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We encourage everyone from our Bullants community to come and cheer on our teams who are playing this week. Here are the game times. Good luck!

10am Juniors – Hopi and Cherokee

11am Inters – Mohawks v Kiowa!, Kamia

12pm Inters – Cheyenne, Navajo

1pm Cadets – Iroquois, Arikara and Dakota

2pm Seniors – Sekani, Chiefs

3.15pm – Shawnee, Barona

Umpires selected for Finals. Congratulations to our Bullants Umpires who have been selected by SCNA to Umpire in the finals series: Abi C, Paisley B, Rosa B, Lucy M, Alyssa T, Jazz S, Mary-Anne K, Meghan Q, John P, Bernadette M. Special shout out to many of our younger umpires who have worked on developing their skills and are being recognised by SCNA.

Bullants policy for player court times during finals: Players of all divisions who make the finals rounds (semi, preliminary and grand finals) will be played at the discretion of the coach.  All players are guaranteed two quarters (Divisions 3 & 4) and one quarter (Divisions 1 & 2) of court time per game only.  

SCNA Best & Fairest and Leading Goal Scorers: This weekend SCNA will be awarding trophies for the winners of the Best and Fairest and Leading Goal Scorers for each division of the SCNA Winter Competition. Awards will be handed out after each time slot.  Please gather at the pavilion after your game.

Congratulations to all those teams who had their last game yesterday. We hope everyone enjoyed the season, improved their netball and made new friends.

Bullants has 13 teams through to the finals series – 2 Juniors, 4 Inters, 3 Cadets and 4 Seniors teams. Be ready to embrace the club spirit and put in your best effort at training and game day. Please remember, umpires umpire, coaches coach, players play, and spectators cheer positively from the sideline. Most importantly, everyone please have fun!

Congratulations to our winning volunteers

Yesterday SCNA announced the winners of the Volunteer of the Year Awards for 2023. Congratulations to Bullants’ very own Ellen Mihaljevic and Perdi Mitchell for taking home the Coach of the Year and Volunteer of the Year awards respectively. Both Ellen and Perdi give tireless hours for the success of Bullants netball and SCNA’s representative netball program. Their ongoing hard work ensures hundreds of players are on court each week and developing their skills. We are grateful for the contribution of both of these committee members who give so much for the enjoyment of others. Congratulations and thank you.

Votes close 6pm Friday 3rd September – Vote for your Player’s Player now on the links below:

Inters – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepDHgMIj5kFUeH7AdJdL2j7AColb2VLzo0CjaxHQ-3heyLnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Cadets – – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevSYyHI68sj2piiynF7mAoFagN32Bx9glBBeNEJuQTlobq7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Seniors – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck2UwTQM1fJryeB25k8FnkFzpllLp_OMIHehfEbU0VkOTkEA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Finals Game Times

Game Times Preliminary Finals 3rd Sept: As per usual times

Game Times for Semi Finals on 10th Sept & Grand Finals on 16th Sept : Juniors 11am, Inters 12pm, Cadets 1pm, Seniors 2pm.

Where to Stand

The courts will be set up with player benches on one side and supporters standing opposite. Outside the fence is acceptable too.

Update to Twilight Comp: SCNA has advised Twilight will run for 9 weeks; 16 October to 11 December. Additional details to come

This week is the last training and game for some teams. The last round of the regular season is this Saturday before we head into preliminary finals/semi finals/grand finals on the 2/9/16 September. If your team is playing in the Finals, please note that the game time can be different from your regular timeslot. Be sure to check PlayHQ.

PLAYER’S PLAYER

Nominations now open – Inters, Cadets and Seniors players, please vote for your Player’s Player on the links below. Your vote should be for the person in your team who you believe is the player who makes the other players feel most included in the team, and who you most enjoy playing with, not who you think is the “best” player or who you may have the best friendship with. Awards will be presented at presentation nights.

