News - 23-04-10

CONTACTS - all contact details for committee members are now up on this blog - click on the 'About' Tab above - and scroll to the bottom for your 2010 committee - and all main contacts details. The 'Contact' Tab will start up an email directly to the president.

NET SET GO - starts up 22 May - it's still not too late to sign up - this is a skills program for 5/6/7 year olds. It runs each Saturday morning - times will be advised closer to the start date. Cost: $70
Contact our registrar - Josie.

JUNIORS - you should have been contacted by your coach by now - contact Josie if you have not. Coaches are your first point of contact for any queries - and if you have any further concerns - please contact our president - or any of our committee. Thanks for everyones patience and understanding as we start up training sessions - and get the season underway.
Junior draws should be released over the weekend - we'll advise of this here on this blog.

CADETS - Cadet training will commence on Thursday 29th April from 7pm to 8pm. Unfortunately Thursday was the only day that suited all coaches and it was decided that as a number of girls will already be at the courts with Queanbeyan Rep training, it would make sense to run our training afterwards. We acknowledge this is quite a late finish however once the Rep season has finished, we will be shifting training to an earlier timeslot on Thursdays. I hope this hasn’t inconvenienced too many people. For those of you who do not finish your Rep training until 7.30 pm, please come over once you’re free.
Coaches have been finalised for the three teams:
Div 2 Laura Gow (Team Manager/Carer – Josie Stephinson)
Div 3 Stephanie Mackney (Team Manager/Carer – TBC)
Div 4 Trish Reynolds (Team Manager/Carer – TBC)
As you can see we still require a team manger for both the Div 3 and Div 4 teams. Please ask your parents whether they might be interested. It would largely involve supporting the coach and being prepared to assist players with injuries on a Saturday.
Remember that the season starts on Saturday 1st May. Draws should be released over the weekend - keep watching this blog for updates on games times when we hear more.

SENIORS - training will continue to run for all interested senior players - Thursday nights - 7:00-8:30pm - Queanbeyan Netball Courts. Each senior team must nominate a main contact person to Josie ASAP - and each senior team must nominate an umpire for each week. Umpires are required to umpire only at a level they feel comfortable at. (ie - you will not be asked to umpire Div 1 - unless you feel confident to do so) Contact either Mardi for any queries on the umpiring.
p.s. umpires are paid!!
Draws should be released over the weekend - keep watching this blog for updates on games times etc as they come to hand.

UNIFORMS - have all arrived. Your coaches will distribute ordered shirts and socks over the next week. (the new longer socks look GREAT!) Cadet dresses will be handed out at training next week.
A HUGE THANKYOU to Nea Woods as our uniform co-ordinator - who has packaged up and labelled all orders so well - it makes a coaches job much easier!!
We have not yet found a sponsor to help with the costs of ordering new drink bottles - we'll keep you posted on this. We also haven't ordered jumpers/hoodies yet - as we wanted to wait a little after the madness and expense of registrations etc. We'll let you all know when we intend to place this order for those that wish to puchase this great fashion item!!
Senior shirts - we have decided to sell off what second hand shirts we have - $15 each - and new shirts can be ordered for $30 (there will be a few weeks delay in ordering). We no longer have room to store a supply - and seniors have mentioned they'd prefer to have their own shirt (not a recylced one). Please contact Josie for all queries on senior shirts.

SPONSORS - WE NEED YOUR HELP! We require a sponsor for our drink bottles - and we also require sponsorship to help us upgrade our equipment for all our teams. Our club is growing bigger every year - and our stock of balls is really in bad shape. (not to mention we don't have as many balls per team, as we keep getting more teams every year!) If anyone out there in Jerra Joeys land can help out - or can at least ask around for us - that would be great.

UMPIRES - calling all those from the U12's and up interested in learning to umpire - Cherie (Queanbeyan Junior Umpire Co-ordinator) is looking for more interested girls to start out in umpiring this year. Cherie is a wonderful mentor - and already we have a great many junior Jerra Joeys taking to the sidline to umpire each Saturday morning.
p.s. umpires get paid for every game they umpire!!
For any of our more mature members - Queanbeyan are only too happy to help out any new umpires and rule books are available from the canteen (once the season starts) for a small cost.

Have a GREAT - and SAFE - Anzac Long Weekend.