nile.netball has started a new amateur Netball and Touch Rugby competition, being hosted by the New Cairo British International School (NCBIS), in Qattamiya, New Cairo.

Sunday 20 June 2010

Finals Day Results

Netball:
1st Place - All Stars
2nd Place - Commonwealth
Team Fairplay - Bubble n Squeek
The MVP Player of the Netball League - Natalie Banton
The MVP on Finals Day - Rachel Bessle

Touch:
1st Place - NCBIS
2nd Place - Bad News Brown

3rd Place -
Rehab Rebels

4th Place - Run Straight
Team Fairplay - Run Straight
The MVP Player of the Touch Rugby League - Amber Wilson
The MVP on Finals Day - Conan Hoey

A big congratulations to the winners and we look forward to hosting the next competition after the holidays.

Thursday 17 June 2010

APOLOGIES

The bus for tomorrows finals day from MGM will leave at 8:30am not 8:00am as previously stated. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Important Finals Day Information

Please make sure that you bring some extra food and drink as it is going to be a long hot day. It will be very important to keep hydrated by either making sure you get as much liquid into you as much as often as possible or getting in the pool whenever possible. So please be prepared. Remember there will also be time to socialise after the games so be prepared for that also.

The bus from Maadi will leave from MGM at 8:00am so please get there on time.

Have a good rest tonight and see you all tomorrow.

Monday 14 June 2010

nile.neball Finals Day

The inaugural nile.netball netball and touch rugby finals day is fast arriving. All teams have jostled for positions on the table and it is now the knockout part of the competition. With NCBIS and Bubble n Squeek topping the tables they are definitely favourites to take their respective sports titles.

Spectators are very welcome to attend the finals day to support either their family or friends on what is going to be a fantastic day. Please bring money for food and if you would to purchase a ticket for the Fifa World Cup Soccer Sweepstake. The tickets cost 100LE with a prize pool of 3200LE to be divvied out according to the different categories created.

After the games there will be time to socialise with other players. nile.netball will also be providing burgers. Each sporting team will be allocated burger tickets that they will distribute to players present on the day. Once an individual has used their burger ticket they will be able to buy additional burgers for 20LE. This is also the same price for non-registered people who would also like to buy a burger.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Finals day will start at 9:00am for both sports. Please checks your respective sports draws to see what time your game starts.

Sunday 13 June 2010

Finals Day Touch Rugby Draw

Touch Rugby Finals Day:

On finals day each team will play a minimum of two games. Unfortunately there will be one team that only plays two games on the day due to the uneven number of teams participating in the competition. The draw for these two games will be based on the points and rankings from the previous four weeks of the competition played.

The game format will be two 10 minutes halves with a 5 minute breaks between each half and the next game.

IMPORTANT: Games start at 9:00am on finals day so please be there early.

Playoff One

9:00am

1

NCBIS

Bad News Brown 2nd Place vs Team 2/3 5th Place (Game A)

Playoff Two

Time

Field

Umpire

Teams

9:30am

1

Tao (Bad News)

Rehab Rebels 3rd Place vs Run Straight 4th Place (Game B)

Semi Final One

Time

Field

Umpire

Teams

10:00am

1

Mike Payne

Winner Game A vs NCBIS 1st Place (Game C)

Semi Final Two

10:30pm

1

NCBIS/Tao

Winner Game B vs Loser Game C

(Game E)

5th Place Playoff

11:00am

1

Tao (Bad News)

Loser Game A vs Loser Game B (Game D)

3rd and 4th Playoff

11:30pm

1

Tao (Bad News)

Winner Game D vs Loser Game E

Final

12:00pm

1

Mike Payne/Brett Johns

Winner Game C vs Winner Game E

Week Four Touch Rugby Table

Nile Netball Touch League Table

Week Four

Win – 3 Points, Draw – 2 Points, Loss – 1 Point

Team

Played

Wins

Losses

Points

NCBIS

8

8

0

24

Bad News Brown

8

7

1

22

Rehab Rebels

8

3

5

14

Run Straight

8

2

6

12

Team 2/3

8

2

6

12

Finals Day Netball Draw

Netball Finals Day:

All games will run for 6 min quarters, to get through all of the games within the required time and for players have prior commitments.

IMPORTANT: Games start at 9:00am on finals day so please be there early.

Round Robin Game

9:00am

Independence (Team 1) vs Commonwealth (Team 4)

Round Robin Game

9:30am

All Stars (Team 2) vs Bubble n Squeak (Team 3)

Semi Final One

10:00am

1st Place vs 4th Place

Semi Final Two

10:30am

2nd Place vs 3rd Place

Final

11:00am

Winner of Semi Final One vs Winner Semi Final Two