Senior and junior teams from Singleton, Scone and Muswellbrook travelled to Maitland on Sunday, May 28, for the annual Maitland representative carnival.
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The carnival took on even more significance in the senior ranks with Maitland and Newcastle hosting the Netball NSW Senior State titles over the long-weekend from June 10-12.
It was also a chance for the juniors to get some valuable experience before the junior state titles are held in Liverpool and Camden in Sydney from July 1-3.
Senior and junior teams from across the Hunter and as far afield as Sydney, the Central Coast and Port Macquarie took part.
The stand-out Upper Hunter teams were Muswellbrook under-17s and Singleton under-13s who both went through the carnival undefeated.
Singleton Netball Association sent open, under-17, under-15, under-14, under 13, under-12 and under-11 teams
Opens finished sixth with two wins and a draw from their seven games in a competition which featured champions division teams Maitland and Charlestown.
They defeated Nelson Bay 20-14, Kurri Kurri 29-8 and drew 18-all with Great Lakes.
Under-13s were the stars of the carnival for Singleton winning all six of their games including victories over Manning Valley 16-10, Port Stephens 21-3, Maitland U-12 19-12, Wyong Dev 15-6, Nelson Bay 19-7 and Cessnock 20-16.
Under 14 finished third in their division with three wins and a draw. They defeated Quirindi 16-8 and 17-8, Kurri Kurri 16-11 and drew 9-all with Westlakes.
The under-11s defeated Woy Woy 10-4 and Cessnock 7-4 to finish fifth in the Under-11 White Division.
The under-12s, under-15s and under-17s went through the carnival without a win, but were all in tough divisions.
Scone under-13s finished without a win but had a narrow 7-6 loss to Nelson Bay in the opening round and will benefit from the top class competition.
Scone under-12s won two of their six games to finish fifth in Under-12 Division 2. They defeated Hastings Valley 15-11 and Woy Woy 12-5.
Muswellbrook under-17s had an outstanding carnival winning the division title with six wins from six games. They defeated Woy Woy 26-11, Kurri Kurri 15-9, Hills 13-9, Nelson Bay 25-13, Singleton 33-11 and Woy Woy 22-11.
The Muswellbrook under-11s secured a win in their first representative campaign. They defeated Woy Woy 11-6 and had close games against Cessnock and Port Stephens.
At the state senior titles, Maitland hosts Opens Division 1, 17 and 15s Division 1 and 2 and Open Men's Division 1 and 2. Newcastle hosts Opens Division 2 and 3 and 17s and 15s Division 3 and 4.