On Thursday, the 29th of May 2025, Stromness Academy hosted a fun Netball Festival for the S2 girls. It took place from period two till period seven (10:15 to 3:30).

Miss Ewen who is a P.E teacher here at Stromness was completely in charge of the netball festival and made the choice that the netball games should be 10 minutes long.

Miss Ewen originally wanted us to play outside although sadly the weather wasn’t on our side so she decided to hold the games inside.

Wick, Thurso, KGS and Fortrose all travelled to Stromness to play in the festival and overall, we had 9 teams competing. Stromness Academy had two teams an A and a B.

The B team won two games and then lost two. The A team won four games then lost in the final by one point.

Katelyn who was in the A team said, “It was annoying because we were only one point behind and we were so close to winning.”

Orla stated, “I was really mad, I almost crashed out.” Although in the end, it was a very fun experience, and everyone enjoyed it very much.

 By Arwen M