Night competitions

The Netball competition will return on April 21. Any players who are not fully registered will not be able to take the court. Please arrive early to pay competition fees at the office.

Games were held up last week, as players paid their competition levy.

Registration to NNSW is completed online, and the links are available on the FNA Facebook page, and lasts for a full calendar year.

Competition fees are paid in cash at the office and are $50 per player per team for the first competition, and for players playing in their second night competition team it is $40 per player per team.

Rules sheets are also available at the office on Wednesday nights and must be signed off by the team representative.

Team representatives must also update their player lists on their team sheet, and confirm on their team sheets who is playing in another team in the second competition. Please be aware of the COVID restrictions that are on the FNA Facebook page.

Entry is from the Bedgerebong Road side of Stephen Field, and exit is between the canteen and the skate park.

Last week, two teams, Skadoosh and FPS did not supply an umpire as per the draw for the first time and must pay a $50 fine before they play this week.

Each team will lose two competition points and give their opposition in their next game a five goal start.

These umpiring penalties were proposed by the players in the competition and agreed to by the FNA Committee. Rulebooks are also available for sale at the office.

Saturday Junior Mixed Netball
The Forbes Netball Committee is calling all boys and girls to come and play netball Saturday mornings, in two programs. NetSet-Go will be offered each Saturday for players aged 5 years to 10 years, and the Tri Towns Tournament will be played for ages 17 years and under. Players turning 9 and 10 this year can choose to play in the NSG program, and, or in the Tri Towns Tournament.

A Come and Try day will be held on Satur-day, from 10 am till 12 noon, where players both new and returning, can come and have fun playing netball. Help with the online registration process will be given on Saturday. A BBQ will be running after the games on Saturday.

The competition, called the Tri Towns Tournament, for all junior boys and girls kicks off on May 1. A training morning for all teams will be held on April 24, and the team uniforms will be given out. Registration is just $100 per player and parents can use their Active Kids Voucher to register.

If it is raining and too wet for the Come and Try Day on Saturday, families are asked to come and register from 10 am till 12 noon. Parents help will be needed for all the teams, as coaches, managers and umpires. Anyone who would like to volunteer for any jobs, should also put their name down on Saturday. Help will be given to learning umpires, and short coaching sessions will be offered to everyone who is interested.

Friday Netball will return each Friday after-noon starting in school term 2.

Draw for Wednesday, 24 March: Round

1 LADIES COMPETITION: DIVISION 1
• 7pm crt 9 Gundamain v Schofields (Jack Piercy/Lethal Weapon-1)
• 7pm crt 10 Chunky Pies v Take Your Time (Robyn Kenny/Marsbars-1)

LADIES COMPETITION: DIVISION 2/17U
• 6pm crt 10 Minties v Lethal Weapon (Carolyn Duncan/Gundamain Ladies-1)
• 7pm crt 11 Commercial Hecklers v D & A Detailing (Carolyn Duncan/Minties-1)
• Bye Pink Ladies

MIXED COMPETITION
• 6pm crt 9 Red Hot Chili Netters v FPS (Robyn Kenny/D & A Detailing-1)
• 7pm crt 4 Mix & Match v Skadoosh (FPS-1/Late Or Never-1)
• 8pm crt 9 Rickabys Concreting v Bin Chickens (Chunky Pies-1/Take Your Time-1)
• 8pm crt 10 Late Or Never v Ball Busters (Lyn Ford/Skadoosh-1)
• 8pm crt 11 Gundamain v Marsbars (Ro-byn Kenny/Commercial Hecklers-1)

Netball News
The Forbes Netball night competition team nominations must reach Secretary Lyn via email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com by today. Round 1 starts March 17. All players are reminded that they must pay $50 per player per team, in cash, at the office on Wednesday night. All player registrations are done online through MyNetball. The link is on the FNA website.

Teams are reminder to supply their own id patches, if possible. All players are reminded to check in each week via the COVID Safe app on phones, and if you are feeling unwell, please do not enter the grounds.
The next meeting of the FNA will be held on Thursday March 18, and all teams must be represented.

