Hi
everyone!!
FULL SIZED NETBALL POST FOR SALE
A friend of mine has sent me the following note "I have a
regulation netball post in the garage which I would be keen to
sell (£80) and wonder if any of your youngsters would be
interested. It has adjustable height and the heavy metal bases
we used to use at the netball centre." If you are interested
please contact Lesley Stapley - yelsel20@btinternet.com,
This is a bargain!
TOURNAMENTS
Coaches will be contacting you separately regarding tournament
dates.
A reminder of contact details:
U10's & U11's - Sandy Miles
sandym@doctors.org.uk,
U13's - Jilly Kennett
knnttb@aol.com
U14's - Jilly Kennett knnttb@aol.com
U15's - Becky Newstead
glitterbex@hotmail.com
U15's - Jenny Robinson robinsonjrobbo@aol.com
Please
click the Procedures
button to see "How things work" re Tournaments
Report
from Nicole Pollock from the
South Region round of the
National Schools Tournament
on 30th January 2010,
at the Kingsmead Netball Centre, High Wycombe.
"On Saturday 30th January, Sarah Bull
and I played for the
Thornden School U16's in the South Region round of the National
Schools Competition.
It was a really thrilling and exhilerating tournament despite
the freezing weather. We played a total of eight matches,
seven minutes each way and the tournament went on all day.
I would say our greatest match was the semi-finals as it was the
most gripping and it was the first match in which we played as
a proper team. At the end of full time, we were drawing,
so we went on to play two minutes each way extra time. It
was at this point where we all realised how much we wanted to
win (especially the year 11's as it was their last year).
At the end of extra time we had won 4-0 and completely outplayed
them. We felt ecstatic! Although we did not win the
tournament, we came runners up and therefore are
through to represent the South Region (which was our ultimate
aim) in the finals of the National Schools Tournament to
be held at Roedean School on March 20th".
Congratulations
to Nicole and Sarah, and we wish Thorden
all the very best in the finals.
64
of our Juniors coached by TeamBath Coaches!!
Stacey
and Alicia from TeamBath came to our Club on Monday 4th January,
and ran 3 super training sessions for our
U11's 6-7pm
U13's 7-8pm
U15's 8-9pm
Crestwood College Sports Hall,
Eastleigh
Stacey
is a three times winner of the Superleague with TeamBath and
is a member of the England Senior Squad.
Alicia
is a key member of the TeamBath Premier League side and she also
plays for the University of Bath's 1st team, where she is Vice
Captain.
The
sessions concentrated mostly on defensive work, with the emphasis
on "looking for the ball - going for that interception".
At the end of the sessions the players were asked what they would
take away from the evening. Here are some of them:-
"Challenge yourself"
"Be dynamic in both defence and attack"
" Not allow your opponent the time to react, ie get to the
ball before they do".
Jilly
our Chairman said
"I'm sure you will agree it was a fantastic
evening and all of us learnt a great deal from their coaching,
intensity of workrate and lots of their tips that they gave us".
A
great evening and many, many thanks to Alicia and Stacey for coming
down to work with us.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
3
of our Juniors, Laura Rudland, Olivia
Ellis and Abbey Marsh
have been selected for the Hampshire County Academy (U16's).
Brilliant!!
The
trials for the U14 Satellite Academy
took place on Saturday 3rd October.
5 of our U14's were selected,
Nicole Pollock, Zoe Exall, Ellie Curtis, Katie Knaggs,
Graihagh Guille
Brilliant!!
Jade
Traynor has been selected to attend
the Winchester Regional Academy
(Talent and Performance Centre, as it is known down here in the
South).
This is the third tier of the Excel Academies, the first 2 being
the
Satellite Academy for U14's and the County Academy, for U16's,
(details
of the Excel programme can be found on the England Netball website
under International)
On
3rd October 5 of our teams entered
the Pre-Season Southampton Junior League tournament at the Sports
Centre, and what
a cracking day it was, with our
U11's Champions,
U15's Runners up
U10's, U11B's and U13's all came 3rd.
Congratulations to everyone for making the day so enjoyable and
successful.
