echunga netball newsletter 2014

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NEWSLETTER JULY 2014

IMPORTANT DATES

JULY

Saturday 26th July Yiros Day at

Woodside

We would like to "close o"

ourChocolate fundraiser.

Pleaseget your envelope to us as

soon as possible.

FINALS

Finals weeksOcials required!!!

Semi Finals-Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd

August

Prelim Finals-Fri 29th and Sat

30th August

Grand Finals-Fri 5th and Sat 6th

September

It is absolutely essenal that ENC

provide me keepers and scorers

for these three nals weekends.

Closer to the dates we will pro-

vide you with more informaonabout numbers and mes but if

you are able to help please con-

tact me asap. Failure to ll these

posions may result in us being

disqualied from nals match-

es.

SEPTEMBER

-Junior Presentaon, Sunday 7th

September, 2.00pm, Echunga Pri-mary School Hall (TBC)

-Senior Presentaon, Friday 12th

September, 6.30pm -Hahndorf Inn

CAZS CORNER

It only seems like yesterday we were training & trialling, eagerly waing for

the season to get underway. All of a sudden here we are at the School Holi-

day break & there are "only" 5 matches le before nals. You've allbeen

busy holding sizzle nights, doing canteen, selling chocolates, training umpires,

general maintenance& just playing netball which allensure that ourClub

runs eciently & successfully. We've had one parcularly wet & wild night

but netball is a winter sport so wejust get on with it. If the situaon ever

arises that matches are cancelled, which would be a very, very rare phenom-

enon,the Coaches will be advisedwho in turn will let all the players

know.Mid Hills would also post it onto the website as soon as the decision is

made. Unless you hear from the Coach or the website, netball connues.

The Commiee set you all a challenge at the start of the season to raise

funds for new "dress" style uniforms which we aim to play in in season 2015.

The chocolates, sizzles, upcoming Yiros day & any other fundraisers we are

having will all see this happen but only with your ongoing support. We dis-cuss this regularly at our meengs & are currently having designs done by a

manufacturer with the aim of having them at our end of season funcons for

you all to make comment on.

Congratulaons & well done to all the girls that have been selected

inSAPSASA, School Knockout, Mid Hills or Mt. Loy teams. You will gain so

much experience, make new friends & have happy memories from your me

in these teams. The Club wishes Jess Bell "Good Luck" as she plays for

SouthAustralia as a member of the State Schoolgirls team. Jess leaves for

Melbourne on the 19th July with matches all week culminang in nals on

Thursday & Friday. Welldone & keep up the good work to all of you, our

players, coaches, umpires,managers, commiee & all oursilent helpers.

Finals approach & our Club willproudly play as they have all season, with

heart,respect & spirit.

Echunga Netball

Club

PO BOX 105

ECHUNGA SA 5153


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Echunga 9 and Under Report 2014 Coach Di Gray

Firstly thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome to Echunga. I am enjoying my me at the club enormously

and want to say I appreciate the opportunity to coach these youngest players and impart my knowledge and passion

for the game.

Breaking down the skills of the game so we can give the girls a great base to connue their netball is so important and

learning the basics thoroughly, intently and repevely is part of this process. Learning how to be a part of a team

and support each other, follow the rules and be members of a club so many things to learn in a rst year!

The girls are a chay lot but are praccing listening and working hard most of the me, and trying new ideas. There

are 9 in the team and so it gives us the luxury of having spares when we need them and also some rotaon of players

during the games. The girls are building on their skills week by week and revising the rst weeks learning as we in-crease the knowledge of the game. With just over half the games gone there is sll much to learn as we connue

through the season.

Thank you to all the parents/carers for geng the girls to training and games and for all your support and enthusiasm

Also I greatly appreciate that Nick Schaefer is doing our umpiring and that the club has gied us with someone so

talented to guide our young players.

Thanks again,

Coach Disey J

hps://www.facebook.com/echunganetballclub

The Echunga Netball Club has an ocial facebook page. Like for weekly updates,

scores and netball related posts. The facebook page is interacve and we encourage

members to post, likes and comments.

