The Jamaica Defence Force's Jennifer McKenzie (left) catches the ball ahead of Molynes United's Tracey Samuels during their Jamaica Netball Association/Jamaica National Building Society Open League match at the Leila Robinson Courts, yesterday. Molynes United won 30-15. - Norman Grindley/acting photography editor

Molynes United 'A' marched past the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) 30-15 in the Jamaica Netball Association/Jamaica National Building Society Open League competition at the Leila Robinson Courts, yesterday.

In other games played yesterday Speg 'A' thrashed Red Challenge 34-14, Ravens 'B' defeated Duhaney Strikers 'B' 57-15, Waulgrovians 'B' stopped Rivoli United 37-7, Blades United 'A' got by Hagley Park 'B' 37-7 and Speg 'B' beat Jetsetters 24-22.

Molynes United dominated the match from the opening whistle as they established an 11- point (21-10) lead at half-time, courtesy of their prolific goal shooter Shantal Slater, who scored eight of her game-high 21 goals in the period.

stepped up pressure

Molynes United stepped up their pressure on the soldiers in the second half by outscoring them 9-5, as they romped home to an easy victory. Slater received good support from Nicole Brown who sank nine goals. Anneika Thompson was the leading scorer for the JDF with 10 goals.

Roy Pryce, coach of Molynes United, said he was thankful for the victory.

"I am satisfied with the victory, but I am not pleased with how we played today. I think we were very inconsistent," he said. "We played well in the first half but during the second period the players were very indisciplined in their execution on the court."

Pryce added, "I think there is still a lot of work to be done and we have to go back to the drawing board and look at what we did wrong and try to correct it for the rest of the season."

Angilisa Chambers, captain of the JDF said, "I think we tried our best and we played extremely hard. They are a much stronger team than us, but I think that we did well."