Wangaratta Netball Association Inc.

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1 2014 Wangaratta Netball Association Inc. PO Box 830, Wangaratta Vic Phone: Like us on Facebook No. 2 Date: June 2014 President Debbie Ravida Secretary Jackie Seymour Treasurer Rodney Dean Saturday Netball Megan O Keefe Wednesday Netball-Sue Anderson Net Set Go Cheryl Peters All Abilities-Mary Verdon Rep Netball Cheryl Peters Umpires Fran Doig Canteen Faye Ramage/Val McGregor Public Officer Debbie Ravida General Committee Donna Robinson, Aileen Sanders, Ann Lenten, Wendy McCormack, Jennie Annett, Tammy Smith Well...it has been a huge month in netball. Thank you to everyone who supported out PINK DAY fundraiser which was held to raise money to help find a cure for Breast Cancer. Even a delay with rain could not dampen the dressing up and we loved seeing all the creative ideas teams, players and umpires came up with. It is always well supported as it effects so many families. Congratulations to the winners of best dressed prizes. Report inside. Next was our Annual Tournament held on May 25 th which is huge day for committee making sure the day runs smoothly. A big thank you to all the hard working committee on all the work carried out before and after the event. Report inside. Next we were notified of National Netball Day which is the first time this has run. Teams were encouraged to dress in BLUE for the day and people could enter a competition to win prizes with their photos. We were lucky enough to win a netball prize pack and look forward to it arriving. PINK DAY FUNDRAISER Great effort by Glenrowan girls who looked very pink in stockings, hair spray and socks. Certainly could not miss them on the court. Big thanks to the Galen College girls who helped blow up around 300 balloons for us to hand out. We could not have managed it without you. Thanks again for everyone who supported the event. All Abilities has been going steady and they have three more weeks to run. If anyone would like to help out go and see Mary Verdon at 10.00am on court 1. We are over halfway through the season. The Friday night Net Set Go Tier 1 is running beautifully and the children's skills and understanding of the drills are improving every week. The Net Set Go Tier 2 players have loved playing the new format of more games and their enthusiasm is contagious. This week is the final sessions for Net Set Go and I am sure the children will be very disappointed it is coming to an end. Saturday morning competition teams have only four games left until finals. Ladders are changing all the time and there are plenty of teams who can still make finals. Wednesday Night Competition have started finals. A couple of very cold weeks but it didn t stop all the keen netballers. There was plenty of great action from young and old. After this week there will be two weeks off for school holidays. Take care and take time to relax. Netball will restart Saturday 19th July. Look forward to seeing you all back as we head into the final part of the season. Jackie Seymour Editor

2 Registered Players Saturday Morning Competition If your team is short you are NOT allowed to play a Grade 3 or 4 Net Set Go player in your team. You may get someone to fill in who isnot already registered with Wangaratta Netball Association in a team. You must pay a voucher BEFORE the game for this person to play. These are available in the clubrooms. Not Netball Victoria Registered $16 Yes Netball Victoria Registered $ 7 You can only play on 4 vouchers. Then you will need to register to continue. You need to play 5 games with the same team to qualify for finals. If you play an unregistered player you will: Forfeit the game if you win. Lose 2 points per unregistered player. Each team must supply their own umpire to represent your team. If you do NOT supply an umpire your team will lose points. Sports power Wangaratta Awards Go and see Russell and his team. They will give you plenty of great ideas for you to spend your voucher on. The options are endless... Saturday Morning 2014 After Round 9 Wangaratta Motor Group Section 1 shows Diamonds just ahead of Pump Yarra Pidgeons and Rovettes are hot on their tails. Franks Footwear Section 2 sees Dynamite just ahead of Kelly Tigers. Moyhu K/V and Hawkettes are just behind with the rest of the section still able to make finals. Hume Building Society Section 3 has Neon clear a couple of games on top with the rest of the section also fighting for a place in the finals. Garry Nash Section 4 also has Bombdiggadees clear on top with two Yarrawonga teams fighting for second spot. Still plenty of time for teams to claim a place Network Video Section 5 shows a closer section with Pitch Black just holding off Warriors and Dynamitey. Only a couple of games separating most teams. Sports Power Section 6 has Eclipse just clear from Green Peas with plenty of teams putting pressure on behind them. Enjoy your holidays after this weekend and look forward to seeing you all fresh and ready to head into the final few games. Network Video Wangaratta Awards As the days are getting colder there is nothing better than snuggling up on the couch with a DVD, snack, blanket and friends or family. And if you re lucky enough to have won a voucher you can use that and get a couple of movies. We would like to offer a huge thankyou to Wangaratta Marathon and Fun Run Justin and Sharon Scholz for their generous donation to our association. $500 for equipment for our Saturday Morning competition. $5000 to go towards new Representative Uniforms. It is great to receive support from other sporting communities because at the end of the day we are all doing this for the kids. There will be more to come next newsletter. Do you know where you can find our draws? 1. Our Website 2. Wangaratta Chronicle 3. Wangaratta AutoSpares 49 Greta Rd, Wang. FACEBOOK Make sure you like us on facebook so you can keep up to date with all the latest information. Updated regularly..

