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April 25th 2008

England Netball are working in partnership with English Gymnastics, Rugby Football Union and UK Athletics to offer one hundred and sixty 16-19yr olds the opportunity to attend a three day residential Young Leaders Camp.

The camp is taking place at Bradfield College near Reading from Monday 11th August – Wednesday 13th August 2008 and will focus upon the development of leadership skills through sport, offering a good blend of practical and theory-based sessions, which will be both generic and netball specific.

England Netball is offering 40 of the most dedicated young volunteers the opportunity to attend the Camp completely FREE of charge (including all accommodation, workshops and meals).

Leaders are required to transport themselves to and from the camp; however, travel expenses up to a maximum of 50GBP can be claimed.

For more information, please click here

To download an application form, please click here

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April 24th 2008

Reckitt Benckiser Netball Club have recently set up a junior Section within there club, they are based in Hull.

If you would like more information please click here and for a registration form please click here

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April 14th 2008

Thank you to Helen Thorneloe, Sue Woodhouse, Liz Hughes, Laura Garrett and the girls from the South Yorkshire Talent Group for volunteering to be programme sellers at the test match England v Malawi at the Sheffield Arena.

You all did a fantastic job!!!!

Special thanks to Helen for organising the girls on the night

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April 14th 2008

Summer Tournament

For most of us the Netball season has come to a close, and we may all be worried about losing our match fitness!!!!! Fear not Panthers Netball team are organising an end of season’s tournament.

Due to myself going travelling this summer, we will not be able to run the summer league but I want to organise a tournament. The tournament will be Saturday 10th May.

It will start at 9 am and run until 4pm at Wakefield Girls High School. The courts are outside at WGHS games field. The facilities are excellent and include changing rooms, toilets and a kitchen where beverages can be made.

It is a tremendous opportunity to encourage teams and new players to your club before the new season.

The cost of the tournament will run at 25GBP per team.

Once you return the form below with your entry fee, you will receive your fixtures.

Each team must supply an umpire. I will arrange this so that you will be able to play as well as umpire. If you are struggling please let me know and I may be able to arrange one (possibly at a cost).

The winners of the league will win a match ball.

Players enter the league at there own risk and Panther are not liable for any incidents.

To download an entry form - please click here

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April 4th 2008

Hi all,

The Eckington School Netball Summer League is now well underway within preparing for this year's league.

The League will take place 26th June 2008 - 28th August 2008 on THURSDAY NIGHTS.

Please find attached TEAM REGISTRATION SHEET, ECKINGTON SCHOOL NETBALL SUMMER LEAGUE RULES AND PLAYER ETTIQUETTE.

The Facility will be open from 6.00pm for warm-up time. FIRST GAME 6.15pm SECOND GAME 7.30pm, THIRD GAME 8.00pm

Teams must affiliate to england netball. (Affiliation can be discussed with Kathryn for newly formed teams)

Players must be aged 16 or over.

Teams must register by returning TEAM REGISTRATION SHEET to the below address. REGISTRATION is £10 per team. There is an additional charge of £10 PER GAME, PER TEAM.

The league will be sorted into divisions once teams have registered by returning Team Registration Sheets.

ALL TEAMS MUST REGISTER BY 6.6.2008 PLEASE

Details of fixtures will be sent to stated Team's Main Contact, therefore please ensure details are correct.

Any further questions please contact Kathryn on the below details,

Kathryn Mudge, Community Sport Development Officer, 01246 437 391, kathryn_mudge@hotmail.co.uk

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March 28th 2008

Rachel Cox is holding a charity event to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Hospices in both Sheffield and Rotherham on the 10th August and is looking for umpires

Although details are still to be finalised for the event, it will take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield and will start at 10:00am

There will be a lunch break from 1-2pm for people to eat / drink etc.

A presentation will held at approx 3 / 4pm depending on the finishing time of the games.

Each match will be approx 30 mins, 15 minutes each way.

Rachel would need a minimum of 4 umpires to cover the two courts for the whole day but if more people volunteer then that would enable the umpires to take a breather.

