WARRINGTON Netball League team Imagine 8 have reached the semi finals of the All England Challenge Plate.

Imagine 8, formerly known as Engineering Services, booked their place in Sunday's semi final at Cobham Netball Club in Surrey thanks to a 34-27 quarter-final defeat of Loughborough team TFC at Ball Hall in Latchford.

The Warrington girls built up a 21-8 lead after the opening two quarters and led 30-16 going into the final quarter. TFC came back strongly but Imagine 8 battled on to clinch victory.

Imagine 8's Zoe Boyes was the player of the match with several others also impressing.

The Warrington team, who train at Penketh High School and have been competing in the national northern league, lost in the early rounds of the Challenge Cup but were then placed into the Plate competition.

Wins against teams from Leicester, Lancashire, Oxford, Bristol and London moved them into the final stages.