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Dear Bullants families,

This morning we received a message/update from SCNA regarding their response to the changing circumstances regarding COVID-19 (copied in full below). Our club will follow their guidance on the appropriate way forward.

Until recommended otherwise, we will continue to train on Wednesday afternoons/evenings. However, we ask that all players/families:

1. do not attend training if you, or someone you have close contact with, are unwell, in particular showing cold or flu-like symptoms such as fever, coughing, running nose etc.;
2. do not attend training if you, or someone you have close contact with, have returned from overseas in the previous 2 weeks, even if feeling well;
3. practice good hygiene by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently, coughing/sneezing away from others and into a tissue, your elbow, your hands. Immediately wash you hands if you have coughed or sneezed into them.
4. We will be asking all players to wash their hands at the beginning and end of every training session.

We will continue to update our community as and when we get further information. In the meantime ensure you practice social distancing to mitigate the risk of contracting the disease. Stay well!

Bullants Committee

SCNA Message/Update:

Dear SCNA Netball Community,

We recognise that our community will be concerned about the impact of COVID-19 and will want to understand what we are doing about it. Set out below is the most recent guidance we have received from Netball ACT and Netball Australia regarding COVID-19.

Our position is that SCNA players should not attend any SCNA trials, training or games if:

they have any cold or flu-like  symptoms
or
they have returned from overseas within the last two weeks.

NOTE: After two weeks from overseas travel return, the player can resume playing if they are symptom free.

We will continue to update the community if there are any changes to competitions and programs. A decision will be made within the next two weeks regarding the commencement of weekend competition and our SCNA carnival in May.

Otherwise, for the time being, representative training, trials and other activities will continue as scheduled, although this may change subject to direction from Netball ACT and Netball Australia.

Guidance from Netball ACT and Netball Australia
Netball ACT and Netball Australia would like to reassure the netball community that we are monitoring the COVID-19 closely. Whilst the situation is constantly evolving the health and well-being of the netball community is paramount and the potential impact our the forefront of any decisions made.

What is COVID-19?
COVID-19 is the name of the disease that is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is a new virus recently identified in Wuhan, China. Currently there are seven types of Coronavirus that are known to infect humans, four of those commonly circulate in the community and generally result in minor illness such as the common cold. The remaining two are associated with significant illness being Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Virus (SARS).

How do I know if I am unwell with COVID-19?
The most common symptoms are fever, cough and shortness of breath. It can be difficult to tell the difference between COVID-19 and other common respiratory illness particularly in the early stages of illness. Individuals should consult with their doctor by calling ahead. The doctor can take a thorough history, including travel history, perform a physical exam and make a recommendation regarding testing for COVID-19.

How do I reduce my risk of getting COVID-19?
Hand hygiene remains the single best action individuals can take to reduce their risk of acquiring any respiratory or gastrointestinal tract infection. While COVID-19 is a global concern the number of cases of influenza globally far outweighs the number of COVID-19 as reported on the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). Annual influenza vaccination remains an important infection prevention measure.

You should be vigilant with frequent hand washing using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub. Make sure you adhere to ‘illness etiquette’. If you are coughing and sneezing, do so away from people into a tissue, your elbow or hands. If you cough or sneeze into your hands, make sure you wash your hands afterwards. Seek medical review early if you are feeling unwell.

See HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION  on COVID-19.

Hi Bullants families.

5.30 training session cancelled due to weather. Uniform try-ons will still be happening from 5-6pm. If you haven’t placed an order yet please come to try on uniform today and place your order via website asap.

Committee discussed the usefulness of running inters selections in the wet and we’ve decided it would probably not be an accurate reflection of your playing ability, so we have also cancelled 6.30 training session.

Seniors, no training for you either.

We will see you all next week, hopefully with perfect netballing weather!

Hello Bullants families.

The weather does not look promising for training this afternoon. However, we will not make a final decision about whether to proceed until later today. Look out for a post from us at about 4.30 about NetSetGo, JuniorsGo and Juniors training.

