Final Standings

Place		P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
	Section A
1	Grenada (IC)	5	5	0	0	379	163	10
3	Republic of Ireland (OC)	5	4	1	0	269	147	8
2	USA	4	2	2	0	266	120	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	0	124	191	2
	Section B
5	Malta	4	2	2	0	146	150	4
6	Gibraltar	5	2	3	0	190	200	4
7	Israel	5	0	5	0	101	315	0

Note: IC = Invitational Challenge Champion. OC = Open Challenge Champion.

Finals Round Tables

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
SECTION A
Grenada (IC)	3	3	0	0	210	106	6
Republic of Ireland (OC)	3	2	1	0	134	112	4
USA	3	1	2	0	115	159	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	82	138	0
SECTION B
Malta	2	2	0	0	82	62	4
Gibraltar	2	1	1	0	82	45	2
Israel	2	0	2	0	49	105	0

Note: In Section A, results between the Section A teams in the Preliminary Round carried over.

Final Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Section B
13.05.2016	Israel	35	Malta	51
14.05.2016	Malta	31	Gibraltar	26
15.05.2016	Gibraltar	54	Israel	14
	Section A		Results Carried Over
13.05.2016	Republic of Ireland	53	Grenada	59
13.05.2016	Switzerland	42	USA	53
	Section A
14.05.2016	USA	33	Republic of Ireland	44
14.05.2016	Switzerland	24	Grenada	78
15.05.2016	Republic of Ireland	37	Switzerland	20
14.05.2016	Grenada	73	USA	29

Preliminary Round Tables

	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
Pool
*Grenada	3	3	0	0	228	110	6
*Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	181	94	4
Gibraltar	3	1	2	0	110	155	2
Israel	3	0	3	0	50	210	0
Pool
*USA	2	2	0	0	104	83	4
*Switzerland	2	1	1	0	80	76	2
Malta	2	0	2	0	64	89	0

Preliminary Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool
12.05.2016	Grenada	87	Israel	19
12.05.2016	Republic of Ireland	56	Gibraltar	21
12.05.2016	Israel	14	Republic of Ireland	72
12.05.2016	Gibraltar	38	Grenada	82
13.05.2016	Israel	17	Gibraltar	51
13.05.2016	Republic of Ireland	53	Grenada	59
	Pool
12.05.2016	Malta	41	USA	51
12.05.2016	Switzerland	42	USA	53
13.05.2016	Malta	23	Switzerland	38

Report

Republic of Ireland finished second Overall, behind Invitational team Grenada (Invitational Winners) and first the European Section in the Netball Europe Open Challenge in Newcastle, England in 2016, by defeating Switzerland and USA in the Final Round.

The Republic of Ireland team had earlier beaten Gibraltar and Israel in the Pool Stage, before losing to eventual Champions Grenada. This left them in the Final Round, where the match with Grenada carried over. Overall they finished on 4 Wins and 1 Loss, with a 3-0 Record in the European Section.

References

Websites

[1] Netball Europe Facebook (2015) Profile Picture, December 14, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12368971_552199598266075_7721172415954858767_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=85a577&_nc_ohc=op50PyaozxIAX9xTMPA&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=c24fae415f3e0dcc874d30c514016bc0&oe=5F1AFC8E [Accessed 27 June 2020]

[2] Netball Europe (2016) 2016 Newcastle Open Championship 2016 [Internet] Available at: https://netballeurope.com/events-calendar/results [Accessed 9 September 2016][No Longer Available]

[3] Netball Europe | Wayback Machine (2016) Events | Results | 2016 Newcastle Open Championship 2016 [Internet] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20161025184122/http://netballeurope.com/events/results[Accessed 27 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to. Ruth Foy & Caoimhe Foy

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 June 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Open Challenge Final Table

	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
Isle of Man (C)	4	4	0	0	252	162	8
Gibraltar	4	3	1	0	222	142	6
Ireland	4	2	2	0	151	169	4
Emirates	4	1	3	0	161	175	2
Israel	4	0	4	0	99	294	0

Open Challenge (Invitational) Final Table

	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
UK AFNA (C)	6	6	0	0	268	175	12
Isle of Man	6	5	1	0	341	246	10
Gibraltar	6	4	2	0	307	215	8
Ireland	6	3	3	0	236	244	6
Cayman Islands	6	2	4	0	274	304	4
Emirates	6	1	5	0	222	265	2
Israel	6	0	6	0	170	426	0

Open Challenge Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
09.05.2019	Israel	23	Emirates	62
09.05.2019	Isle of Man	90	Israel	28
10.05.2019	Israel	24	Ireland	64
10.05.2019	Gibraltar	78	Israel	24
10.05.2019	Emirates	23	Ireland	42
11.05.2019	Isle of Man	56	Emirates	43
11.05.2019	Ireland	36	Gibraltar	44
11.05.2019	Gibtraltar	46	Isle of Man	49
12.05.2019	Emirates	54	Gibraltar	33
12.05.2019	Isle of Man	57	Ireland	45

Open Challenge (Invitational) Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
09.05.2019	UK AFNA	31	Gibraltar	34
09.05.2019	Cayman Islands	31	Ireland	41
09.05.2019	Gibraltar	54	Cayman Islands	38
09.05.2019	Ireland	30	UK AFNA	36
10.05.2019	Emirates	34	Cayman Islands	52
10.05.2019	Isle of Man	33	UK AFNA	40
10.05.2019	Isle of Man	56	Cayman Islands	44
11.05.2019	UK AFNA	61	Cayman Islands	27
11.05.2019	Emirates	26	UK AFNA	38
12.05.2019	Cayman Islands	73	Israel	43
12.05.2019	Israel	28	UK AFNA	59

Report

Ireland won the Bronze Medal in the Netball Europe Open Challenge 2019, behind Champions Isle of Man and Gibraltar. The UK Armed Forces Network Association won the Overall Tournament which included invitational teams UK AFNA and Cayman Islands.

Ireland’s Overall Record was 3 Wins and 3 Losses, with the wins coming against Emirates, Israel and Cayman Islands.

References

Websites

[1] Netball Europe Facebook (2015) Profile Picture, December 14, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12368971_552199598266075_7721172415954858767_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=85a577&_nc_ohc=op50PyaozxIAX9xTMPA&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=c24fae415f3e0dcc874d30c514016bc0&oe=5F1AFC8E [Accessed 27 June 2020]

[2] Netball Europe (2019) Our 2019 events [Internet] Available from: https://netballeurope.com/ [Accessed 7 June 2019][No Longer Available]

[3] Netball Europe (2019) Netball Europe Open Challenge 2019 [Internet] Available at: https://netballeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Results-Open-Challenge-2019-Final.pdf [Accessed 27 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to. Ruth Foy & Caoimhe Foy

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 June 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.