If you are interested, please contact Rachel, on 0114 274 4747 or Rachel.Cox@irwinmitchell.com

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March 20th 2008

Lauren Potter from Millhouses has just been selected for the England U17 Netball team, the first youngster from South Yorkshire to achieve this for fifteen years!

The Year 10 pupil from Sheffield High School was selected to attend the National Screening which was held in Bath on Sunday 16 March as one of the 94 girls nominated for screening from all 9 regions across the country for selection to the U17 and U19 England squads for next season. It is an intense day of very competitive match-play under the watchful eyes of the national talent coaches. About a third were eliminated half way through the day but the remaining athletes were then left to watch the website for the final cut! The selected girls names were displayed on the England Netball website with 16 in the U17 squad and 16 in the U19 squad, and Lauren is the only player from the Yorkshire region to be selected.

Lauren now joins the Talent 1 squad for a 4 day training camp in April and a 10 day camp in August, both in Bath, and after the summer camp there will be a final selection for the squads to train to compete in the European Champs in 2009.

This National Selection has come at the end of a very busy season for Lauren who was selected to play for Leeds Carnegie U19 in the inaugural season of the National Talent League and has even been invited to train with the Senior Superleague side. She has played in all of the Leeds U19 matches helping them to secure fourth place in the country with wins over Team Bath, Northern Thunder and Team Northumbria. At school Lauren has helped the Sheffield High School team to become Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Regional and National Trust Champs this season.

Lauren has come through the South Yorkshire Talent Development Programme and been guided through the Regional Talent Programme in her individual training. She is looking forward to helping her club Oldham to retain the National U16 clubs title for the fourth year running in the final play-offs next month. Not only has Lauren managed to do all the personal and team training but she has also had to fit in winter training with the Yorkshire regional high performance sprint squad ready for the upcoming athletics season!

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March 20th 2008

Congratulations to the following players who were nominated for national screening last weekend from the Yorkshire and Humberside Region

South Yorkshire

Lauren Potter, Maegen Thompson, Harriet Morton

West Yorkshire

Natasha Brayshaw, Lauren Liburd, Jenna Guy, Ashleigh Powell, Sarah Hopkins, Sophie Woolven

Humberside Karla Whittaker, Danielle Brettell, Jessica Bloom

North Yorkshire

Amy Garrett

Amy Mennell (U19) got through to the afternoon session but unfortunately didn’t get selected for the Talent 2 squad.

Danny Brettell, Lauren Potter, Maegen Thompson, Natasha Brayshaw and Lauren Liburd (all U17’s) got through to the afternoon session

Lauren Potter got through to the U17 (Talent 1) long squad and has now been invited to the Talent Easter Camp

Congratulations to all those who were nominated to national Screening and especially to Lauren for her fantastic achievement.

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March 7th 2008

Eckington School Netball Summer League

Eckington School are looking to run a league during the school holidays, provisionally on Saturday mornings (26th July - 30th August). Rules - please click here

Playing Etiquette - please click here

Registration Sheets - please click here

For further information, Please contact Kathryn Mudge, Community Sports Development Officer on 01246 437 391

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February 28th

It was lights, camera and netball action at Sheffield High School as the top names in the England Netball scene came into coach the school teams and all recorded by Sky Sports!

Current captain Amanda Newton, Karen Atkinson the current vice captain and the long serving player Tracey Neville, former England international and sister of Gary and Phil Neville, came in to promote netball roadshow which will be run over the summer.

This will involve England players past and present travelling to different locations in the UK and holding training sessions for children interested in netball.

As this season, the National Superleague playoffs will be held in Sheffield, and the upcoming International Test Series will also be held at the Sheffield Arena,

netball is obviously being promoted by England Netball.

The Sheffield High School girls who have played for the school A teams (aged 11 to 18) loved the chance to meet these famous players, to ask them questions, take photos and get their autographs.

They were then coached by Amanda, Karen and Tracey in skills and team drills and with the added excitement of the TV cameras filming their every move!

As Sheffield High School Netball Captain Sarah Wilkinson presented flowers to the England players she said "It has been so exciting having you come into school to coach us. We have learned so much and you have been a huge inspiration to us all, thank you"

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February 7th Have you bought your ticket to see the Queens yet?

