The New Netballer
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Madeleine Paynter, Grade 2, Blessed Sacrement Primary School
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Short Story
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2016
Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition
It was 2 days away from the netball tournament. Emily Jones was new to netball life and of course she - Emily, was very afraid and had questioning feelings a lot. "Stop thinking about it!" said her mum when she was tucking Emily into her cosy bed.
The next day Emily was 20 times more afraid than yesterday. But after she went to netball training, it wasn't that bad!
The next day Emily's tummy was like a knot. It was the big day ..
After the tournament, she felt pride after her name was mentioned for scoring a goal. "I told you", said mum, "not thinking about it can make it better."