Jamaica’s junior Sunshine Ladies wrapped up their Netball World Youth Cup marketing campaign in model on Sunday, clinching fifth place with a hard-fought 53-44 victory over Scotland.
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The Jamaicans started the event brightly, notching two early wins, however their medal hopes unraveled after consecutive defeats to England and Australia within the knockout rounds. Although denied a podium end, they confirmed grit and composure to rebound and shut the competitors among the many prime 5.
For Scotland, their sixth-place standing equaled the nation’s greatest end result at this degree, first achieved again in 2000 when the event was staged in Wales.
T&T surge previous hosts for fifteenth
Trinidad and Tobago ended their marketing campaign on a constructive word, outlasting hosts Gibraltar 45-34 in Saturday’s placement match to seal fifteenth place.
The conflict was evenly balanced within the opening half, with the Caribbean aspect main 22-18 on the break. However T&T tightened their grip within the third quarter, outscoring Gibraltar 14-7 to stretch their benefit to 36-25. From there, they managed the sport with maturity, protecting the 11-point cushion intact till the ultimate whistle.
The win was T&T’s second of the event, providing a measure of encouragement regardless of their struggles in earlier rounds.
Barbados finish and not using a win
Barbados endured a troublesome event and completed 18th general, following a 49-29 defeat to Northern Eire within the Seventeenth-place playoff. It was a sobering marketing campaign for the Bajans, who go away Gibraltar nonetheless trying to find their first victory of the competitors.
