Bullants Netball Club Inc.

It looks like the rain may continue into the afternoon so we are cancelling training.  The courts currently have a lot of water pooling on them. Here’s hoping the weather will be fine for National Netball Day on Saturday.

A number of opportunities exist for players and officials in the 2015 SCNA Senior U19 and 2016 U15 Rep squad.  Successful players have the opportunity to join the 2016 SCNA netball tour to New Zealand.

Trials for the U19 will be held on:
Sunday 19 July at AIS Multipurpose Courts 2:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday 21 July at AIS Court 4, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Thursday 23 July Full Squad Call back 6:30 – 8:00pm Venue TBC
 U19 Sign Up form

2016 U15 nominations are now open.  Trials will be held in August in preparation for the 2016 New Zealand tour.  Players wanting to trial regardless of whether they chose to join the NZ tour need to Sign up here.

Coaches, umpires and medical officers are also needed on the NZ tour.  If you would like to nominate for one of these positions Sign up here.

Juniors Div 1, Inters Div 3 & 4 will have split rounds this week.  Please check the draw carefully.

This Saturday is the last round before the school holidays and as such we won’t have training next Wednesday.  Training will resume on Wednesday 22 July. 
Many of our girls are representing SCNA at rep carnivals this weekend.  The Comanche girls will be competing at the NSW State Age Championships over the next three days and our other rep players will be at Arawang on Sunday.  Best of to all our rep girls and umpires. 

Team photos will be taken when we return on 25 July and 8 August so please make sure you are available 40 minutes before your game.

We have a new batch of hoodies for sale.  To order visit the UNIFORMS PAGE and fill in the order form.  Payment needs to be made before pickup.

60 cheering Bullants went out to support the Canberra Darters tonight; some Chinook players even won a prize for the best support poster. Good job girls.

And check out Comanche supporting SIDS and Kids ACT with their red noses.

It looks like the rain has passed and so we will be good to play this weekend.

Bye – Seniors Div 1 Cherokee

Canteen duty – Cheyenne 11:50am – 1pm

Canberra Darters game – All the free tickets have now been allocated so Bullants will be providing a 60 strong cheer squad! I will pick up the tickets at 6pm. You will find me in the foyer of the AIS from 6 – 6:40 pm. Don’t forget to wear PINK and bring your best cheering voices.

The radar suggests the rain will most likely hang around today so training will not go ahead tonight.  Stay dry ☔️

Trials for South Canberra Netball Association State League Division 4, 5 and 6 (Under 19) will take place on the following dates:

• Sunday 19 July 2.00 – 4.00pm, AIS Multipurpose Court
• Tuesday 21 July 6.30 – 8.30pm, AIS Court 4
• Thursday 23 July Squad Call back 6:30 – 8:00pm Venue TBC

Please click here for Expression of Interest to trial by Monday 13 July.  (http://goo.gl/forms/gOUuFEPbyn)

ACT State league competition dates for Division 4, 5 and 6:

• Round 1 Sunday September 6
• Round 2 Sunday September 13
• Round 3 Sunday September 20
• Round 4 Saturday October 17
• Round 5 Saturday October 24
• Semi Finals Saturday October 31
• Preliminary Final Saturday November 7
• Grand Final Saturday November 14

Players successfully selected will be expected to train at least once a week. Venue, day and time to be confirmed.

Before trialling Players and Parents must consider the following:

1. Training is compulsory – injured/sick players are still expected to attend training unless they are unable to leave their beds/house.
2. Players are required to wear the SCNA A-Line Dress, socks + Hoodie (optional).
3. A warm up shirt will be provided to players, if the player doesn’t already have one.

Coaching – The Coaching team for the three state league teams has not been finalised at this time. All details will be provided as soon as arrangements are confirmed.    Do you want to coach?  Coaching EOI HERE

Cost – The 2015 fees will be between $150 and $165 depending on training venues.

Please contact Mandy Winter on 0438 657 507 or email mandy@con-sol.com if you have any questions.

Mandy Winter
Senior Rep Coordinator

MyNetball app – Netball Australia has launched the new MyNetball app which allows you to view matches and ladders straight from your phone.  The MyNetball app is available in both the Apple and Google Play stores and it is free.  Once you download it search for South Canberra Netball Association and save it as your favourite.  You can then access the competition draws and ladders.

Canteen duty – Mohicans 10:50 – 12:00pm.  Next week Cheyenne and Cherokee  are rostered on.

Calendar – make sure you check the  CALENDAR page regularly so you know what’s going on and when.

We need a volunteer from the audience please. There is an SCNA Council meeting on Wednesday 3 June at 6:30 pm at the Deakin Pavilion. Bullants is required to have one representative at the meeting.  Failure to provide a representative will result in a 5 point penalty to all our teams ( applied in the following round). Previously our coaches have stepped into the meeting while coaching so that we were covered; clearly this is less than ideal as they are there to coach. So this week our coaches will not be doing that as they have a coaching training session.

Please email bullantsnetball@gmail.com if you can be our champion.

This week is the halfway point of the season proper.  Some divisions will play a split round so check the draw carefully to make sure you know which court you are supposed to be on ( applies to juniors div 1, inters div 3 and 4)

Bye – Navajo.  Mohicans have a bye in the first game of the split round but then play the second game at 11:30

Canteen – Shawnee (10:50 – 12:00) and Mohawks (12:50 – 2:00)

The CALENDAR on the website has been updated. You can sync it to your phone for easy reference.  Here is a summary of some dates you need to know.

• June 3  – no team training (except Arapaho). Coach the coach session 
• June 6 – Long weekend – no games
• July 4 – school holidays start – no games
• July 22 – training resumes
• Aug 1 – junior rep championships – no games
• Aug 15 – Netball World Cup – no games
• Aug 22 – junior rep championships – no games
• Sept 5 – last round of season, bullants BBQ duty, volunteer award presentations
• Sept 12 – semi finals
• Sept 19 – grand finals
• Sept 23 – bullants end of season PARTY!
• Sept 23 – Bullants AGM ( your opportunity to take over the operations of the club)

Good luck to our junior Rep players heading to the Belconnen carnival on Sunday.  There is a big State League game out at Lyneham tonight. Feel free to come along and cheer for our SCNA Div 1 girls as they play for a spot in the finals.  Game starts at 7:30 ACT netball centre.