Given that we were going to hold the last of our selections for Inters this afternoon, we are still hoping to proceed with that, even if the 5.30 training is cancelled. We will make a decision about that at around 6pm. We hope half an hour is enough notice for everyone.

Coaches

If you have volunteered to coach this season, you will be allocated a team. We have had an influx of players for NetSetGo, and JuniorsGo in particular, so it will be all hands on deck this season. Thank you for your commitment to our club.

Should training proceed this afternoon, we will provide you with a training program for just this first week so you don’t need to prepare anything. Please arrive at the courts by 5.15 so we can advise you the team you’ve been allocated and give you the program we’ve put together.

For those coaches who are 18 and over, you will need to have a current Working With Vulnerable People clearance. It is free for volunteers, but does take about three weeks to come through. Applications can be made by following this link.   The club is responsible for making sure that all coaches hold a current WWVP card. We will be following up with all coaches in the next couple of weeks about the status of your registration.

Uniform Try Ons

Even if training is cancelled this afternoon, we will still have uniform try-ons from 5-6pm. The uniform dresses are an unusual sizing so it is very important that our new players try them on before ordering from our website. Given the winter season is looming and it takes some time to receive orders from our suppliers, we ask that you come today to try on the uniform and place your order asap.

Hopefully we’ll see you all at the courts this afternoon.

Your Bullants Committee

Hello to our Bullants families.

The committee has been working hard on determining the composition of teams for the winter season. We are are at various stages for this as follows:

NetSetGo (Year 2-3) – This Wednesday sees the start of training for our youngest players. We will be making an effort to sort into the appropriate NSG level this week, and hopefully finalise teams next week. We are very happy to say that we have a LOT of new players joining our club at this level, so it may take a couple of weeks to sort out.

JuniorsGo (Year 4) – we have had a number of new players seeking to join our club over the last week or so, which has complicated the process of sorting out the teams. We hope to have team lists finalised after training this Wednesday.

Juniors (Year 5-6) – We have our teams in place and will be sending notification to you today. We are still receiving requests from new players and are looking at how we may accommodate them, so there may be some players added to teams.

Inters (Years 7-9) – There have been a few players who haven’t been able to make all the selection trial sessions due to illness/camps/pre-existing commitments etc. We don’t feel that we have quite enough information on everyone yet, so will have a final selection trial this week at training. We are hoping to send out the team lists soon after that.

Seniors – Team lists have been finalised and we will send notifications to you today.

The weather forecast is for rain, but hopefully we will be able to proceed with training on Wednesday. We’ll advise via a blog post if training is cancelled.

Please get in touch via bullantsnetball@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Hi Bullants families.

We received the following notice from SCNA about the U11 Talent Squad. We are sharing with you for information/action as appropriate. Please note the deadline to register interest is tomorrow.

Expression of Interest for SCNA U11 Rep Talent Squad

Please find below the link to the Expression of Interest form for U11 Talent Squad trials for players born in either 2009 or 2010.

Trials will take place on Thursday 12 March from 5.30 – 6.30pm.  These trials will be held at the SCNA netball courts in Deakin.

Those selected in the talent squad will participate in training on Monday nights, commencing 16 March from 5.30 – 7pm.  The squad will also attend 3 local carnivals during the season.  These are Arawang – 5 April, SCNA –  3 May and Belconnen 31 May.

REGISTER FOR U11 TALENT SQUAD TRIALS

Note that expressions of interest close on Wednesday 26 February 2020.

Cathy Graham | Operations Manager | South Canberra Netball Association (SCNA)

SCNA,  Makin Place, Deakin ACT 2606 | PO Box 18 Curtin ACT 2605

Email: scna.operations@gmail.com |  Phone: 02 6282 2763

SCNA Website

Hi to all our Bullants families,

We’ve had a good response so far for registrations for winter comp. Please finalise your registrations now. It helps enormously with organising coaches/grading if we know how many players we have.

The link for the registration page is here.

Our main communication is through the blog site and facebook. Please register from our wordpress site: https://bullantsnetball.wordpress.com/  If training is cancelled due to weather – this is the site where we will post that information.

