Last weekend, we lost an incredibly close match to Manchester Thunder – they pipped us 53-49 which was so disappointing. It was a fantastic game to play in because it was so competitive but there were a couple of critical moments when we could have turned things in our favour but we just didn’t manage it.
It’s gutting to lose such a tight a game but it’s just made us more determined – this is one of the most resilient teams that I’ve ever played in and I feel like matches like that show us that we’ve got the beating of every team in the league.
So we’ve been working on a few things this week that came up during the match and we’ll definitely be ready for our game against Team Northumbria on Monday.
I feel like we haven’t performed to our best for the entire four quarters yet and we definitely have the belief that we’re good enough, we just need to finish the game off, especially in the fourth quarter. I feel like we’ve learnt something from all of our first three games and we’re getting to the stage where we know what we need to do to have a really successful season.
I grew up in Australia but I moved to Scotland a few years before Glasgow 2014. In 2015, I went back to Australia for work and then out of the blue, Claire Nelson, the chief executive of Netball Scotland approached me to sign for Sirens. As soon as she told me about the team, I jumped at the chance to sign.
It’s been incredible returning to Scotland to be a part of Sirens and their professional, top-class set up. For me, it was a huge thing to be a part of a team that could be competitive right at the top of the Superleague but what was also a huge factor in making me want to sign for Sirens was what the team is trying to do in terms of growing netball in Scotland, raising the profile of women’s sport and inspiring young girls to take up sport- being part of that message is really important to me.
It’s an absolute privilege to be a part of this squad, not just because it’s a fantastic team netball-wise but also because of what we stand for- we’re really trying to change the landscape for women’s sport and it’s amazing to see so many young girls get excited by that.
The support we’ve had has been unbelievable and it’s made me feel so proud to say that I’m a Siren. There’s such a buzz around the team and so we just need to back that up with our performances.
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