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The chances of rain are looking particularly high for this weekend, but unless absolutely necessary games will be proceeding, so please prepare to get wet, and keep your eyes posted on the SCNA website and the Bullants blog for updates about cancellations.

Draws: can be found here or on PlayHQ or the NetballHQ app for our NetSetGoers.

PSA: A reminder to players, parents and all spectators to please be kind to ALL of our umpires. Many of our umpires are new to umpiring, and need our support and respect to ensure that they continue. Remember we cannot play without umpires!

Parents/spectators: please note the expectation that team benches are reserved for players, coaches and umpires, and you should be on the opposite side of the court. These are shown below for reference, but the easy rule of thumb is the wider side of court is for spectators.

Photos: please remember that it’s fine to take photos of your own kids, but to make sure that nobody else is included in these photos without their/parental permission.

Uniforms: lost Bullants jumpers are collected by the committee, if you’ve accidentally left yours behind, please come see us next Wednesday so we can reunite you!

Second-hand dresses: we’re desperately on the lookout for a size 14 dress, if you have one you are no longer using, or know someone who might, please be in contact bullantsnetball@gmail.com

Special rounds: SCNA are planning two themed rounds this year, a Reconciliation round on the 25th of May (please note we are playing this week despite the Monday being a public holiday); and a Pride round in June. Start preparing for these now, as we will be encouraging the club to get involved in any way they can! If you have any ideas or would like to be involved in preparing for these rounds, we’d love to hear from you: bullantsnetball@gmail.com

We are ready to welcome you to the first Saturday of netball. It’s supposed to rain later, so wear appropriate gear!!

Hopefully everyone has heard from their manager/coach by now! If not, please let us know by emailing bullantsnetball@gmail.com

Game times for NSG are on playHQ and for other grades are on the SCNA website here.

A big thank you to everyone who has volunteered for Bullants canteen and court duty so far. We have just a few spots left to fill, please click here to sign up. If you can’t attend your timeslot, please find a replacement from your team.

A reminder to parents and supporters that we love hearing your positive encouragement of all the players and officials! Please make sure you’re on the opposite side to the players bench so our great coaches can do their job!

We’re crossing our fingers for the weather, but any updates will be posted on the SCNA website first, and to the blog as soon as we can. Please note that often the decision is made per timeslot and you may not receive a lot of notice.

This weekend we will have our very first Saturday games for the season. If you haven’t already seen, grading draws for the weekend can be found here.

Calling all volunteers: to keep us on our toes, we are on court set-up/pack-up and canteen duties on the first day! Each team is responsible for providing a couple of parent helpers on the day, so please have a look at the attached and sign up for a time slot that suits you! volunteersignup.org/PYXYT

For our umpires, we will be running a rules session this Wednesday the 1st to update you on the new rules. These will be run at 6:30pm and 7:30pm, so that you can choose the session that best suits you!

We still have a handful of teams that are still looking for a manager, if your team is still needing one you would have recently received an email asking for volunteers. Please consider helping out, as teams will not be able to take the court without a manager.

Finally, please remember to collect your uniform at training on Wednesday, as they will not be available to collect on Saturday!

A quick reminder today to get your beanie orders in today before they close tonight!

Click here to have a look and put in your order by tonight!

On another note, uniforms have now arrived. If you have ordered a uniform and have not yet picked it up, please ensure you collect your uniform at training on Wednesday, May 1st to wear for our first weekend of Saturday netball on May 4th. Please note uniforms WILL NOT be available to pick up on Saturdays.

We’re looking forward to seeing you for Wednesday and Saturday netball from May, but in the meantime enjoy the school holidays!

We know it might not be quite cold enough yet to be thinking about winter gear, but in a few short weeks training nights will become very very cold. To combat this, we’re releasing limited edition Bullants Beanies!

These will only be available via preorder. Orders will close on the 21st of April and be available for collection in mid-May. 

If you’re interested, click here. The beanies will be $20 each, which is payable upon collection when they arrive. A mock-up of the beanies is available below or at the link. Hope you’re as excited as we are to be nice and warm during the winter months!

