Week 6 - Netball

It was a pretty weird and funny coincidence that the day we learned about netball in lecture, there was a huge inter-collegiate netball tournament happening on campus. As I was sitting in my room, I heard extremely loud cheering coming from the direction of the rugby fields across the street. I had no idea what was going on but my friend who lives on my floor heard the cheering too, and we decided to head onto campus to check it out.
Little did we know, we stumbled right into a Wesley College vs. Women’s College netball game, and it seemed to be a big one. Both teams were being largely supported by students in their colleges, all decked out in the same shirts. I noticed two things about the spectator audience that kind of took me by surprise: it was a coed group and the guys seemed to be more into it than the girls. The set up of the match was reminiscent of an intramural sporting event at home, except the crowd here was larger and way more excited.
As for the actual sport of netball, it was pretty interesting to watch! It reminds me of playing basketball with a volleyball and a smaller hoop, and the girls that were playing happened to be really athletic and talented. It also made me proud that so many people were there supporting a woman’s sporting event, because back in the states, I feel that they aren’t that popular or appreciated at all. Basically I felt a surge of girl power, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the game!