Draw – Wednesday Match 10 Grading 3 Ladies competition
• 6pm court 9 Minties v Pink Ladies (Carolyn Duncan/Gundamain L-1)
• 6pm court 10 D and A Detailing v Lethel Weapons (Robyn Kenny/Take Your Time-1)
• 7pm court 9 Gundamain v Take Your Time (Carolyn Duncan/Schofields-1)
• 8pm court 9 Schofields v Commercial Hecklers (Mix & Match-1/Ball Busters-1)
• Bye – Chunky Pies

Mixed Competition
• 7pm court 10 Red Hot Chili Netters v Skadoosh (Robyn Kenny/D and A De-tailing-1)
• 7pm court 11 Mix & Match v Ball Busters (Jack Piercy/Minites-1)
• 8pm court 11 Gundamain v Bin Chickens (Jack Piercy/Red Hot Chili Netters-1)
• Bye – Rickaby’s Concreting

The Forbes netball committee is starting the Autumn night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams from Wednesday 3 March. Team nomination forms are available on the FNA website and can be emailed to Secretary Lyn email secretary. forbesnetball@gmail.com

Anyone looking for a team to play with, or teams looking for more players should either email on the above or come to the office on Wednesday nights.

Teams are asked to please supply their own ID patches if possible.

Players can start paying their $50 competition fee per player per team at the office on Wednesday and registrations to NNSW must be done online.

Draw for Wednesday March 3, Grading 2

LADIES COMPETITION
7pm crt 9 Minties v D & A Detailing (Robyn Kenny/Ball Busters-1)
7pm crt 10 Gundamain v Schofields (Jack Piercy/Mix and Match-1)
7pm crt 11 Take Your Time v Commercial
Hecklers (Carolyn Duncan/Late Or Never-1)

MIXED COMPETITION
8pm crt 9 Bin Chickens v Late Or Never (ake Your Time-1/D and A Detailing-1) 8pm crt 10 Mix and Match v Ball Busters (Carolyn Duncan/Commercial Hecklers-1) 8pm crt 11 Rickaby’s Concreting v Gundamain (Robyn Kenny/Schofields-1)

Representative News
Regional carnival dates will be available from Wednesday, 24 February. Representative forms are available to print from the FNA website and can be emailed to Secretary Lyn on email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com Any enquiries, or players who cannot attend the day, but wanting to nominate should send an email to above.

Autumn Night Competitions
The Autumn night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams will play the first grading games on Wednesday night. There is still time for teams to enter the competitions.

Teams looking for players, or players looking for teams, should email above, or come down to the courts on Wednesday night. This year, the Ladies division will again be split into division 1, and a 17under division, if there are enough ladies teams wanting to play 17s.

Night comps are a lot of fun, and anyone can join. The dates for the Autumn night competitions are available on the FNA Facebook page. Teams are encouraged to bring their own id patches to wear. All COVID safety rules are still in place, and everyone needs to sign in. Teams supply one umpire per allocation when rostered for duty.

AGM:
The Annual General Meeting of the Forbes Netball Association will be held on Thursday, 18 February at 7pm at the Forbes Sports and Recreation Club. Everyone interested should come along to the meeting.

New volunteers are needed to take the place of the retiring committee members. The February monthly meeting will be held immediately after the AGM.

Night Competitions:
The Autumn night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams will kick off next week, February 24, with the first grading games.

Team entries that have been entered by the AGM will be drawn to play on the 24th.

There is still time to enter the competitions, and the second grading games will be played on 3 March.

Team entry forms are available on the FNA website, and should be emailed to Secretary Mon email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com All the dates for the competition are on the FNA Facebook page. Nomination forms can also be handed in at the AGM on Thursday.

Teams available to play next week should have their entries in by Thursday night to allow time for the draw to be done. Anyone wanting to play and needs to find a team, or teams looking for players should email above.

Representative Trials:
The 2021 Representative introduction day will be held on Wednesday night February 24 at the netball courts, from 6 pm till 6-30.

