This Winter season is the club’s biggest yet. It has been a mammoth task for the committee to sort our 270 players into 29 teams and source coaches and umpires for them all! Whilst we are excited that the season commences next weekend, we still have teams without a Manager, who will not be taking the court unless someone steps forward to be the team Manager. Please let us know ASAP if you can be the Manager for any of the following teams:

   – Mingo (Year 4)
   – Comanche (Juniors)
   – Kiowa (Inters)
   – Mohawks (Inters)
   – Navajo (Inters)
   – Barona (Seniors)

Grading commences Saturday 29 April. Attached is the draw. Players should arrive 30min before their first game to warm up. Please meet your coach at the Bullants banner set up at the bottom gate near the Touch Football field.

Yr2/3/4 (SET and GO) do not have grading and their competition commences this week. Draws are available on PlayHQ https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/org/south-canberra-netball-association/8231a9c0

Uniforms have arrived. Please come and collect at the pavilion at training on Wednesday.

Training and Game Day requirements: players need to come to training and game day with: jewellery and watches removed, long hair tied back, nails cut short, a drink bottle.

Umpires & Coaches Courses

SCNA is holding 2 new courses on Wednesday 3 May and 10 May.  The courses are especially geared towards volunteer parent or students coaches and parent umpires.  

The Coaches course will cover the following:

How to teach a skill
How to run a session
How to get the best out of your team
What you expect from your players
What you expect from a captain
Basic skills that are mandatory in age groups
Tips and tricks

Each coach will have access to the Netball Australia Foundation Coaches course and be given an SCNA Coach’s shirt.

The Umpire’s course will cover the following

Pre-game responsibilitiesBasic techniques for umpires
Basics of areas of control, off-side
Hand signals
Awarding sanctions
Overview of rules
Controlling the game

Each umpire will receive an umpires manual, Netball Australia Foundation Umpire Course, an SCNA Umpire shirt and a whistle.

The umpires course is not for high school students.  SCNA will be running a separate course for them.

Here are the links for the courses:

Coaching https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/33285b

Umpiring https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/d17df1

Important information

Please remember NO DOGS are permitted at the courts.

Parking: King Street is the best place to park – the SCNA parking area is for SCNA officials only.

Wet weather game updates – we will put out a post if games are cancelled due to wet weather, but feel free to also follow the SCNA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/southcanberranetballassociation/ Bullants will also put a post out.

Respect. Please let our Umpires umpire, our Coaches coach and our Players play. Applaud good performance and efforts by all players. Congratulate both teams on their performance regardless of the game’s outcome. Remember Bullants and SCNA are run by volunteers. Our committees, coaches, managers and umpires give up their time and resources and deserve your support. Please familiarise yourself with the Netball Australia Code of Behaviour: https://act.netball.com.au/sites/act/files/2020-07/NetballAustraliaNationalCodesofBehaviour.pdf

We look forward to seeing everyone at Training again this Wednesday and also on court on Saturday. We wish every player a fun season as they develop their netball skills and we wish every team, coach, manager and supporters success throughout the season.

Any Questions? Please contact bullantsnetball@gmail.com