3 All Abilities Program 2014 Mary Verdon All Abilities Co-ordinator. Mary with Donna Robinson are all ready to go with another season. If you need anymore information or would like to help out contact Mary on We are onto our 6 th game and there are 11 players rotating into different positions every week. We are really enjoying the great relationship we have formed. We have organised a uniform, which we are really excited about and players will be able to wear it Saturday morning as well as on our excursions to Shepparton. The players will look very smart wearing it. Pictures next edition. We have some amazing girls from different schools who volunteer on Saturday to help support the players. I would like to thank them as we could not have the fun and play a game without them. We play 10am-11am on court 1. Anyone is welcome to come on board to help. If you are interested in being involved or in taking over the position as organiser of All Abilities contact Mary Verdon. It is a lot of fun. Representative Report 2014 Cheryl Peters Representative Netball Co-ordinator We have had a very busy month with our teams competing at both Shepparton and Albury tournaments. Shepparton was a huge day with most of our teams playing 9-10 games. Our 17/under side made it through to the grand final and lost by 5 goals to rival Albury. The girls played hard all day and did our association proud with their effort in the grand final. Our other teams battled hard all day and missed out on finals. However, most only lost 1 game for the day, but the way the finals were structured, that was enough to see them not go through. A huge day for all involved. Thanks to our umpires and coaches for all their efforts on the day. Albury tournament saw our 13/under side make the first final however beater by 2 points by Echuca. Our 15/under side also made the first final going down to Wodonga by 1 point. Another successful tournament and we seem to be getting more teams into finals each tournament. We have struggled with injuries however our girls just keep going and are working towards finishing strongly at the Zone tournament on 15 th June.

4 Net Set Go Tier 1 & 2 We are down to the last week of the season and the participants will have their breakup on 27 th June. When they finish playing they will receive their medals from Heather Harding who was the initial instigator of getting the net set go program up and running at WNA. All the participants have been given their packs and it is rewarding to see all the kids so excited about their very own netballs. A very big thank you to Mary Verdon and Fran Doig for blowing up most of the 95+ netballs for the Tier 1 players. The coaches in Tier 1 all received coaching t-shirts and it helped bring a little polish and professionalism to our night. A big thank you to Jennie Annett who has planned the sessions and keeps everybody on track on Friday evenings. A big thank you to Commonwealth Bank who kindly donated 300 drink bottles for all our net set go participants. Thanks also to the Athletes Foot who sold us some bags at a bargain price for us to give to the players with their products in them. Feedback has been positive and we look forward to seeing the eager kids coming back next year. Tier 2 teams have continued to improve and have loved the new format of playing games. Thanks to all the coaches and parents who have helped umpire the games each week. Wednesday Night Competition GRAND FINAL After some strong finals the Grand Finals were held this week. Another cool night but there was plenty of great action. Thanks to all the umpires and scorers. Congratulations to the Representative Teams who featured in three sections. Section 1 Wang Black 30 def Combos 27 Wang Black who lost to Combos in the first final by 10 goals came back and took the win. Section 2 Wang Blue 43 def Redbacks 24 Wang Blue had a strong win over Redbacks. More photos in July newsletter. Section 3 Titans 33 def Wang Magpies 30 Titans fought strongly all game to come out on top at siren time. Wangaratta Netball Association General Meeting Monday 21st July 7.30pm Section 4 Black Pearls 30 def Wang Red 27 Black Pearls played a consistent game to come out winners to the Wang Red team. Every team is expected to attend these meeting. Teams not represented will be penalised as per WNA guidelines.