The Queens in question are Malawi's netball team, who were the hit of the recent Netball World Championships. Not only did they give New Zealand a run for their money, but they overcame South Africa to take a very well deserved fifth place, and made a host of fans with their simple yet devastatingly effective playing style.

Their team is packed with talent, including the irrepressible GA Mary Waya, who may be relatively old for an international netballer at 38, but has skills that can confuse and befuddle both young and old, and all delivered with her trademark smile! Captain Peace Chawimba heads a unit that is fleet of foot, full of energy and ready to show off its skills to English audiences and show that their fifth ranking in the world is well deserved, not a flash in the pan.

New England coach Sue Hawkins will be taking charge of the team for the first time, and will be looking to get her international coaching career off with an impressive win. And this is the opportunity for England fans to see the squad in action for the first time since last November's World Championships, at a venue near you!

The matches are to be played at the Sheffield Arena (14 April), Coventry (16 April) and London Wembley (18 April) and tickets are already selling fast - so book your seats now!

Tickets are now available for the three matches as follows:

- 14 April Sheffield Arena and 16 April Skydome Arena Coventry:

Priced 17GBP adults (England Netball members 14GBP), children 9GBP, family ticket 48GBP

Groups - buy eight tickets, receive one free

- 18 April: Wembley Arena

Priced 19GBP adults (England Netball members 16GBP), children 10GBP, family ticket 52GBP

For ticket information follow this link, or copy into Address Tool Bar on Internet Explorer:-

http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/Competition/Malawi_Test_Series.php January 13th

Please see below the email from Rebecca Skinner, Volunteers Manager, England Netball

I'm emailing to let you know about a new project I am working on with YST and scUK. We are providing up to 15 Coaching Scholarships for young coaches and leaders who will be in year 11 or 12 from September 2008.

The package will include:

The young coach would not be awarded any funding direct but instead will be offered a scholarship package which will include the following support:

Opportunity to claim up to 250GBP per year to undertake Sports Specific Coaching Awards via their designated NGB and/or generic CPD

A level 3 trained mentor identified by their NGB or via Sports Coach UK who will work with them to identify when, where and what they need in terms of supporting interventions.

A lifestyle support mentor within their school/college (if applicable) who will help the coach to balance their coaching commitments against academic, performing and social pressures.

Opportunity to attend 2 Coach Scholar 'Development' Days per year and a Young Leaders Camp.

A young coach will be classed as a 'scholar' for two years but it is important to recognise that the support they receive will not be stopped after this time; this scholarship is very much the start of their journey to becoming an 'expert' coach in their chosen field. Following the scholarship it is expected that their mentoring support will continue and depending on their selected pathway they will be supported through other mechanism such as Regional Coaching Centres and of course via their National Governing Body.

Criteria for the scholarships are:

- Young coaches should be aged between 16 and 18 years of age and in full-time education as of Sept 2008.

- Are currently engaged in volunteering within the community and are committed to achieving 200 hours of volunteering

- Can demonstrate their commitment to coaching and articulate the aspirations they have as a coach and their desire to succeed.

- Would be willing to undertake their level 1 and/or 2 coaching qualification.

This is a great opportunity, we are one of only four sports involved with this project. I have attached the application form for you to distribute. Applications need to be into me by Friday 22nd Feb. If you could please forward this on to all of your contacts it would be greatly appreciated.

Please click here to download an application form.

Any questions, please contact Rebecca Skinner at England Netball

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January 5th

Under 16 Tournament - Regional League Qualifer

Congratulations to the following teams on finishing 1st & 2nd at the under 16 Tournament

1st - Sheffield Stormers

2nd - Sheffield Concord

Both teams will now go forward and represent the county at the regional league cometition

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January 5th

For future reference, please see below age banding guidelines, as given by England Netball

Any athlete competing in U19 competition must be over the age of 14 at midnight of 31st August/1st September

Any athlete competing in U16 competition must be over the age of 14 at midnight of 31st August/1st September

Any athlete competing in U14 competition must be over the age of 12 at midnight of 31st August/1st September

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December 6th

National schools

County Round of National Schools was held at Wickersley Sports College on Saturday 10th November 2007.