This week is the last week of training before the school holidays! We’re crossing our fingers that the sun stays out so we can train! Either way, it is looking like a chilly evening, so make sure you rug up! If there are any wet weather updates, keep your eyes peeled to the blog in the late afternoon.

Uniforms: Please ensure that if you haven’t already purchased a uniform, you do so this week at training. Someone will be available to help with uniforms from the start of training. It’s crucial that we get these organised now so that we can ensure availability for the season.

Team names: As you may have heard by now, we have new team names for the club for the season. For our NetSetGoers and Juniors, your team names are names of Australian Ants. For our Inters, Cadets and Seniors your team names are named after trig points in the ACT. Maybe teams could schedule a team hike up the mountain your team is named after during the holidays (though we note that some of the trigs are easier to access than others…).

New rules: For 2024, World Netball has introduced some new rules. We will run an update session for our coaches and umpires after the school holidays, but you can access the new rules here if you’re interested. If you do have a look ahead of time, please note that we don’t think SCNA will be introducing the tactical changes this season.

Interested in coaching? We have a number of senior teams without coaches, we’d love to hear from you if you are interested! If you cannot commit to both Wednesdays and Saturdays, we have teams that would benefit from support at training, as well as teams that would benefit from some game-day management. If you’re playing seniors and would consider helping another team out on a Saturday, please let us know!

Interested in umpiring? We’d also love to hear from any interested umpires, whether you have experience or not! We’d love to help support your skill development and best of all, pay you for your time!

We need team managers – there are a few teams we haven’t heard from yet, and teams will need a manager to be able to take the court. Please volunteer if you haven’t already to help make game days smoother for our coaches and players.

Just a reminder that for our Juniors, inters, cadets and seniors tomorrow night you will be playing grading games to help us best determine which division to nominate each team in. Please make sure you arrive with plenty of time to get us on court and ready to go by the start of your usual training time.

For our NetSetGoers, we will have training as usual!

For everyone, please make sure you arrive at training tomorrow ready to train/play. There is NO need for uniforms tomorrow, but please ensure your hair is up, nails are cut, and jewellery removed before you get to the courts.

If you haven’t already been in touch and could help us umpire during any of the timeslots tomorrow night, please let us know by emailing bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

For all parents that are not umpiring, we ask that you wait outside the courts, and remember to leave your dogs at home!

Teams: For most divisions, last week was the first week training with your new teams. Hopefully, most of you will have met your coaches, and are feeling excited and ready for the season ahead.

Team names: Are coming this week and we are so excited to share! We’ve made the decision to retire the old team names, and trial some new names. For our seniors, cadets and inters your team names will reflect the mountain peaks around the ACT. For our Juniors and NSG, we’ve had a lot of fun learning different species of Australian Ants, and we can’t wait to introduce them to you too!

We welcome feedback on this move and look forward to sharing your new team names!

Important dates: The first game for each division will be the 4th of May. SCNA will run two weeks of grading, before the season commences on the 18th of May. Games will continue weekly until the 15th of June, at which point we will have a break for junior championships and school holidays, will netball resuming on the 27th of July. Round games will continue until the 31st of August, then there will be three weeks of finals, with grand final day falling on the 21st of September.

Uniforms: This week is the last week to try on a uniform, and the shop will be open one last time this week at training. You’ll find us behind the pavilion in the shaded area.

Parents: Please wait outside of the fence for your kids, and allow the coaches to have the kids full attention for the entirety of the training session.

Dogs: Unfortunately, as much as we love them, dogs are not allowed on ACT sporting grounds. This includes both inside the fenced area, and on the ovals surrounding the courts. The best option is to leave them at home!

See you all on Wednesday!

A reminder to all our NetSetGoers that we start tomorrow night! Please come along to the courts by 5:20 to ensure we can get you on the courts and ready to play!

We are also having our welcome BBQ tomorrow night, and we welcome players, coaches, umpires, parents and supporters from 6:15pm-6:45pm.

We are urgently seeking volunteers to help us run the BBQ from 5:30pm. If you are available to help please email us ASAP on bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

For all other age groups, we’re looking forward to getting you training into teams! See you at the BBQ and then training!