DEFENDING champions Holmwood Technical will begin their defence of their Senior League title when they face Bellefield High as the 2012 Rural Area ISSA/Digicel High School netball competition continues today at Bellefield school court, starting at 3:30 pm.

Manchester High, winners of the Open Rally competition, won both their opening matches in the Junior and Senior Leagues, respectively. They defeated New Day High, 19-6, in the Junior and 42-22 in the Senior.

In other games scheduled to be played this afternoon in both Junior and Senior Leagues: Mount Alvernia High take on Hopewell High; Knockalva High entertain Irwin High; Muschett High oppose Herbert Morrison High; Lewisville High play Hampton High; Bustamante High face Glenmuir High; Clarendon High tackle Kellits High; Ferncourt High oppose York Castle High, and St Hilda’s High face Cedric Titus High.

Home teams are named first with the Junior League to begin at 2:30 and the Senior League at 3:30.

In last week’s round-up of matches: Junior League – St James defeated Muschett High 31-9; Manning’s High got past Belmont High 11-8; St Mary High defeated Marymount High 27-6; St Thomas Technical beat Happy Grove High 17-14 and Herbert Morrison trounced Green Pond High 36-4.

In the Senior League, Mount Alvernia High trounced Knockalva High 43-17; St James High outscored Muschett High 20-16; Manning’s High cruised past Belmont High 31-12; Marymount High whipped Brimmervale 31-5; Marymount High got the better of St Mary High 26-24 and St Thomas Technical outscored Happy Grove 27-19.