A reminder that tomorrow night we are holding intraclub match play to get us through the long break until we’re back to Saturday netball at the end of July.
For most of you, this means arriving at your usual time, and heading straight to warm up with your coaches. There are a few teams that are playing at different times, your coach should have been in contact with you already if this will affect you!
There is NO need for uniforms! We would much rather you come warm and rugged up, than in your uniform. All teams will play with overhead bibs, so no need to worry about having your shirt or dress on.
We’re still looking for a handful of umpires, so if you’re keen to have a go, please let us know ASAP at bullantsnetball@gmail.com.
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you all there and we hope for a really fun night!
A reminder to our Bullants family that tomorrow is pride round at SCNA. We’d love to see you all wearing your rainbow finest!
If you haven’t already sorted your accessories, come and see us at the back of the courts where we will have lots available!
Discrimination in sport is a huge problem, with up to 80% of athletes experiencing or witnessing some form of homophobia, and 75% of young gay women choosing to stay in the closet while playing sport. By holding a pride round, Bullants and SCNA hope to send a clear message that there is no place for homophobia and transphobia in netball, and that all members of the LGBTQIA+ community are safe and welcome at our club.
As you have hopefully already seen, there is no netball this weekend due to the King’s Birthday long weekend.
Instead, our next Saturday game is the 15th of June, which doubles as SCNA’s inaugural Pride Round.
We’d love to see all of our Bullants teams turn out in support of the day, in netball-appropriate ways! This might include some ribbon, scrunchies, or socks, ensuring whatever you choose is netball-appropriate!
Speaking of netball-appropriate, we want to remind you that any extra layers worn should be in black, white or red. If you are wearing a hoodie any drawstrings must be tucked in, and SCNA have requested that only tight pants should be worn.
Beanies: If you ordered a beanie and you haven’t already picked it up, please come collect them at training on the 12th between 6-7:30pm. If we haven’t heard from you by that date and it has not been collected, we will open them up for sale after this time so please make sure you contact us if you can’t make training to collect!
The courts are wet and radar shows more rain on the way. Given there are no games this weekend we are cancelling training tonight. Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see you all next Wednesday.
SCNA have just advised that, to try to get some grading finalised, we will be playing at 11am… there is supposed to be a break in the weather then. They will make decisions on later timeslots hour by hour.l and we will post as we know more.
We have just heard that the games at 9am and 10am have been cancelled. We will keep you posted on whether later games are cancelled too. The objective is to proceed if safe.
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
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