5 PINK NETBALL DAY FUNDRAISER Friday May 9th and Saturday May 17th Thanks to everyone who came dressed in pink and purchased the pink products we sold to support finding a cure for breast cancer. BIG Thanks you to Carolyn Willett who took nearly 40 pairs of pink socks we were selling and sold them to the Rovers. Great to see everyone supporting this wonderful cause. There are still some pink rubber balls in the canteen if you would like to purchase one. Total amount raised over $ WHAT S COMING UP... NEW LOGO COMPETITION We would like you to offer you the chance to enter our logo competition to create something innovative and original. Create a logo which you think epitomises the Wangaratta Netball Association Information: Logo Size 8cm wide x 11cm high Colours Aqua, black and white Entries must be received by Monday June 30 th, No late entries will be accepted. Winner chosen by Wangaratta Netball Association Committee. The committee s choice is final. Winner announced Saturday 19 th July, Prize: $ voucher from a Wangaratta Business of your choice Note: We reserve the right to give a consolation prize if we deem none of the entries up to our satisfaction. The winning entry will become the property of Wangaratta Netball Association. Good luck and we look forward to seeing some inspirational entries WANGARATTA NETBALL TOURNAMENT Our Annual Tournament held May 25 th was held in perfect weather with plenty of strong and competitive netball. We had some new teams represented from Deniliquin and Berwick Springs which brought more fresh competition. Wangaratta teams were well represented in finals but it was Albury who dominated winning all sections. This year we trialled 11/Under and all teams received a participation certificate. It was great to see some local teams entering the competition because it is great experience no matter what age. This tournament is open to any netball teams. It is a great opportunity to try different team combinations in one day. Thanks you to all the committee and volunteers who worked tirelessly over the day to make it such a success. NETBALL PHOTO COMPETITION Winner 1. Funny photo A funny netball photo taken at the courts. Could be you, your team or anything you can think of. 2. Action Shot A great action shot taken during a game at the courts. Congratulations to Purple Pandas who were the only entries in our Action photo and our Funny photo competition. As there were only two entries we will not be putting photos up to vote on. As winners they won a team signed Melbourne Vixens netball and a drink bottle for each team member donated by Commonwealth Bank Wangaratta. UMPIRES 2014 We are always looking for umpires for our Saturday Morning or Wednesday Night Competitions. We offer plenty of support for our umpires so if you are interested in helping out, please come and see us. We have umpire training for beginner or inexperienced umpires. All sessions are held at the netball complex. For enquiries contact Fran Doig Dates are: Times pm. Thursday 24th July Tuesday 29th July LUCKY LOTTO CANCELLED Unfortunately this competition has had to be cancelled due to insufficient time to run. We will look to bringing it back in If you have purchased a ticket go and see Rodney Dean for a refund.

6 CANTEEN ROSTER 2014 Pleas make sure all your teams organise helpers. We require 4 helpers at a time. 8.30am 12.00pm Committee Profile Faye Ramage Dates 22nd March 29th March 5th April 12th April 19th April 26th April 3rd May 10th May School on Duty Wangaratta High School Galen Catholic College St. Bernard's Primary School St. Patricks Primary School Appin Park Primary School Life Member: 2013 When did you start with WNA? Originally in primary school, then in Saturday competition, before playing Saturday afternoon competition then retired before returning in What positions have held? Tick sheet, the timers window, BBQ & canteen facilitator. What do you like/enjoy about WNA? I enjoy every aspect of the Association and the friendships that I have made throughout the years. 17th May 24th May 31st May 7th June 14th June 21st June 28th June 5th July 12th July 19th July 26th July Wang Primary / Our Ladys School Greta/Nth Wang/Yarra/Rovers Wang West/ Yarrunga Primary NO PLAY - QUEENS BIRTHDAY King Valley/Glenrowan/Tarra/Moyhu Oxley/Milawa/Carrag/Cathedral Wangaratta High School Galen Catholic College St. Bernard's Primary School What hopes do you have for WNA? For the association to prosper and grow in the future as I feel it is a great social outing for all the people that are involved from spectators through to players & umpires. What funny stories come to mind? Deb Ravida strutting around in thigh high pink socks on a Wednesday night promoting Pink Day What changes have you seen in your time at WNA? Umpires are graded, kids start Net Set Go and you can play Wednesday night competition a lot younger than previously. Also the All Abilities competition, these are all very positive moves for our Association. 2nd August Semi - 10th August Prelim - 17th August St. Patricks Primary School Everyone welcome Everyone welcome NOTE from Editor: Faye is a huge part of the association and without her tireless help around the club we certainly would not run as smooth. She also cooks the fantastic egg and bacon rolls you smell every Saturday morning. Grand Final - 24th August Everyone welcome We thank you for volunteering your time. For Sale at Canteen Whistles $12.00 Netball Rule Books $15.00 Team First Aid Kits $3.00 LOST PROPERTY!!!!!! If you have lost anything please come and check out our lost property. You will be amazed at what gets left behind. Note: Lost property not collected will be given to charity over the year.

7 2014 Sponsors We would like to welcome our current sponsors for 2014 and encourage you to support them. Wangaratta Motor Group We welcome back Wangaratta Motor Group who you will notice have supplied us with our new post pads and some brightly colored bibs for teams to use. Franks Footwear who ve been loyal sponsors since They kindly donate all the trophies for the Saturday Morning and Wednesday Night Competitions. We also introduce Network Video who generously donate a voucher every week so each team can give out an award. Sports power Wangaratta also generously provide a voucher every week for all the teams awards. Hume Building Society for a few years now have donated so that our umpires could obtain training and progress onto going for their badges. Garry Nash Real Estate also a regular sponsor who is generous in lending us any equipment we may need. Dining's Kelly Country Dairy have continued their sponsorship this year. Col Wyllie Appin Street Butchers 92 Appin Street, Wangaratta donation of meat for Wangaratta Tournament and some during the season for our BBQ. We ask you to please support our local businesses who are looking after local families and future generations. Make sure you let them know you re from Wangaratta Netball Association when you go in there to show your appreciation. Without sponsors like these the netball association would struggle to run so efficiently and attract so many wonderful families and supporters every Saturday Morning and Wednesday nights. (and now Friday nights, in 2014).