Autumn E-Newsletter 2014
Netball South
@Netballsouth
WELCOME to the South Region’s newsletter. This newsletter will be issued quarterly with
jam-packed information about what is going on in your netball area. Please send us in any netball
stories, news etc. that you have. We’d love to hear from you. Email contact:
[email protected]
We have had a few changes in staff here in the South. Anna Young (regional manager) went on maternity leave in September and Kat Valk has joined the team as Regional Manager during Anna’s
maternity. There have been some new netball development officer appointments since August.
Lois Rideout joined the team in August as Berkshire NDO. Carey McCormick has taken over as NDO
for Hampshire & IOW. Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire NDO positions are currently vacant so
any urgent queries should be directed to the regional office.
A full round up of the current team is at the back of this issue with some photos to help you out a
bit with faces!
Massive Congratulations to Anna and Matt Young on the birth of their daughter
‘Charlotte Eve Young’ . Charlotte arrived on the 10th October, bang on due date
at 10.32am weighing a healthy 8lb 11oz.
County Rounds of
National Schools
The county rounds of National schools are now well under way with
Hampshire and Berkshire both starting theirs early in October.
Hampshire Schools Netball Association
National schools competitions saw 22 teams compete on Thursday 22 nd September in the U16
section. We saw a fantastic standard of netball at the sports centre in Southampton with our highest number of entries to date. We look forward to the U14 and U19 competitions later this month.
Good luck to our representative Portsmouth Grammar School and Thornden School will be representing Hampshire in the next round.
Berkshire Netball's National Schools Netball Tournament
Fourteen schools from across the county competed for a place at the Regional round. There were
some strong performances in the initial rounds across all three age groups –U14, U16 and U19.
In the U14s category, Queen Anne's (Reading),
St Mary's (Ascot), Charters School
(Sunningdale) and Wellington College
(Crowthorne) all progressed through to the semi
-finals following the group stages. Queen Anne's
came out on top in their match against Charters,
meaning they set up a final against Wellington
College, who beat St Mary's in their semi-final.
Wellington College took on Queen Anne’s in the
U14 final and won 9-6.
In the U16s category, The Abbey
School (Reading) took an early lead to
beat Charters (Sunningdale), 18-0, in
the first semi-final. The other semi-final
was a much closer affair, with Windsor
Girls School (Windsor) and Downe
House (Thatcham) fighting hard until the
end. But Windsor managed to pull to
take the other place in the final. The Abbey School and Windsor Girls School
fought hard in the final, but the score
was 23-6 to The Abbey School when
the final whistle went.
In the U19s category, the first semi-final was
contested between Wellington College and St
Marys, with Wellington College coming out on
top, earning their place in the final. In the second semi-final, Reading Blue Coat School
(Reading) beat Charters. In the U19s final,
Reading Blue Coat School and Wellington College were on level terms for much of the game,
with the scores level at 4-all at half time, but it
was Reading Blue Coat School who were able
to turn over a decisive centre pass to win the
game 9-7.
Good luck to the winners and runners-up going on to represent Berkshire at the Regional round.
Club Feature
Didcot Netball Club
Seven over 35 year old ladies rekindled their netball passion following a summer Back to Netball Tournament. Word travelled around and within a few weeks there was a list of 15 ladies
wanting to play. Didcot Netball Club began its journey.
The impact on the community has been immense. We were able to give an opportunity to all
woman of all ages and abilities. Two of our ladies volunteered themselves to go on a coaching
course - To which they successfully passed their level 1 and Level 2 in short space of time.
The club went on to offer young girls within Didcot the opportunity to play netball. We ran taster
sessions in primary schools and from that Didcot Juniors began. We have managed to sustain
the interest and level of commitment and now have 4 teams in the junior league and three
teams in the senior league. We are delighted to have been awarded the Bronze CAPS award
by England Netball and are proud that we have in total 70 members all enjoying a game of netball whether it is for fun, keeping fit or competitively.
Congratulations to the 3 new Bronze CAPS clubs in the South:
Didcot Netball Club—Oxfordshire
Marlow Netball Club—South Bucks
Purbrook Netball Club—Hampshire
Following completion of their folders and a successful assessment in September, they
were awarded their Bronze CAPS. This prestigious accreditation is only given to clubs
who can demonstrate that they are offering a good quality netball provision within their
community.
The CAPS Process
Regional Leagues
The Regional Leagues are now well under way across all divisions and age groups. See
below a summary of current standings for all leagues.
You can see all the fixtures, results and full tables on the Netball South website here
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
1 Dreams One
1
Sussex Storm
1 Eagles Two
2 Wannops NC
2
Woodley
2 Guernsey Panthers
3 SAS
3
Weston Park Blades Two
3 CD Phoenix Two
4 Eagles
4
Sussex Tigers
4 Wokingham
5 Rushmoor
5
Shooting Stars
5 Sussex NRG Pumas
6 CD Phoenix
6
Trinity Oxford
6 Swan Centre
7 Weston Park Blades
7
Meon
7 Dreams Two
8 Abbey N.C
8
MSN
8 Brize Jets
9
Tongham Tornadoes
U19
U16
U14
U13
1 MSN
1 MK Netters
1 Royals
1 Bucks Phoenix
2 CD Phoenix
2 Weston Park
Blades
2 MSN
2 Rushmoor
3 MK Netters
3 Eagles
4 Eagles
4 MSN
5 Weston Park
5 Swan
3 Woodley Jets
4 MK Netters
5 Clan
6 Weston Park
3 Woodley
4 Royals
5 Clan
6 CD Phoenix
6 CD Phoenix
6 Apollo
7 Eagles
7 Matrix
7 Trinity
7 Trinity
8 Meon
8 Swan
8 Squall
8 Squall
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Back To Netball—Maidenhead
Cox Green School, Maidenhead is the place to be on a Thursday evening from 7pm until 8pm for
exercise, fun and lots of laughter. Ladies of all ages meet here to play and be coached for netball. New players, returning players and players with teams wishing to practice are all welcome.