Congratulations to all schools who took part in the competition in what I am told was a very cold and windy day.

Congratulation also to the following schools who will now go forward to represent the county at the Regional round of the competition in January

Under 14

Winners - Sheffield High School

Runners up - Silverdale

Under 16

Winners - Sheffield High School

Runners up - Hall Cross

Under 18

Winners - Sheffield High School

Runners up - Hall Cross

Thank you to Lucy Swift for organising this event

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November 15th

Message from Anna Newell - Leeds Carnegie Superleague Coach

Iwould like to take this opportunity to introduce myself my name is Anna Newell at I am the newly appointed Director of Netball of Leeds Metropolitan University. Part of my role is to run the Super league team as Head Coach, oversee the University Netball programme, and also do some Regional Development work.

Part of this Regional Development work includes some coach education and give coaches an insight into what is involved in coaching at the elite level.

Therefore I would like to offer an open invitation to any interested coaches who would like to observe Super league training sessions to gain and develop their knowledge and understanding on performance Netball.

Also this is a great opportunity for coaches looking for new ideas. This is a flexible observation session where coaches can come in and out of the sessions when timetable suits.

If you are interested in attending the session is on a Thursday night from 8pm till 10pm in the Blue Hall at Leeds Metropolitan University at the Headingley Campus.

This will be purely an observational session and no interaction will take place between you and the athletes. This observation will take place from the balcony.

If you are interested are would like further information please contact me on 07825010349 or email me on A.Newell@leedsmet.ac.uk

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November 15th

Netball Tournament - 29-30 March 2008

A netball tournament/festival is currently been organised in conjunction with Loughborough Uni for 29-30 March 2008.

The main purpose is to offer senior netballers an all-ability tournament & promote netball at a more central venue in the Midlands.

There will also be a social event for the Saturday evening, with the use of the olympic pool & gym at the Uni to make it a relaxing & fun weekend.

Further details will be avialble soon - also look out for details in the December issue of the netball magazine

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October 7th

Congratulations to the following players on been selected to the Regional Talent Development Academy

- Sheffield Concord Netball Club

- Lauren Potter

- Maegan Thompson

- Charlotte Webster

- Sheffield Stormers Netball Club

- Hattie Morton

- Ciara Phillips

- Alice Morton

- Ros Armstrong

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September 23rd

Congratulations to Sheffield Concord U19's on finishing 2nd in the Regional Competition - Good luck at the National Finals in Bournemouth in November.

Congratulations and good luck from the South Yorkshire Management Board

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September 21st

Good luck to Both Sheffield Stormers and Sheffield Concord under 19 squads who will be representing their clubs this weekend at the Regional U19 competition

Good Luck from the South Yorkshire Management Board

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September 16th

Congratulations to Rachael Radford, Sheffield Concord on gaining her B Umpire Award at the testers weekend in Nottingham

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September 2007

Goalden Globe Award, - This years awards will be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on the 1st September 2007

Congratulations to the following Regional Winners who will be going to the awards

- Rachael Radford

Rachael is the regional winner of the Rose Award. This award is presented to a volunteer or organisation, which has made a notable contribution to the development of netball at any level, regardless of time served.

- Liz Hughes

Liz is the regional winner of the Muriel McNally Award. This award is presented to a volunteer who has made a notable contribution to the development of netball, at grassroots level, over a significant period of time.

- Sheffield Concord Netball Club

Sheffield Concord are the regional winners of the Nextgen Award. This award is presented to an organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to developing and supporting its netball volunteers.

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July 31st SPORTWORKS - for information on the courses currently available, please see Courses Page

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July 12th JUNIOR TOURNAMENT - Dominoes Junior Netball Club are hosting a tournament on the 9th September at Wright Robinson Sport College, Gorton. Manchester. The tournament is for ages under 9's - under 16's. if you are interested in the tournament or would like more information please contact Sarah Tomlinson at saltomo9@yahoo.co.uk.