Junior players – votes are collated through your coach

Inters – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepDHgMIj5kFUeH7AdJdL2j7AColb2VLzo0CjaxHQ-3heyLnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Cadets – – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevSYyHI68sj2piiynF7mAoFagN32Bx9glBBeNEJuQTlobq7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Seniors – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck2UwTQM1fJryeB25k8FnkFzpllLp_OMIHehfEbU0VkOTkEA/viewform?usp=sf_link

END OF SEASON CELEBRATIONS

Our End of Season celebrations are a casual social gathering, where we celebrate the season and present team awards. RSVPs open soon.

Juniors/Inters/Cadets: Wednesday 20 September at the courts.

Seniors: 6pm Saturday 16 September (after Grand Finals) Austrian Australian Club, Mawson. Bullants will supply nibbles and soft drink, players/supporters to purchase own dinner. Menu:

THANKING YOUR COACH

Team Managers will be coordinating an end of season gift to thank the coach. Please ensure you respond to these requests promptly. Coaches give up an enormous amount of time throughout the season to help players improve their netball skills and to create positive team environments. We do not pay our coaches, they are all volunteers. It would be great for all coaches to receive a thank-you memento from their team either at the last game or the end of season event.

TWILIGHT NETBALL:

Registrations for Twilight comp will open soon. Twilight runs for 8 weeks starting 16th October with the final week 6th December. It is held over three nights (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). Times below are from last year so may change depending on the number of registrations. Whole teams are welcome to register and for all those parents who are standing on the sideline every Saturday and keen to return to the court, come and join the other other parents for social netball.

Monday:

* (TBC) 5.30pm: NET Program. Introductory skills program for boys and girls from 5-7 years

* (TBC) 5.30pm (and potentially 6.30pm pending registrations): SET program. Ideal for players in years 2 & 3 – modified games

* (TBC) 6.30pm: GO. For players in year 4 (Full height hoops)

Tuesday:

* (TBC) 5.30pm: Juniors – For players in Years 5 and 6 (2 divisions)

* (TBC) 6.30pm: Intermediates / Cadets – Girls in Years 7-9 (2 divisions)

* (TBC) 7.30pm: Open Womens (must be year 10/ 16+ minimum) – 2 divisions

Wednesday

* (TBC) 6pm: Mixed U16s

*(TBC) 7pm: Mixed opens (over 16)

Finally some good news…… the lights are working and we can all train tonight. See you at the courts!

We have been advised by SCNA that the lights are still not working on the front courts. There is an electrician scheduled to attend on Wednesday, but we don’t know if they will be repaired in time.

The main impact is on the 5.30 session when we have 15 teams training and we need to use all the courts. We will let you know asap if we have to cancel any of the 5.30 training sessions.

If there are any teams that may be able to start early, say from 4.30, please get in touch with us so that we can open the courts for you.

The South Canberra netball community recognises volunteers who tirelessly go over and above to make netball happen. We encourage everyone in the Bullants community to vote in these important awards. Please vote before 6pm Monday 14 August. Finalists/winners will be announced during Round 10, 26 August (last week of games before finals). Link to vote: https://forms.gle/9cjNDYqB98yXEtZ78

There are four award categories:

Coach of the Year

Umpire of the Year

Junior (<18yrs) Volunteer of the Year

Senior (>18yrs) Volunteer of the Year

Vote here: https://forms.gle/9cjNDYqB98yXEtZ78

We have arrived at the courts to find only half the lights working……. again!!!

We have cancelled training for the Year 2,3 and 4 teams. Parents/carers, please come to the courts asap to pick up your children. You should have received a message from your coach/manager by now. If you have older children who are training in the 5.30 time slot, we will supervise the younger ones until 6.30. Reminder: enter via King Street. There is an SCNA Exec meeting on tonight and there is no parking within the courts.

Inters/Cadets/Seniors – we anticipate you all training unless you get a specific message from your coach/manager.

SCNA is holding a fundraiser round in support of the Starlight Foundation on the 5th of August! The Starlight Foundation helps transform the hospital and healthcare experience of kids and young people across Australia. We would love to see everyone get involved and support a great cause!

This is a reminder to all parents and carers.

Please do NOT enter the courts carpark for drop off or pick up. There are many children walking around the area and it is dangerous if we have cars entering and leaving the courts. Also, we need to leave the car spaces free for our coaches who are volunteering their time, usually in multiple time slots.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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