Grading and Training This Wednesday

Hi Bullants family.

We had a successful beginning to our grading sessions (and training for our younger players) last Wednesday. We will be doing it all again this week, but with the girls mostly on court so that we can assess their game skills. The sessions are:

5.30 – 6.30 : NetSetGo, Juniors Go and Juniors
6.30 – 7.30 : Intermediates
7.30 – 8.30 : Seniors

It would be great if we could have some people to help us by umpiring these sessions so that the coaches and coordinators can focus on assessing the players. Please see me prior to the session if you can help with this.

Uniform

From 5pm you can try on uniforms for those who need to get new dresses. Just come into the pavilion. The web store looks to be operating correctly again, so you can order on-line.

Registrations

If you haven’t yet registered it is vital you get this done by 7pm Tuesday (tomorrow!!!).

Coaches

We are still looking for coaches for our junior, intermediate and (schoolgirl) senior teams. If you are interested in coaching a team please contact Heather Bond, our coaching coordinator at bullantsnetball@gmail.com. As we are going to be focusing on the girls’ game skills this week it is important for anyone who wants to coach to come to the appropriate session to participate in this process. Please make yourself known to Heather, Ruth or me prior to the session commencing. Remember players/parents, if you don’t feel confident coaching by yourself we are happy for you to coach a team with a friend or we can organize a mentor for you.

Umpires

We are looking for players and parents to join our umpire team. Our umpire coordinators, Julie Glover and Meghan Quinn, are preparing a program to provide support and training to umpires at all experience levels.

Umpiring is great way to develop leadership and communication skills and is a good addition to a resume. You can nominate to umpire regularly, or just help out occasionally to keep your skills up.

We will pay you for every game you umpire at the following rates:

No experience – $10 Umpiring course (Including SCNA junior umpires course) – $15 C Badge – $20 B Badge – $25 A Badge – $30

We are also looking for people who can mentor and coach our umpires. So if you are an experienced umpire please consider helping us with this role.

If you are interested and would like more information about umpiring for Bullants please contact Julie on bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

See you all on Wednesday!!

Bernadette Mihaljevic
President