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Sunshine Girls to play for bronze medal

Published:Wednesday | October 13, 2010 | 9:51 AM

Jamaica and England will fight for the bronze medal in the netball competition at the Commonwealth Games after suffering defeats in the semi-finals yesterday at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in New Delhi.



The match is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning and will be followed by the gold medal game between Australia and New Zealand.



Jamaica were denied by New Zealand in the semifinals going down 59-43, while Australia defeated England 51-45.



Goal shooter Romelda Aikens led Jamaica with 36 goals from 44 attempts, goal attack Simone Forbes had four from eight and goal shooter Jhaniele Fowler scored three from four.



For Australia, goal shooter Irene van Dyk had a perfect 32 goals from 32 attempts and goal attack Maria Tutaia supported with 27 from 36.