Hello Bullants families

We are nearing the end of the winter season, with just three weeks of games left to play. The season has flown by this year,  with Covid19 restrictions and wet weather cancellations. Accordingly, your committee’s attention has turned to activities to wrap up the winter season and to start work on the Twilight/Social Competition.

END OF SEASON

Team Photos

We are hoping to take photos of all teams prior to their games this Saturday. We ask that all teams meet on the oval near the Bullants table 30 minutes before your scheduled game time. Please don’t be late, as it would be a shame for you to miss your team photo. Ensure you are in proper uniform as it makes for a better photo. Coaches, remember to wear your coach hoodie!

Coaches, please let the committee know if you are aware of absences this week so we can schedule photos for the later weeks.

Player Awards

As in previous seasons, we will be presenting awards to players in each team as follows:

Players’ Player – All teams
Excellence – Juniors Go and up
Improvement – Juniors Go and up

For NSG, Juniors Go and Juniors teams, the coaches will be collecting and collating the Players’ Player nominations.  For Inters and Seniors, we will send you a link to nominate your Players’ player on-line.  Nominations and awards will need to be completed by 26 September, the last Saturday of the winter season.

End of Season Presentation – Save the Date!

Due to Covid19 restrictions we have to modify the format for our End of Season Presentation. Instead of the usual whole-of-club function we will be conducting a fun and social “training” afternoon/evening on Wednesday 14 October. Players should attend the courts at the time of their usual winter season training session, at which we will have the awards presentation and some fun games etc. Some individualised snacks that meet Covid-safe standards will be provided.

Annual General Meeting

SCNA will be holding their AGM on 23 September. If you would like Bullants to raise any observations, questions please send us an email. Bullants will be holding our AGM in October, with a date to be notified shortly. 

TWLIGHT/SOCIAL COMPETITION

We have recently received information from SCNA about the 2020 twilight competition. As with the winter season, there have been modifications made to ensure the competition is Covid-safe. The competition will be conducted over 2 nights as follows:

COMPETITION	DAY	START TIME	FINISH TIME
NetSetGo Net & Set (girls and boys Year 2 & 3)	Monday	5.30pm	6.25 pm
Juniors Go & Juniors (girls and boys Years 4-6)	Monday	6.30pm	7.25pm
Mixed (Year 10 – adult)	Monday	7.30pm	8.25pm
Intermediates (girls only Years 7-9)	Tuesday	6pm	6.55pm
Seniors (girls only Year 10 – adult)	Tuesday	7pm	7.55pm

The cost is $80 per player. However, any player who participated in the winter comp will receive a discount, which will be applied when they register for the twilight comp. We do not know the amount of the discount yet nor how the registrations will operate in practice, but hope to have that information soon. Details to follow…..

As it is a social comp, we do not conduct trials to place players into teams. Rather teams are formed on an adhoc basis. So if your winter team wishes to stay together for the twilight comp, or there is another player (or players) that you wish to be placed into a team with, please email us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com and we will do our best to accommodate that.

We do not train for the twilight comp, and there are no formalised coaching arrangements. However, we will need a manager (or it could be a team of 2-3 managers) for each of the younger teams to bring the kit bag each week, help the kids get on court and to score. Please consider volunteering for this important role, the younger teams will not be able to function without someone helping them.

If you have any questions about the twilight comp, please email us.

Your Committee