AS the North West Premier netball season reached the midway point, fifth-placed Bury YWCA suffered defeat at league leaders Oldham on Sunday.

In a tough first fixture of the new year, the Bury girls were still suffering from a festive hangover as they made countless errors to give the hosts the advantage from the first whistle.

This continued to be a theme throughout the match as Bury succumbed to a 60-38 defeat, with Jenny Cross receiving the player-of-the-match award for the visitors.

Bury YWCA will be looking to improve on the result in their next fixture at home to second-from-bottom Deeside in a fortnight.

They will also be hoping goal shooter Michelle Carroll will be fit after she sustained a knee injury in the second quarter on Saturday.