When does Bullants netball re-start?

Hi Bullants families

Wishing everyone a happy easter and school holidays. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we settled teams across all levels. This year we will have 29 teams taking the court – all teams have amazing coaches to help guide our players during the winter netball season.

Team Managers: We have a number of teams who are currently without team managers. Teams cannot play without a Manager. This is a simple, but necessary, role that enables all our coaches to focus their efforts on our players. Please email if you are able to take on the role for one of the following teams: Potawatomie, Menominee, Meskwaki, Yamasee, Mingo, Cherokee, Comanche, Hopi, Cheyenne, Kamia, Kiowa, Mohawks, Navajo, Braves, Arikara, Iroquis, Barona, Cree, Sekani.

Key dates

There will be no training during the school holidays with the next training session to be held on Wednesday, 26 April.  This will be our last training before Saturday netball begins on 29 April. Key dates for the season are outlined below.

Saturday, 29 April	Net Set Go competition commences
Saturday, 29 April	SCNA grading commences (first of three weeks)
Saturday, 20 May	Competition (non-Net Set Go) commences
Saturday, 10 June	Competition concludes – winter break
Saturday, 22 July	Competition recommences
Saturday, 26 August	Competition concludes
Saturday, 2 September – Saturday, 16 September	Finals for eligible teams (non-Net Set Go teams)

Saturday game timings will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Other things to note:

• Uniforms which have been ordered are expected to arrive over the Easter break.  We will distribute the uniforms as soon as possible – hopefully first training back on 26 April.
• Please do not park in the SCNA car park for pick up, drop off or during trainings or competition days. We have a number of officials and coaches who require easy access and we would not want to limit their ability to support our players.

Finally – what is in a name? 

A lot of people ask about our unique team names – Potawatami, Iroquois and Kiowa to name a few. Well it turns out that many, many years ago importance was placed on the need for separate and easily identifiable names – with the decision made to name the teams after American Indian tribes. There are many generations of Bullants players who have played within teams with these names and come to love the history of moving up through the teams. The Bullants Committee understands that it is time to review the suitability of these names and we are currently considering options including culturally appropriate alternatives. We will keep our community updated as this work proceeds. In the meantime we hope that your family enjoys the great spirit that our players bring to the court. 

Any questions or to nominate as Team Manager, please email bullantsnetball@gmail.com