Players wanting to trial for teams aged 12 years, 13 years and 14 years to compete in Junior State Titles, and players aged 15 years and Under 17 years to compete in Senior State Titles, should complete nomination forms.

Representative nomination forms are available on the FNA website. Players who are unavailable to attend the Introduction day at that time should email Mon.

Dates for the players to trial will be announced after nominations close on February 24

The Finals of the Forbes Netball Spring Night Competitions for both Mixed and Ladies’ teams were played last week. Great skills were on display as the players contested with their opposition and fought hard for each goal scored by their team. All players showed outstanding sportsmanship for their teams.

The Final of the 17 under division was won by Hot Shots who defeated Speculators 27-22.

Hot Shots started well, outscoring their opposition in the first quarter, but Specula- tors fought back, and at half time the score was 17-10 to Hot Shots.

Hot Shots circle defenders of Georgia Cole and Lily Boyd were leading their team, with strong rebounds and tight defence. The second half saw Speculators catching their opposition, winning the second half by two goals.

Strong attacking from Speculators shoot- ers Halli Woolnough and Amity Payne, helped to keep their team in the game. They were supported by defender Sadie McCahon who tried for every intercept. Hot Shots centre Kirby Maslin was a great link through the court, to help lead her team.

The Final of the Ladies Open division was won by Gundamain who defeated Chunky Pies 52-30. The game was closely contested, with Gundamain gradually pulling away in each quarter.

The second and fourth quarters for Gundamain sealed the match, with centre Nicole Mee and shooter Chloe Madden shining for their team.

Chunky Pies’ Ellie Flick and Phoebe Costello had outstanding games, with accurate shooting from Ellie, and strong attacking and defending from Phoebe.

Gundamain’s goal attack Shannon Hurley was extremely fast around the court, with strong drives, and accurate passing and Rebecca Roach also stood out for her team.

The Mixed Final was won by Gundamain who defeated Mix & Match 44-25.

Chloe Madden, Gundamain shooter was accurately supported by attacker Shannon Hurley. The experience of the older Gundamain team showed through during the game but Mix & Match did not give up.

Mix & Match was led by Jacob Collits and Fiona Howarth, who both had outstanding games. Gundamain won every quarter, with Annabelle Dyer making a difference for her team. Circle defender Gabe Boland for Mix & Match never stopped trying and took some great intercepts.

The finals of the Netball Spring Night Competitions for both Mixed and Ladies’ teams were played this week. The competition ladder was very close, with only a point or two separating many of the teams.

Last week, Speculators did not umpire for the first time, and must pay the $50 fine before they play this week and give their opposition a five-goal start.

The next night competitions will start in February 2021, and everyone should stay up to date with all the latest news on Forbes Netball Facebook and the local newspapers.

The Annual General Meeting of the Forbes Netball Association will be held on 18 February 2021.

There will be lots of help needed to bring netball to the Forbes community in 2021.

The Night Competitions will be organised for Autumn and Spring, and the new Saturday Junior Mixed Inter Town Competition will be played for all players, 17 and under, between the Forbes, Parkes, and Young netball associations.

NetSetGo for all players five years and up, will also be played in Forbes each Saturday during the winter months, in line with the Inter Town Junior competition.

The Forbes Netball Spring night competitions for both Mixed and Ladies’ teams drew to a close this week, with the last round of games played on Wednesday, 25 November.

All team representatives were asked to check at the office on Wednesday night, to see if their team will be playing in the finals. The finals were played between the two top teams on the point score ladder.

Three finals will be played by the Mixed, Ladies’ Opens, and Ladies’ Under 17 divisions on Wednesday, 2 December.

The Forbes Netball Association thanks everyone who contributed to make the competitions so successful. By helping with the jobs to be done each week, netball in Forbes survived 2020.

Thanks to all of the umpires who have umpired every week. Because of the extra umpires available, the teams did not have to do as many duties as they would normally be required to in order to run the competition.

Thanks, to all of the players who checked in every week, and abided by the COVID-19 Safety Plan developed by the FNA, through the guidance of NNSW.

The next Night Competitions will start in February 2021.