilga Wales had the round one bye in that division.

In the Open Mixed Namoi Division, there were only two winners among the three matches.

Galaxy beat Two390 Phoenixs 27-21 and Oreos downed Nets Get Physical 23-11.

The other round one match saw The Fraggles and Hoop There It Is contest an 8-all draw, while Jam Drops had the round one bye in that division.

Round two was scheduled to be played on Thursday evening, October 27, from 5.30pm.

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