Bullants Netball Club Inc.

Netball is back this week – Twilight netball kicks off tonight for NSG Set & Go, Tuesday night for Juniors, Inters and Women’s Seniors and Wednesday night for Mixed and Women’s Competitive.

A few things to remember as part of our COVID-Safe return to play plan, including:

• Check-In CBR App for all participants aged 16 years and older. 
• Ensure that all player’s names are on the score board each week (will be used if contact tracing required for those under 16)
• Sanitation of hands upon entry and exit to courts – Entry at the top end of the courts and exits at the side and bottom of courts. 
• Minimise interaction between teams not playing on the same court 
• Exclusion of spectators from the courts
• Regular cleaning of all equipment 
• Limiting entry to SCNA club house for essential reasons only (a mask must be worn if entering the club house)
• There will be a canteen open but no BBQ available.

We are looking forward to seeing lots of happy Bullants players and community out there enjoying themselves.  Please observe the requirements of the return to play plan and stay safe and healthy. Remember, we are all rusty – warm up well to reduce injuries. Long hair tied back, ALL jewellery removed, fingernails cut short.

Teams for Twilight have now been finalised and submitted to SCNA. Bullants has nominated 24 teams. We will advise your team and the SCNA Covid plan when finalised.

UNIFORM: Black bottom + white top OR Bullants dress if you have it. We will use overhead bibs for all teams.

TEAM MANAGER: All teams need a team Manager who is responsible for the team kit bag/ball/bibs as well as placing players into positions, especially in the younger teams. The Manager is also the team’s liaison for the club. If you are an Inters or Seniors team and you dont have a Manager, then a player needs to nominate themselves to sign out the kit bag and be the team liaison.

SEASON DATES: Starts Monday November 1, runs for 7 weeks, with last game 15 December. There are no finals. It is Social Netball, please play with a social mindset and abide by the SCNA Code of Conduct.

Monday

• 5.30pm (and/or 6.30pm pending numbers) – NSG Set (Year 2 & 3)
• 6.30pm NSG GO (Year 4)

 Tuesday

• 5.30pm – Juniors (Year 5 & 6)
• 6.30pm – Intermediates (Years 7-9)
• 7.30pm – Women’s social (for social play)

 Wednesday

• 6pm – Seniors (Year 10 – opens) competitive
• 7pm – Mixed teams

Bullants AGM: save the date – Sunday 28th November 3pm. With three committee members moving on, we need YOUR help. Vacancies include a ‘Managers’ Manager’ as well as general committee members. All welcome!

FOLLOW THE BLOG: If you have encouraged a friend to come and play with Bullants, please make sure they are following the Blog to get these messages. It is easiest to find the ‘follow’ button on a desktop screen rather than a phone – tell them to look in the bottom right hand corner.

Reminder -registrations close 6pm tomorrow night. Click here to register link

UMPIRES NEEDED

We are still looking for umpires. If you are interested in umpiring please let us know. Please including which night/s you are available (times that we will need umpires are listed below):

Juniors Go – Mon 6.30 pm

Juniors – Tues 5.30 pm

Inters – Tues 6.30 pm

Women’s social – Tues 7.30 pm

Women’s comp – Wed 6 pm

Mixed – Wed 7 pm

The per game umpiring rates for Bullants 2021 Season are:

• Umpires with little experience or training – $10 (All umpires)
• Umpires who have completed an umpiring course (including SCNA Foundation umpiring course) – Under 18s – $15
• Umpires who have completed an umpiring course (including SCNA Foundation umpiring course) – 18s and over – $20
• C Badge – $25
• B Badge – $30
• A Badge – $35

Let us know if you have any questions. So exciting to get back on the courts! Thanks – Julie – Umpires Coordinator

Given SCNA are limiting teams, we need a hard close off for Bullants registrations. Registrations will close 6pm this Thursday 21st. Please register via this link so you can be added in a team. Please send an email to us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com if you have a team or friends you want to be included in.

MANAGERS NEEDED

Every team needs a Manager who is responsible (ie. signs for) the kit bag with the team bibs/balls. For younger age groups the Manager will also allocate team positions and ensure even game time across players. Please let us know if you are going to be a Manager or a player/Manager.

Hi Bullants families,

Netball ACT have resolved the problems they were having with the system at their end and we have been able to open our registration portal again. Appreciate if you would get your registrations completed asap, but certainly before 6pm on 21 October when the portal will close, via this link.

Remember, places are limited so the earlier you get your registrations in the higher the likelihood we’ll have our teams accepted into the competition.

Hi Bullants families.

We have been advised by SCNA to pause registrations for the moment. Apparently there’s a problem at the Netball ACT level with how registrations are working and they need time to sort it out. We have temporarily closed all registrations, and will let you know when they are open again. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Hi Bullants families.

There is a problem with the registration system for NetSetGo. Please hold off registering until we sort out the problem. We will get back to you ASAP.

Twilight netball is happening!  Starting Monday 1 November games will commence and run for 7 weeks finishing Wednesday 15 December.  The competition will be broken across three days to allow for COVID safe number of players on court.  The number of teams competing will be strictly capped.

Twilight netball is more relaxed than Winter netball, with no official uniform required, no training sessions and no formal coaching.  Teams can have no more than 10 players in line with covid-safe return to play requirements.  Each team needs a Manager to help get players on court, and provide some guidance particularly for players new to the sport. The Manager is responsible for bringing the kit bag each week and then returning to club at end of season.  For Women’s and Mixed competitions, no Manager is allowed on court with the team.  Bullants will also provide umpires for all age groups EXCEPT FOR NetSetGo SET where the Manager provides on-court “coaching”.  If you are keen to help out with umpiring twilight netball, please email the club bullantsnetball@gmail.com. 

We are happy for whole teams to nominate along with a Manager.  If you have a team organised, please email with the list of players and Manager’s contact details.  Alternatively, single players are welcome to register and will be placed with other players, but also let us know if there are friends that want to play together.

Interested players/families need to register via the Bullants website by 6pm on Thursday 21 October.  http://bullants.act.netball.com.au/Twilight-Social-Competition.aspx?rw=c. SCNA are taking teams on a first-come-first-served basis so we need to get our teams nominated asap, hence the short registration period. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

If you have any queries, please email the club at bullantsnetball@gmail.com

We want as many amazing Bullants players to hit the court as possible, so please get your registrations in quickly.  Bring on netball and all those fun times running around in the sun (or twilight more exactly)!

Some exciting news this week for those Bullants players who are eager to be back on court! SCNA informed us they have started planning a 7 week summer netball comp commencing the first week of November and running through to mid-December. This will be aligned with the staged return to community sport as outlined by the ACT government and of course will adhere to all necessary Covid requirements.  More information will be shared when it is available, including player registrations. Stay tuned!  

Thank you to those people who participated in our online presentation last week. It was great to be able to recognise the season that was and to formally thank all the tireless coaches, managers, umpires, scorers and general helpers as well as the supportive and positive attitudes of players and parents/carers.

Planning for 2022 is already underway, kit bags have been collected, equipment sorted and bibs washed. We could use some help repairing elastic sided bibs, so if you are able to thread up a sewing machine, we would love to hear from you. Elastic is provided. Email us at bullantsnetball@gmail.com

For those who were unable to attend the presentation, here are the award winners. Congratulations to our great club!