Scottish Cup is into the knock-out rounds

17th December 2022

The Scottish Cup is widely recognised as the biggest competition across Netball in Scotland. Teams enter up and down the country to take home the top prize. Last years final was played in-front of an arena crowd at the Emirates, Glasgow.

With the Scottish Cup now in full swing and the knockout rounds having commenced the competition is fiercer than ever. All teams have the same goal, to be the 2023 Scottish Cup Champions.

Wednesday the 14^th of December saw Caledonian Eagles take on Edinburgh University 3’s in what was an incredibly closely contested match. Both sides hunting for the win and giving it their absolute all. Each quarter was nail biting and both sides played some brilliant netball. In the end it was Edinburgh University who walked away with the win, with the final score being 56-53.

Edinburgh University 1’s were the Scottish Cup runners up to Edinburgh Accies Netball Club in the 2022 Scottish Cup Final, showing the high level of netball that is played within this club, making them ones to watch.

We spoke to the captains after the match to get their views;

“It was a great match against Edinburgh University, they brought a lot of energy and had some lovely shots. We dug deep which is always great to see in your team and everyone played with their heads up and with confidence which always makes me so proud to play with a group of fierce strong women.”

Lauren Leigh Porter, Caledonian Eagles Captain

“Really great match today. Such a competitive game which brought out the best from both sides. Hats off to Caley for a lovely game of netball, such a pleasure to play against teams like them. We kept pushing through the whole game and had some great turnover. Shooting did an amazing job today, shout out to them. Well done to all these girls, a lot of effort put in today and we got the result we wanted because of it!”