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July 12th YORKSHIRE SPORTS AWARDS 2007- Sport England is delighted to announce that, following the success of our association with the BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for the Yorkshire Sports Awards in the past five years, we are again working with them for the 2007 awards. For further information on the awards, please click here.

Awards will be made in the following areas:

- Achievement Awards: nominations for these awards are in seven categories, to recognise the personal achievements of juniors, seniors and teams, able bodied and athletes with disabilities. Please complete the attached entry form Achievement Nomination and send your completed form to the relevant address before the closing date.

- Volunteers in Sport: Sport England and the BBC recognise the enormous contribution made by volunteers to sport in Yorkshire. Please complete the attached entry form Volunteers Nomination and send your completed form to the relevant address before the closing date.

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July 1st CORPORATE GAMES - Thankyou to all those who umpired at the games this weekend. Congratulations also to the winners of the Womens and Mixed competitions

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June 26th CORPORATE GAMES - Umpires are still needed to help at this weekends Corporate Games which sees netball been played at Tapton School, Sheffield. With over 50 teams taking part it should be a good weekend of fun and netball. Anyone who is available to help umpire on Saturday &/or Sunday, please email rachaelradford@hotmail.com with the day(s) you are able to help. You will receive a flat rate of 30GBP for each day you umpire. Please see the volunteers page for more details

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June 26th AGM - Due to the current flooding situation in and around South Yorkshire the AGM has been postponed, a new date will be arranged later this week and will take place earlier July

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June 24th Pontins Tournament, Prestatyn - Congratulations to the under 14 & 16 Talent Development squads on both finishing Runner Up in their age groups.

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June 11th CORPORATE GAMES - Umpires are still needed to help at this years Corporate Games which are been held at Tapton in Sheffield on the 30th June & 1st July. If you are available to umpire on either of the days, please see our volunteers page for more details

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June 11th The University of Sheffield are currently looking for a coach for next season to coach their BUSA netball team. A level 2 or enthusiastic confident level 1 is required for approx 4 hours per week during the BUSA season. If you are interested, please contact Clare Barrell via e-mail c.barrell@sheffield.ac.uk

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May 12th

If your club is interested in entering any teams into this tournament you can download the application form here.

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DVC netball club needs to raise upto 1000GBP to develop the club to the next stage (level 3 coaching course). Course fees have increased dramatically for coaches at every level since AENA have joined with the UKCC. Plus, more coaches are needed to expand beyond what we have already achieved so far within the netball club, to accomodate the growth. The funds have to be raised by June 2007, therefore can we all pull together and raise the money before then? This is one of your ideas which I am working towards today. Please offer any help you can give and keep coming up with other ideas soon.

DVC Netball Club would like to say a big thankyou to all teams who participated in the tournament and helped raise over 500GBP for their club funds

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April 4th

The Sheffield High School Under 14 Netball squad took Silver Medals in the prestigious National Schools Netball Finals in Bournemouth last weekend!

It is 23 years since a school from South Yorkshire has been in the top two placings and the first time ever for Sheffield High School, who have a good track record in the National Schools with a previously highest placing of 5th.

In their run to the finals, they had taken the South Yorkshire in the first round of the competition and were crowned Yorkshire and Humberside Champions in the Regional Round. To reach the finals (along with the top 18 teams) in the England from over 2,000 schools from the country who originally enter is achievement itself but to come back with medals is outstanding.

The excitement was intense as the enormity of what they were achieving grew throughout the day. The families and supporters who had traveled to Bournemouth cheered and shouted as the team progressed through the stages of the competition. \"We were so proud to receive the trophy for second in the country - we each got a silver medal too\" said Jordan, Captain of the SHS Under14 team.

Congratulations to all the girls!

The squad celebrates

February 21st

We are currently looking for people who are willing to volunteer an afternoon of their time at a junior tournament the county is running on the 24th February 12noon - 5pm.

We currently have 20+ teams entered in the tournament from clubs across South Yorkshire in the following age groups

Under 16

Under 14

Under 12

If you are able to help on the day whether umpire or through helping on the desk, it would be very much appreciated. Please ask your teams over the next couple of days and if anyone is interested, please let me know.

Good Umpire Practice Opportunity!!

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