Sister act: standard of netball competition is a relative thing

By Kate Butler
Updated November 7 2012 - 1:13pm, first published May 21 2009 - 11:54am
Preparing for an on-court family affair are (from left) Panmure's Clare Hope, Liz Schrama and Ellie Wright and the Power's Sarah Madden, Marcia Kenna and Alison Curran. 090520AS09, 090520AS08 Pictures: AARON SAWALL
Preparing for an on-court family affair are (from left) Panmure's Clare Hope, Liz Schrama and Ellie Wright and the Power's Sarah Madden, Marcia Kenna and Alison Curran. 090520AS09, 090520AS08 Pictures: AARON SAWALL
Sister act: standard of netball competition is a relative thing
Sister act: standard of netball competition is a relative thing

HELEN Kenna has a dilemma. With four daughters involved in the Kolora-Noorat and Panmure senior netball match tomorrow, she has a tough decision to make - working out which side of the court to sit on.While Alison Curran will line up with the Power, younger sisters Liz Schrama and Margie Kenna will pull on the Bulldogs' uniform. Pregnant sister Clare Hope is sharing the Panmure coaching duties with Schrama."When we're playing in different teams, she barracks for individuals," Curran said, referring to her mother who lives in Terang. "She's been juggling us around this season," she said."She'll usually watch whoever plays a home game because it's closer."Last week she went to both venues (Allansford and Panmure)." Tomorrow's round-eight match will be a real family affair, with sisters Sarah, Amy and Rebecca Madden playing for the Power while their teammate Marcia Kenna - who is Curran, Schrama, Kenna and Hope's sister-in-law - will come up against her sister Ellie Wright, who plays for the Bulldogs. "We'll all be a bit nervous because we'll be looking to come away with the points but it's going to be a game played in great spirits," Curran said. "Even though we're eighth and they're third, I think it will be a pretty even contest because we really need the win."The Kenna sisters, including the oldest, Joanne Kavenagh , played together in a summer netball competition in Terang."We're in each other's pockets all the time," Curran said. "We all know each other's games very well."Curran coached while Schrama played in Kolora-Noorat's first and only senior netball premiership in 2003 - the first season of the merger and the year their father Gerard, who also watches his daughters play, was president of the Power.Marcia also played in the flag-winning game while Hope and Margie lined up with Kolora-Noorat a few years ago.Hope went to Panmure because it was close to her Allansford home; Margie went because her boyfriend Matt Smith plays at the club while Schrama and her husband Matt switched to the Bulldogs from Terang Mortlake.Curran was not worried that she would be outnumbered by her sisters tomorrow."We're all really looking forward to it," the defender/midcourter said. "It would be great to get on top of them."To add to the family tree, Marcia and Wright's brother, Tom Wright, will line up with Panmure in the footy along with Matt Schrama while the Kenna sisters' brothers, Tony, Michael and Tom, will play for the Power - as will Luke Madden, the brother of Sarah, Amy and Rebecca Madden.

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