NETBALL
By ROBYN KENNY
The Forbes Netball Committee, players, parents and families have been very busy lately with lots happening.
A great deal of future planning will be undertaken for all members and their families.
NetSetGo bring-a-friend Saturday
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NetSetGo is proving a hit with all boys and girls aged from 5/6 years to 10/11 years.
The sessions are held every Saturday morning from 9-30 till 10-30 through the school terms.
There is still plenty of time to join in the fun and skills with full programs suitable for all ages of junior players.
This Saturday will be “Bring a Friend day” where boys and girls already having fun will bring their friends to show them what the program is all about.
Anyone can come along and see what happens at NSG, and players don’t need to register before they experience the sessions.
NetSetGo is action packed where children learn skills to start them on their netball journey.
Beginner umpiring sessions
Forbes NA is extremely lucky to have the services of National A badged umpire, Shelley Hutchinson, who will travel to Forbes to hold a beginner umpire session.
This day will be held on Sunday June 22, and is free to all FNA members who will be put through the procedures and knowledge of learning how to umpire.
This session will be extremely valuable to anyone from school aged members to adults members, parents and families.
Everyone is invited to come along, with the day time frame still to be set.
Please all put this date in your calendar as not to be missed.
Registration link will be set up on the FNA Facebook page, so numbers are known for Shelley to prepare for the free day of learning how to umpire.
Club Forbes NetSetGo and Junior Gala Day
The FNA is extremely grateful for the support of Club Forbes who is sponsoring the Club Forbes NetSetGo and Junior Gala Day to be held on Sunday August 17.
This day will begin with another visit be the extremely popular former Australian Diamond Susan Pettitt, who will run her combined player warm up at the beginning of the day.
The warm up is very popular with about 100 boys and girls participating.
The warm up will be free to all players, thanks to the generous grant from Club Forbes.
Teams aged from 7/8 years (NSG) to 12 years will be playing, with teams invited from all partes of the West/Central West and Riverina for a day of fun netball.
No rep teams are able to enter the day, with the emphasis on fun, and junior games for all.
Thus giving everyone an opportunity to play in a regional gala day.
Representative news
The representative season is well underway with teams aged 14, 13 and 12 years all training consistently through the week, plus playing in regional carnivals on Sundays.
This is in preparation for the upcoming Netball NSW Junior State Titles to be held in Penrith in July school holidays.
The 11-9 years squad is also training hard through the week, and the squad has just competed in their sixth regional carnival for the season.
Five teams representing FNA played in the Orange carnival Sunday week, with rain soaking players in their last games for the day.
Last Sunday the weather was clear and perfect for netball, where four teams played in a very enjoyable day of netball.
Our representative coaches were given a treat when experienced coach James Mulcare travelled from Sydney representing Netball NSW, and spent the day with the three rep teams and their coaches.
The feature of the day was James working with the FNA coaches and their teams, in competition at the Orange rep carnival, giving his experience and knowledge to all our rep players and coaches over the full day.
The day was an outstanding success, and the FNA coaches will take this knowledge gained into their preparation and competition at NNSW Junior State Titles in July.
A huge thank you to James for his dedication to regional netball and in particular the Forbes Netball Association.