Our
highly successful PRESENTATION EVENING
was held on the
8th
July 2009
at CRESTWOOD SCHOOL, EASTLEIGH
AWARD
WINNERS AT OUR PRESENTATION EVENING '08/09 were
•
U9 Player of the Year - ANNABELLE BUDD
•
U9 Most Improved Player of the Year - SACHA
COLLINSON
•
U10 Player of the Year - SOPHIE COLE
•
U10 Most Improved Player of the Year - PHOEBE
WILLOUGHBY-HANNINGTON
•
U12 Player of the Year - MEGAN GLOVER
•
U12 Most Improved Players of the Year -
ZOE EXALL & KATIE KNAGGS
•
U14 Red Player of the Year - JADE TRAYNOR
•
U14 Red Most Improved Player of the year
- ROBYN HACKETT
•
U14 Blue Player of the Year - SARAH BULL
•
U14 Blue Most Improved Player of the year
- OLIVIA ELLIS
PRESENTATION
EVENING
Firstly,
thank you to everyone who made our first presentation evening
such a fantastic evening. Thanks to your kind contributions
in the raffle and buying tickets, we raised £68 which will
go towards the junior ice skating in December.
WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO THE SOUTHAMPTON LEAGUE NEXT YEAR?
Southampton Netball Association (SNA) league has been completely
restructured and matches will now be played indoors on a tournament
basis (details tba) on certain Saturdays during the winter term
(dates are below). There will be no separate U10 section
this term but U11's, U12, U13s, U14s and U15s. All dates
set for SNA matches are detailed below but dates used will be
dependent on team entries.
Also, we have entered an U14 team into the Hampshire League (HL) which
is played on Saturdays (so there will be possible clashes with
the Southampton league) and this group will comprise of invited
year 7's + invited year 8s (as of 1st September).
In addition, we have also entered an U16 County league team.
All Hampshire league games are played at Basingstoke and matches
will be at 10.30am or 12 noon (or both dependent on number
of entries). All provisional dates are published below but
final dates used will be dependent on the number of entries. (NB
coaches - closing date for SNA league entry is 20th September).
Please note that players can ONLY play in the Hampshire League
on Saturday OR the Southampton league. They are not allowed
to play for both in the same day!
SOUTH
REGION MATCHES
Please feel free to come along and watch some great netball as
our South Region team play their home matches on Sundays
12.30pm at Crestwood School. - See the website for the dates
.PONTINS
Although we do not have confirmed dates yet, historically, the
U11, U12 and U13 age groups is normally held on the last weekend
in June, Friday 25th - Sunday 27th.
U14, U15 and U16s age groups - this is normally held during the
first weekend in July i.e. Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th July.
In the spring term - it has been proposed that the spring league
is run alongside the senior league on Wednesday evenings -
possibly 6pm start but timings and dates to be advised
.KIT
Please contact me straight away if you need any kit for next season.
A reminder: Skirts £16 - waist size and length required
(14" or 16") Tops £10 - Size 10, 12, 14,
16
This is the last season we will be using white tops as next year
we will be having the same tops as our Seniors i.e. navy blue.
Hoodie £19.75 -These will be ready for the new season.
If you have not ordered yours yet please let me know. We
have some samples that you are able to try so please give me a
call if you want to come to my house to try on any kit prior to
the new term.
COSTS
FOR NEXT TERM
In these very difficult financial times, we have seriously reviewed
our training costs and whilst we have increased the amount of
training times for many individuals, we have strived to keep our
costs to the minimum .
Here are the subs as follows:
1 hour of training = £22.75 per term (U10s, U11s)
1.25 hours of training = £29.00 per term (U15s)
1.5 hours of training= £34.00 per term (U13s)
2 hours of training = £45.50 (U14s and U16s) per term
In return, we will be asking you for your help with fund raising.
As Sue Hawkins our England coach says "we give a lot but
we expect a lot back". Some of you will be attending
2 sessions. If this is the case add up the 2 figures. If
you have a second daughter who also attends training,
then please add up the 2 training costs then deduct £6.00
for your final total. If you have a third daughter, add
up the training costs and deduct £12 from the final total.
Any other anomalies - please phone me!
For ease of administration, if you are able to email your application
form to me and post your subs (post dated to September) this would
be a great help. Alternatively, please bring your subs
to your first training session (cheques please where possible
payable Swan Centre Netball Club with your daughter's name written
on the back with a breakdown of the subs) together
with your completed application form which is attached.
U15s/U16s to bring their subs on 15th September
.Remember, if anyone has any problems in terms of finances please
don't hesitate to contact me.
MATCH FEES
This is £1.50 for each player to be paid on the day of each
match - without fail! This covers umpiring costs.
In addition, players playing in Basingstoke may need to affiliate
to England Netball (approx cost £18) but we are awaiting
for clarification of this and will let you know in due course.
You are responsible for getting your daughter to and from Basingstoke
and if you are unable to help with lifts then it's only fair that
you contribute towards petrol costs - more tba.
That's
it for now folks.
Please contact me if you have any queries or if we have missed
anything.
Kind regards,
Jilly Kennett
Chairperson
Swan Centre Netball Club
07974 855420
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