The evening is run by Gina Macgregor and is assisted by Brenda Fallowfield.
“We currently have 3 teams in the Maidenhead netball league, all made up from the Cox Green
‘back to netball’ girls. We also have several teams with players who have moved into different
teams but came via the ‘back to netball’. Some of our girls who are in the league still come on a
Thursday as they just enjoy the evening.
We are currently looking for our next lot of ladies that would love to join us and have fun, simply
to turn up and play on a Thursday.”
We recently had a ‘back to netball’ BBQ at Gina’s house and about 30 girls turned up and a brilliant evening was had by all, as you can see from the picture.
So come along and join in the fun.
Find your nearest back to netball session in the south here:
www.netballsouth.co.uk/backtonetball
Congratulations to Netball South and London and South East staff on completing their ‘Pretty Muddy’ race for life on the 5th October in Clapham. Despite being a warm day the team all got rather wet and muddy…….
You can still sponsor the team and donate to support Cancer Research via
their just giving page. Click here
Last year, Laurel Park Netball Club in Berkshire hosted a Play for Pudsey Netball event to
raise money for Children in Need. They raised over £1.300 and made their debut on BBC’s
‘The One Show!’
#Play4Pudesy is happening again for 2015 with Spots vs Bears netballathon on Sat 15th Sun 16th November, 10am - 6pm at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre. Please contact Lisa
Wise for details: [email protected]
Courses
UKCC Level 2 Conversion course
The cut-off date for coaches holding the old England Netball Level 2 Coach Award to
convert to the UKCC level 2 is 31st March 2015. There are a number of conversion
courses running across the country including one in Berkshire starting January 2015.
More information about the conversion course and details of how to book can be found
on the England Netball website. Click here
South UKCC Level 2 Conversion course:
Wexham School, Slough, Berkshire
Dates: 25th Jan, 3rd Feb and 1st March 2015
UKCC Level 1
Wexham School, Slough, Berkshire
Dates: 28th February and 21st March 2015
Closing date: 20th January 2015
For more information click here.
UKCC Level 2
Rye St Antony School, Oxford
Dates: 17th & 18th January, 7th & 8th February and 7th March 2015
Closing date: 19th December 2014
For more information click here.
Courses
CPD Workshops
“These 3-4 hour practical coaching workshops are aimed at providing club coaches and
teachers who are regularly planning sessions with a better understanding of specific areas
of player and game development, the toolkit required to analyse and correct technique,
and fresh ideas for building practices and sessions”
Coming up in the South:
Getting Physical
Oakgroves Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes. 13th December 2014
Click here for details.
Sharp Shooting
Rye St Antony School, Oxford. 31st January 2015
Click here for details.
Look out for more CPD workshops on the appearing on the Netball South Website soon!
Please click here to view the England Netball Coaching Courses taking place nationwide.
High 5 Workshop
Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, Oxford. Saturday 29th November 2014
Click here for details and a booking form
Please visit the England Netball website for details on beginner, C
award and B award umpiring courses across the country. There are a
number of C award courses across Hampshire.
www.englandnetball.co.uk/make-the-game/officiating/Courses
Are you aged 12-25
or have young people
in you club who are?
Involved in volunteering? Want to get recognised?
What is Pass on Your Passion?
The 'Pass on your Passion' programme aims to recognise the countless number of
young volunteers in netball. It aims to provide you with opportunities, ideas and rewards to help you on your leadership and volunteering journey. No matter what your
role in netball, we want you to Get Involved and Get Recognised.
Who is it for?
Every young person aged 12-25 that is actively volunteering in
netball , whether that's as a coach, official, committee member, event helper, school team helper...the list is endless!
How does it work?
Once you've registered you will receive your volunteer portfolio and logbook. Just log
your voluntary netball hours and send back the yellow copy to England Netball to receive your rewards in the post! It's as simple as that! You have 2 years from the date
you became a member to complete your hours and claim your rewards.
PLEASE NOTE: Voluntary hours can only be counted from the day you sign up.
Benefits!
Not only will you get rewarded for the hours you complete, but just by registering as a member of 'Pass on you Passion' you'll get access to:
- FREE Regional Training Days where top coaches and officials will be on hand to pass on
their knowledge.
- E-newsletters to keep you up to date with the latest information and voluntary opportunities.
- Invitations to volunteer at National and International netball events.
Register NOW!
You can download a Pass on your Passion Registration Form here
The Netball South Team
Kat Valk
Jenny Obin
Elly Moore
Regional Manager
Regional Coordinator
Performance Pathway Coach
Netball Development Officers
Lois Rideout
Berkshire NDO
Carey McCormick
Stacey Boxall
FB—Berkshire NDO
Hampshire & IOW NDO
Sussex NDO
Twitter @berkshireNDO
FB—Netball Development Hampshire & IOW
FB—Sussex Netball
Twitter @sussexnetball
Twitter @hants_netball
Netball Development Community Coaches
Geri Purkiss
NDCC
FB—Back to Netball Bucks
Twitter @B2NBucks
Debbie Laycock
South East Hampshire NDCC
FB—Back to Netball Southeasthampshire
Twitter @B2N_SEHampshire
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