Bullants Netball Club Inc.

Registrations close this Sunday 7 February. Register NOW to play Winter 2021 season.

We need your registration before this Sunday 7^th February so we can allocate you to a group for the first grading session on Wednesday 10^th February. Registrations are important so we can secure the appropriate number of coaches, umpires etc. The link for all registrations is here

Grading Times

Grading runs for 3 weeks – 10th, 17th and 24th February. We are still waiting on our Covid Requirements from SCNA/Netball ACT, but anticipate grading times as follows:

5.15-6.15 Juniors

6.30-7.30 Inters

7.30-8.30 Seniors

Uniforms

Uniforms will be available to try on and purchase at week 2 & week 3 of Grading i.e. 17th and 24th February. Every player needs a club dress. Club hoody and socks are optional.

Got a 2^nd hand dress you don’t need?? The club will pay $40 for a second hand dress in good condition. Please bring it to the first grading.

Calling all Netball Coaches!

The Bullants Netball Club is now seeking expressions of interest from prospective coaches for our 2021 Netball season.  We are always on the lookout for new coaches to join our team of volunteers to help our players develop their skills and good sporting behaviour.

Last winter, we had 25 teams represent Bullants netball club– with players ranging in age from 7 years (Net Set Go) to much more experienced (Seniors).  We fielded teams in every age group and need people to coach and lead our teams during training and games.  We are seeking new or experienced coaches who can support a positive and safe experience for the players.

Coaching commitment generally consists of:

• 1 hour of training on Wednesday afternoon
• 1.5 hours of warm up and game time on Saturday
• Preparation time such as planning training and team positions for games

Bullants netball club offers a range of activities to support coaches including a handbook, briefings, drills, positional allocation template and training equipment.  You will be required to hold or obtain a Working with Vulnerable People Card (or the equivalent) if you are over the age of 16 years.

If you are interested, please email Bullants at bullantsnetball@gmail.com by Saturday 20 February 2020 with the following details:

Name:

Email:

Mobile:

Experience (if any):

Coaching age group preference: NetSetGo SET (year 2 and 3); NetSetGo GO (year 4); Juniors (year 5 and 6); Intermediates (years 7-9); Seniors (years 10-12 and adults).

Do you wish to co-coach with someone?  If so, do you have a preference?

Is there a particular player you want to coach? Please note this cannot be guaranteed.

Hello Bullants families!

We hope your preparations for the start of the school year are progressing smoothly.

This is a reminder for all Junior, Intermediate and Senior netballers to get your registrations completed. It is less than 2 weeks until we start grading on 10 February. Deadline for registrations is 7 February to give the committee a few days to get the grading sessions organised and to secure the appropriate number of coaches, umpires etc. Please register asap to assist with this process.

We have received approval for our NetSetGo program and the registration portal is now open. You won’t start training until after grading is finished, so you have until 24 February to get your registrations completed. We would, however, appreciate if you would get registering asap to assist the committee with preparations.

The link for all registrations is here.

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

Bullants Committee

Hello Bullants families, and happy new year!

Registrations for the 2021 Winter Netball Season to be played at South Canberra Netball Association in Deakin are now open for all Juniors (School Years 5 & 6), Intermediates and Seniors.

Registrations for NetSetGo (School Years 2-4) will be open as soon as we have approval from Netball ACT for our 2021 program, hopefully in the next couple of days. We will advise you as soon as that becomes available.

We will have our first grading night for Juniors (Years 5 & 6), Intermediates and Seniors on Wednesday 10 February 2021 (second week back at school). We anticipate 3 weeks of grading with individual team training commencing from 3rd March. Remember, Bullants is not a selective club. Rather, the purpose of grading is to group players of similar abilities into teams so that we can ensure teams are placed in an appropriate division for all members.

To help the committee prepare for grading we need you to register by 7 February using this link: http://bullants.act.netball.com.au/Winter-competition.aspx?rw=c

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

SCNA plans to hold 2 weeks of compulsory grading (27 March and 24 April) to sort teams into their appropriate competition grade. We will let you know once we have more information on how those grading days will be conducted. In the meantime, don’t put anything else in your diary for those days. The season proper will start on 1 May and will run for 13 weeks, plus finals for those teams who qualify. 

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, 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

Wishing everyone in the Bullants community a wonderful Xmas celebration and a safe, happy and healthy New Year. Thank you to all those who have volunteered in some capacity this challenging season – without your valuable help netball cannot run as seamlessly as it does. You don’t always need netball skills to volunteer, we are currently seeking sewers to replace the elastic on some of our bibs. Elastic is provided, so please send us an email if you are able to help.

Over 25 sets of bibs have been washed and are ready for 2021. Please look out online for winter registrations opening late January. It is important that you register quickly, as we need to know if you intend to play before our first training/grading/team allocation on Wednesday 10 February 2021 (except NetSetGo).

Now is the perfect time to get your ears pierced. Remember that Netball Australia doesn’t allow taped earrings on court, so if you are thinking of getting your ears pierced, please consider this as the ideal time of year.

To our players, coaches, managers, umpires, scorers, gate duty and other volunteers please travel safe, have a very Merry Christmas and see you in 2021.

Bullants Committee

Hello Bullants families,

We have been advised that 2 or our NSG players have been diagnosed with chicken pox. The children attend Curtin and Garran Primary Schools.

Chicken pox (Varicella) is a highly contagious virus that is passed by person-to-person contact. Please keep an eye out for any symptoms in your child, which may include mild headache, fever or feeling unwell with a rash. The initial spots look similar to mosquito bites usually on the body, arms, face and neck. The rash progresses to fluid filled blisters that finally crust over and dry. The incubation period is usually 14-21 days with the child being contagious 1-2 days before the onset of the rash. Children should remain at home until ALL lesions are crusted over, usually 6-7 days.

For more information visit the link below to the ACT Health fact sheet.

https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/chickenpox_varicella/

For your information and action as appropriate.

Return Ball/Kit Bags

We will collect all kit bags after the last Twilight games on 7th and 8th December. Please hand in to the Bullants table outside the lower gate and be sure to have the sign out sheet marked as ‘returned’.

Winter 2021

Twilight league is going well but we are already thinking about the 2021 winter season. Our first grading is Wednesday Week 2 in Term 1 (February 10, 2021) so to help with team formations we need to know who is playing! Registrations will be open through the January school holidays and close the first week of school term. Be sure to register if you are playing and tell any friends who have said they want to play netball!

Uniforms

Uniforms will be available to purchase on week 2 and week 3 of grading (17th and 24th February 2021). We are always willing to buy any 2nd hand dresses you no longer require, so please bring them along next year to get $40 back!

Helpers

As always, we are looking for helpers to assist with gate duty or to sell uniforms. The committee is busy grading over 250 players so help in other areas will be well received. Please send an email to bullantsnetball@gmail.com if you can assist

Hi,

ACT Government Sport and Recreation have closed all sports grounds today. This means that games that were due to be played on the grass courts are cancelled. Affected teams are:

Chickasaws
Arikara
Sioux
Apache

Hopefully you will all get back on court next Monday. All matches that have been scheduled for the hard courts are proceeding.

SCNA have just advised on their website that all games this evening have been cancelled. Hopefully we’ll have better weather next week! 5.22pm

Hi Bullants families,

SCNA have just advised that all games are cancelled for today. See you all next week.

Hi Bullants families,

SCNA has cancelled all games that were to be played on the grass courts this afternoon. That means Mohicans, Chickasaws, Apache, Sioux and Arikara games are cancelled. Hopefully we’ll see you next week in bright sunshine!

A decision about games scheduled to be played on the hard courts will be made at 4pm.