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

Thanks to those families who came down and tried on uniform today.  The webstore has just had a little hiccup but hopefully we are back on track now.  If you placed an order and couldn’t pay then just flick us an email and I will see if we have the order.  If you still need to pay for your uniform you can do so by depositing into our account:

Bullants Netball Club
BSB: 062905
Account number: 00902761

Thanks for your support and fingers crossed the technology will be nice to us from here on in.

Just a reminder we will be down at the courts this afternoon (3 Feb) and also next Wednesday (10 Feb) from 5:30 pm – 7 pm for uniform try ons and registration help.  Once sized the uniform will need to be ordered through our webstore.  The link to the WEBSTORE is now live and can be found on the UNIFORM page of the website.

To help speed up the sizing process please have a look at the Dress Sizing guide.  The sizing on these dresses is NOT real world sizing (eg. if you are a size 12 in the real world you are likely to be a 16 or 18 in the netball dress world).  While this is a guide we would still recommend you try on a dress to get a perfect fit.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to another season of Netball, hopefully you have all had an exciting and restful break.

REGISTRATION
Online registration is now open.  VISIT the WINTER COMPETITION PAGE for all the details and the links to register.  If you need help with this or would like to chat to us before registering then we will be down at the Deakin Netball courts on Wednesday 3 & 10 February from 5:30 -7:00pm. Note that for all returning players you will need the MyNetball ID for the person you are registering.

UNIFORM
All players will now wear the Bullants Club dress and these and other uniform can be ordered online in our Webstore.  The Webstore will go live on the Bullants website on Wednesday 3 February 2016.  Dresses can be tried on for sizing at the Deakin Netball courts on Wednesday 3 & 10 February from 5:30 -7:00pm.

VOLUNTEERS
Many hands make light work! We need your help, not just for the big jobs like coaching and umpiring (although we are always looking for those) but we also have a myriad of things that you can help with…team manager, BBQ and canteen roster, uniform packing and sorting orders, player fitness, website and facebook administration just to name a few. If you think you can help us out in any way (feel free to suggest your own activity) complete the form at the following link: VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

TRAINING

Club grading/training begins on Wednesday 17 February 2016 and continues every Wednesday until the end of the season excluding school holidays. Please remember to have appropriate footwear and that all jewellry is removed before taking the courts.

All registrations and communications will be online so don’t forget to spread the word, invite your friends and follow the Bullants blog.