We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to Saturday netball and this weekend Bullants will be running the BBQ; yes, I know its short notice but we are an awesome community who can pull it together.  If you are new to the club this would be a great way to meet some other Bullants families.  Please CLICK ON THIS LINK http://goo.gl/forms/0a2KMaeAzQ to sign up for a time slot, the more helpers the less pressure it is on everyone.

Byes: Juniors 4 – Sioux and Inters 2 Dakota (our brand new team of awesomeness)

Wet weather: As per usual any decision to cancel will not be made until the last moment (unless of course it is pouring and there is ongoing thunder and lightning).  All notifications will be on the SCNA website (http://scna.act.netball.com.au)  FIRST then I will make it happen at the Bullants level.  Remember we aim to play and if it is raining in one part of Canberra doesn’t mean it is raining in Deakin.  Also our courts are an all weather surface so be prepared to play.

The SCNA rep carnival will be held on Sunday.  Good luck to all our Bullants girls playing, coaching and umpiring on the day.  Please make sure you take all your rubbish with you on Saturday so the courts are looking neat and tidy for Sunday.

Uniform:  If anyone took a uniform on Wednesday that DIDN’T belong to them please return it as it is needed for the players who ordered it! We are a non profit group and can’t afford to hold large stocks of uniform and as such our orders are based on player orders.

Training resumes tonight.  Please make sure you pick up uniform tonight as we are unable to hand it out on Saturday.  All orders have been packed that were ordered up until last Wednesday.

URGENT – If anyone happened upon a white and pink wallet at training last Wednesday could you please email to let us know bullantsnetball@gmail.com

Congratulations to the 5 Bullants coaches who spent 8 hours today gaining their level 1  (Development) coaching qualification.  They are well on the way to becoming the next Lisa Alexander.  Take a bow Bec, Emma, Jade, Kristen and Nat. If you are interested in Netball Australia’s coaching pathways you can read all about it http://netball.com.au/get-involved/coaching/coaching-accreditation/

Bullants are happy to support any person who would like to start their coaching qualification.  The Foundation coaching course is now offered online and as with previous years we will refund 50% of the course fee on completion of the course.  To sign up to the Foundation Coaching course visit this webpage http://netball.com.au/get-involved/coaching/accreditation-2/

Thankyou

Thankyou to everyone who has helped us have a fantastic start to the season, we are up and running and have finally managed to sort out all our teams as we head into the school holiday break. We are still looking for some team managers and Div 1 umpires for the remainder of the season so if you would like to help out send us an email.

Training

As many of our cohort will be away this week and a fair number of our Bullants players and coaches heading to New Zealand (good luck and enjoy girls!) we will have training for our NSG and Juniors only. If any other team really wants to train, they can come between 5.30 and 6.30 to train at the same time.

Parents and Helpers

Just a reminder to all our wonderful parents to abide by the SCNA Code of Conduct and be a positive influence for our players and officials. After the break we will be introducing our Foundation Umpires into the Junior timeslot where they will be coached and mentored and we need to remember to be supportive of these new umpires as they gain new skills. While we LOVE cheering, please be mindful that your over enthusiastic comments can sometimes be misconstrued by the opposition.

Congratulations

Congratulations to our lovely Coaching Coordinator and Kiowa coach Meg Weston who recently got married. We wish the happy couple a lifetime of happiness and wonderful memories.

SCNA AGM

SCNA are holding their AGM this Wednesday 7.00pm, all positions will be declared vacant. If you would like to contribute to the running of the district, particularly anyone who would consider being Treasurer, please head along on Wednesday.

Lastly, have a great break and we will see you all back at the courts for training on the 27th April.

SCNA is taking a squad of U15 and U17 players to New Zealand in April.  To help reduce the costs we are fundraising and we need your help.  So why not come to the movies with us?  Our first movie fundraiser was a great success and now we want to share that experience with our junior players and families (of course the big girls can come too).  We will be selling tickets at the courts on Wednesday evening so don’t miss out.

Grading will continue tomorrow (Wednesday).  It is going to be a hot one so please ensure you have a water bottle or two and a towel that you can wet down.

We will have uniform to pick up with the following exceptions:

• If you ordered a size 14 or 16 dress on or after 11 Feb 2016.  These are now on back order and will take approximately 4 or 5 weeks till delivery.  If they haven’t arrived before the first grading then players are to wear black skirt/shorts and white shirt or Bullants shirt.

We are excited as today marks the official start of our season! NSG and Juniors at 5:30 pm, Inters at 6:30 pm and Seniors at 7:30 pm.  Please note these are start times so please be at the courts earlier to check in. 

Please come to the courts ready to start; have a full drink bottle, all jewellery removed and proper training clothing ( shorts, tshirt, SPORTS SHOES).  Juniors and Inters on arrival please check in to the desk to get a number. 

If you haven’t tried uniform we will try to help you tonight however please be aware that our focus this evening is grading and we can’t be in two places at once. 

The best place to park is in the King Street car park then walk down to the grass courts and along to the pavilion. 

Looking forward to welcoming our Bullants family back 😀

Don’t forget to come and try on uniforms this afternoon.  All NSG, Juniors, Inters and Seniors are wearing the A Line dress this year.

We need uniforms to be ordered asap so we can place an order with the supplier.

We also need registrations completed by Friday so we can start working out our grading teams.  Grading starts next Wednesday; NSG & Juniors at 5:30 pm, Inters at 6:30 pm, Seniors at 7:30 pm