The second quarter was the "killer" for Harcourts when they completed their 2009 regional superleague netball campaign with a 61-47 loss to Kapi Mana at Porirua on Saturday.
Harcourts looked right in the game at the end of the first quarter, at which stage they were level pegging at 13-13, but
by the time the second quarter had finished Kapi Mana had established a 10-goal advantage and the bird had flown.
"We actually competed well in all but that one quarter, it was the killer for us," Harcourts coach Kelly Sargent said.
"We took a few bad options and they capitalised, that was about it."
Centre Katie Wyeth had her usual busy game for Harcourts, shining on both attack and defence, and the two newcomers to the squad from the Trevs premier two side, Lisa Goldsworthy and Lisa Hannam, both acquitted themselves creditably.
Meanwhile Kuranui College have made the grand final of the Wairarapa premier one netball competition for the second successive season.
They came from behind at the end of the third quarter to beat Gladstone All Blacks 39-31 in their semi-final at the Genesis Recreation Centre on Friday night.
Kuranui were beaten by Harcourts in the competition decider last year and this time they will be up against Celtic on Monday week.
That match will come on the end of a busy schedule which will see them playing something like 14 matches at the lower North Island secondary schoolgirls championships in Gisborne over the next five days.
OTHER INTER-CLUB RESULTS:-
Premier one:
St Matthew's Collegiate 49, Carterton Sports Arena 30.
Premier two top four:
Gladstone Powershop 27, Wairarapa College B1 26.
Premier two bottom four:
Greytown Yellow 25, Carterton Red 11.
Premier three top four:
Eketahuna 31, Carterton White 14.
Premier three bottom four:
Carterton Mama Mia 24, Wairarapa College B2 21.
Premier four top four:
Pioneer Red 19, Nga Iwi 18.
Premier four bottom four:
Wairarapa College B3 16, Kuranui Junior A 11.
Senior A top four:
Solway 1 25, Chanel Senior A 15.
Senior A bottom four:
St Matthew's Sapphires 26, Makoura Red 14.'
Senior reserve top four:
Chanel Junior A 17, Carterton Blue 13.
Senior reserve bottom four:
Makoura White 21, Wairarapa College Senior Reserve 1 16.
Senior B top four:
St Matthew's Diamonds 28, Wairarapa College Senior Reserve 2 13.
Primary school results were:-
Grade one:
Lakeview Flames 37, Opaki Jets 3; St Matthew's Primary A 26, MIS Year 7A 11.
Grade two:
Hadlow Ferns 15, Greytown Gold Ferns 14; MIS Year 8B 15, MIS Matariki 9; Chanel Gold 30, St Matthews Primary B 3; MIS Galaxy 15, MIS Year 7B 9.
Grade three:
Featherston Flyers 17, Lakeview Tactics 12; Alfredton 15, MIS Sapphires 11; Te Kura 13, Solway Intermediate 5; Carterton Gold 19, Chanel Silver 13.
Grade four:
Lakeview Rebels 21, MIS Comets 6; MIS Gems 16, SMS Silver 10; St Matthews Bronze 24, Hadlow Pixies 8; Opaki Aces 12, Solway Magic 11.
Grade five:
DPS Pulse 12, Carterton Silver 4; St Pats Saints 24, MPS Sting 7; Lakeview Sting 10, Carterton Bronze 6.
Grade six:
Featherston Shooters 19, Greytown C 13; Fernridge 5, Featherston Ferns 4; Solway Rockets 12, Hadlow Rockers 5; Opaki Stars 7, Carterton Yellow 7.
Future ferns:
DPS Mystics 9, Lakeview Ferns 0; St Pats Shimmers 8, DPS Magic 3; St Pats Stars 3, Solway Ferns 3; Carterton Pink 8, Wainuioru Junior Wildcats 1.