Scottish Youth Cup – St Peters NC
8th December 2022
Netball competitions across the country are now in full swing, but one competition that stands out amongst the rest is the Scottish Youth Cup. The Scottish Youth Cup is open to all affiliated junior clubs, with competitions across 3 different age groups: Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17. Making this competition the highlight of many young girl’s school years. Each age group competition commences with a regional first round, with the remaining rounds following a knockout format. The culmination of this competition is held as part of National Finals Day event.
The Scottish Youth Cup allows young girls from across Scotland to compete at Netball and experience competition and team spirit from a formative age. This competition allows for players who may not have a school club to continue to compete which in turn allows them to grow as players.
We spoke to Youth Cup hopefuls, St. Peters Netball Club about what they are hoping to achieve this year.
“We are lucky enough to have three teams in the cup this season, in three different age groups, U13, U15 and U17. All three teams are newly formed and working hard at training to deliver during games. We were lucky enough to have our U15 team reach the last 6 last season!
Our U13s have played their first two games and started their campaign with two wins and are looking forward to the remaining 2 matches.
Our U15s won their first match, and narrowly lost their second match so still all to play for.
Our U17s have faced really tough competition and unfortunately are yet to pick up the win, but the resilience on court has been great to see.
At St Peter’s Netball Club, we feel incredibly lucky to have such great girls within our club. All our age groups continue to work hard learning from every game, focussing on development areas in training. Team spirit is always on show during our matches with the girls always working hard for each other. Our focus remains the same this season, give the girls as many opportunities as possible to play, working hard in training to increase skill level, build great team relationships, and most importantly have fun and love netball!!”
This year will be St. Peters third time competing in the Scottish Youth Cup.
