This Saturday is Crazy Hair and Sock Day at NetSetGo – bring some friends and share the fun! $2 donation if dressed up, $5 do­nation if not dressed up. Canteen will be open, also a market stall and 100 club, with all funds raised on the day going towards the Kids Cancer Project. All FNA players, parents, umpires and volunteers are en­couraged to give feedback about the FNA 2024 representative and weekday season.

Survey closes 5pm Saturday 3rd August.

A netball clinic will be run on Tuesday July 16 for all boys and girls.

The holiday clinic is not just for registered netballers, but for all juniors looking for something to do during the holidays.

To add to the fun on the courts, the morning will also be a fundraiser for The Kids Cancer Project, where vital research is undertaken to tackle childhood cancer.

NetSetGo ages from 6 years to 9 years will be held at 10am till 11.30am, and juniors from 9 years to 12 years will be held at 11.30am till 1pm.

Cost for the session is just $10 cash only, and a free ball is included to add to the value.

All money raised on the morning will be donated to The Kids Cancer Project.

A mini market stall will also be operating to add to the fundraising total with delicious baking and preserves, as well as juicy oranges and mandarins.

Boys and girls are all welcome to help raise funds and have holiday fun, under the direction of accredited coaches.

This is also a great way to learn and discover the great game of netball.

The Forbes Netball Association will welcome former Australian Diamond Susan Pettitt to Forbes this Saturday to coach the junior netballers in the Forbes Association.

Thanks to a successful grant application from Forbes Shire Council, the former Australian Diamond will be coaching the Forbes juniors free of charge.

Susan has coached over 50,000 children and was inducted into the Netball NSW Fall of Fame for her contribution to netball including her encouragement with junior player.

Susan has 71 Caps for Australia playing in the goal attack position, and is part of the World Championship winning Australian team, as well as Commonwealth Gold Medal, and also has an Advanced Netball Coach Accreditation.

Susan has played in the SSN with both the NSW Swifts and Giants during her playing career from 2006-2018.

Susan will be coaching the Forbes junior netballers starting with the 12 years rep team at 10am, and the 13 years rep team at 11-15 and concluding with the 11 years Development squad at 12- 30pm.

She will be working with the Forbes representative coaches during the sessions for the teams.

During the day, the three teams will also be learning all about the rules of netball from National B Badge Umpire Karen Hargraves, and nutrition from Sarah Jane Mille.

This clinic was extremely popular, and Susan will be again returning on August 18 to conduct the same clinic, where 100 junior players from the region enjoyed the fun and games, before the Gala day.

Susan will be offering a goal shooting clinic to all players 9 years and over before the Forbes team’s coaching sessions.

For Information go to Forbes netball Page on Facebook, or www.spnetball. com to register for the clinic. Costs for the clinic are greatly reduced, and this will be an outstanding opportunity for all players

Hope everyone had a great break over the Christmas New Year period and school holidays.

It’s time to get your joggers out and get ready for another jam packed year of fun, exercise and lots of netball for all ages.

First of all. Congratulations to Gundamain Mixed and Ladies teams who took out the Finals of the Spring competitions.

The Ladies competition was played between Gundamain and Chunky Pies.

Unfortunately, Chunkies were a bit short of players, with harvest and work commitments taking out a number of their team.

Although Chunkies were under strength, all players kept the pressure on the Gundamain ladies.

Gundamain took the lead in the first quarter, and never looked back, with a full team effort, and Madeline Swan awarded Best & Fairest player for her team.

Best and Fairest for Chunky Pies was awarded to Steph Johnston.

Final score 47-13 to Gundamain.

The Mixed Final was also a dominate result for the Gundamain team, who played Swoop There It Is.

This was Swoop’s first appearance in a Final, and all players worked extremely hard against the experience of the Gundamain team.

Both teams were positioned to play in the Final in 2022, but floods got in the way, and games had to be abandoned.

So a fitting result that both these teams were again in the 2023 Spring Final, with all players obviously enjoying their Final game.

Best and Fairest for Gundamain was awarded to Shannon Nash, Charlie Goodsell and Alice Lind.

Best and Fairest for Swoop was awarded to Toby Hurford, Brodie Acret and Janssen Mores.

Final score 36-15 to Gundamain.

The Spring Competition also had the season Best and Fairest Awards.

These awards are judged by the umpires each week, and added for the full competition.

Congratulations to Nikky Anderson (Chunky Pies) and Jessie Tyack (Shooting Stars), who were awarded the Ladies Best and Fairest awards.

Congratulations to Kaze Read (Bridies) who was awarded the Mixed Best and Fairest award.

Registrations

Registrations are now open on PlayHQ for everyone ready for the Autumn Mixed and Ladies competitions.

This year, all non-players are not charged to register on PlayHQ.

Representative News

Netball NSW Regional League is going to be played over a full weekend on March 23/24 in Orange.

There is still room for more players to join the open team.

Enquiries can be sent to the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com and coach email tnrkenny@exemail.com.au or phone 0407235326

Dates to remember-coming up.

– The Primary Schools Gala Day will be held on Wednesday February 28.

This day is a fun day for all the primary schools in Forbes and district to play together, allowing for all the new players to try netball for the first time.

Volunteers will be needed on the day from anyone who would like to help with umpiring/coaching duties.

Please email tnkenny@exemail.com.au if you are available for the morning, or just even one hour of volunteering would be very much appreciated, to help make the morning a success.

– Netball NSW Schools Cup will be held on Monday March 4, for all primary and secondary school teams.

This competition is being held in Forbes for 2024, and all schools are encouraged to enter the fun day.

There are boys and girls divisions, in competitive and non-competitive divisions.

Help will be needed from anyone who would like to umpire, as each team must have an umpire.

If you can help, please contact your school or association on 0407235326 to register your interest.

Schools have contact details from Brooke Berg NNSW West/Central West Regional Manager.

The Spring night competitions continue, and some great games were seen in last week’s competitions. 

Umpires are reminded to ensure all players actually sign in to the scoresheets, and this will record if they have played or not. 

The next meeting of the FNA will be held Thursday November 16, 6-30pm at Club Forbes. 

All agenda items must be emailed to the secretary email secretary.forbesnetball@gmail.com Registrations will be on the agenda for next week’s meeting. 

If anyone has any ideas on how to streamline the process please email the above. 

The $50-00 competition fee per player per team is to pay for the running costs of the competitions. Players are not fully registered until they pay their competition fees.