If you have old uniforms you wish to donate to the club – feel free to bring them along to training. We will also have sizes to try on for new uniforms. 

Coaches, unless the committee has already been in touch you don’t need to attend grading this week.

If you have any queries please contact us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

Hi to all our Bullants families,

We’ve had a good response to our request for registrations for winter comp, but really need to see many more being completed. We start team selections for all Year 5 & 6 junior, intermediate and seniors teams for the winter comp on Wednesday 12 February (that’s next week!!). Accordingly we need registrations completed by 10 February to allow the committee a bit of time to prepare for our first session. So, keep those registrations rolling in. The link for the registration page is here.

If you have any queries please contact us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

Dear Bullants Community

Congratulations for a successful summer league. Well done to all players, umpires, managers and supporters. 

The Committee have been busy planning for the 2020 Winter Season and registrations now open.

Here is the link to register: http://bullants.act.netball.com.au/Winter-competition.aspx?rw=c. 

We will have our first grading night for Juniors Go (Year 4), Juniors (Years 5 & 6), Intermediates and Seniors on Wednesday 12th February 2020 (second week back at school). 

Please register by 10th February!

If you have any questions please email us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

As is our usual practise, NetSetGo, Juniors Go and Juniors will train from 5.30-6.30pm, Inters from 6.30-7.30pm and Seniors from 7.30-8.30pm.

As a club we will have 3 weeks of grading and finalise our teams so formal within team training will start on 4 March. 

Netsetgo players will also begin training on 4 March from 5.30-6.30pm – there is no grading for this group. 

SCNA will have 2 weeks of competition grading this year (28 March and 4 April) to sort teams into their appropriate competition grade. 

The first points game of the season is 2 May and the season runs for 13 weeks. 

Please remember to maintaining some basic fitness over the rest of summer so that you will be ready for 2020 – it will be here before you know it. 

If you are interested in coaching or umpiring and have not yet contacted us please do so via email at bullantsnetball@gmail.com.

We also have all sorts of roles that provide a great opportunity to be a part of our Bullants community. It takes players, coaches, umpires, managers, treasurers, uniform sorters, kit bag packers, bloggers, sausage sizzlers and much more to build a strong club. 

Please consider becoming involved to strengthen our club.

Bullants Committee

Hi all Bullants families.

Due to the extreme weather forecast for tomorrow SCNA has cancelled the last round of twilight netball. Although regrettable it is better to ensure the safety and health of all players.

We ask that managers come to the courts to return the kit bags. Someone from the committee will be there from 6 until 6.30 to collect the bags. Please contact us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com if that time is not convenient so that an alternative time to return the bag can be arranged.

We will communicate with you early in 2020 to let you know about winter netball. In the meantime we hope you have a happy and safe summer break.

Your Bullants Committee

This post is to provide an update following the AGM held this evening.

The 2019 AGM elected the following Bullants Executive Committee:

• President:  Meghan Quinn
• Vice-President:  Tanya Parkin
• Treasurer and Registrar:  Bernadette Mihaljevic
• Secretary and Public Officer: Heather Bond
• Uniform and Equipment Coordinator:  Belinda James
• Umpire Coordinator:  Julie Glover
• Coach Coordinator: Heather Bond
• Manager Coordinator: Rachel Davidson
• General Committee Members: Perdi Mitchell, Rachel Davidson and Michelle Evans

The club is in good health, with the number of teams holding steady, strong results in the winter league, our finances strong, and high community engagement through the committee, coaches, umpires, managers and the entire Bullants family.

The committee are always thinking about opportunities to make the next seasons even better. So if you have thoughts or suggestions please email them (bullantsnetball@gmail.com).

As with all volunteer clubs many hands make light work. All help is welcome. You do not need to have particular expertise and being a volunteer looks great on a CV (hint hint for those students). If you would like to find out more, please email us at bullantnetball@gmail.com, ask a committee member, or come to our next committee meeting on 15 December, 6.30pm at the SCNA courts.

Meghan Quinn, President