FACEBOOK CODE OF BEHAVIOUR!!

The Echunga Netball Club supports the appropriate and acceptable use of Face-

book, (Club or your own personal page) and other social media, as well as the bene-ts it provides to you.

We do however recognise that inappropriate use can lead to an-social, or even ille-

gal behaviour. Facebook or any other social media is not to be used in a way which

negavity reects on the game, or in a manner that is derogatory to any player, um-

pire, clubs or the Associaon.


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11 Div 3

Our season has being going very well. We have won every game so far apart from one

which was a draw and this has put us on top of the ladder.

We are very happy with how the girls are improving every week. Indigo, Georgia Taylor

and Imogen Ryan, our defenders, have really been developing their defensive skills. Our

centre court players, Javre, Imogen Wesley, Millie and Charloe all work very well to

eciently get the ball down to our goalies, Sophie and Georgia Crowder, who are doing

a great job and shoong very well.

We are looking forward to the games ahead and watching the girls develop their skills

even further throughout the rest of the season.

Sienna & Georgia


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13 Div 1

Along with my 15s these girls also sit at 4th on the ladder two games clear of 5th place. This team in-

cludes Jade Brimage, Grace Crowder, Briella Dueld, Anais Falzon, Jenny Gray, Kaitlin Roberts, Sophie

Tickner & Holly Wya. The draw saw a tough start to the season but the combinaons are coming to-

gether well as the players start working together as a team. The girls are versale which allows move-

ment as some weeks a conaon mbiis working well together & on other nights theyre not which can

come down to the strength & weaknesses of an opposion team. It s great to see things we work on at

training being tried in match situaons & it is a maer of persisng with them & gaining condence in

what we as individuals & then as a team can do. Pushing each other to be beer at training will seethat condence & belief in each other grow in matches. Thanks to Phil & the parents who support us

each week & get your girls to training. Its been good to have quality umpires on our games & thanks to

those of you who have picked up the whistle for us. Keep up the posivity girls & keep trying new

things.

Carolyn

Good Luck to all teams for the

rest of the season!!


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13 Div 2

The Echunga 13 2s are currently sing 4th on the ladder, having won 3

and lost 4 games. The girls have learnt many skills in their Thursday training

sessions, which have greatly aided their gameplay on the cold, wintry Fri-

day nights. Annika Tobin and Emma Leach have proven invaluable as shoot-

ers with Annikas condent and somemes unbelievable shoong and Em-

mas strong hands and accurate passing. The midcourt, comprising of Mad-

dy Jones, Poppy Kensh, Tilly King and Caitlin Cearns, are developing into a

force to be reckoned with, driving the ball down the court and pressuring

every pass. Maddy is always present as an opon down the court, oen

working with Poppy who is tenacious and hard-working, always ght on her

player. Tilly has been extremely valuable to the team, with her valiant inter-

cepts and her never-give

-up atude. Caitlin has been a strong and tough

player, with her eciency all over the court. Talia Smith and Maddi Broad-

bent are the defending duo with their many rebounds, intercepts and

forced errors being the undoing of many teams. Talia is keen to learn and

ready to ght, and teams up very well with tall Maddi, with her long arms

and encouraging voice. A few injuries threw the team around early in the

season, but now the girls are seling very nicely and are looking forward to

giving it their all in the rest of the season.

Bron and Jess


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13 & Under Division 4

This amazing team is made up of the following players:- Eden Berger, Eva Falzon, Tahni Leach, Breah

Marston, Hannah Murrell, Georgie Reuther, Riley Schaefer & Alannah Taylor.

We started as a mix of some players with many years of experience, some players with very lile Netball

knowledge & we are also a very young team as half could sll be playing 11 & Under.

We started the season slowly on a cold Friday night, it was the rst me playing in a bodysuit for most and

it seemed to take a while for the girls to adjust to the cold night air & also the lights. However, by half way

through the game we started to nd our rhythm and ended up winning by 7 goals. Aer a good win

against Nairne, we were pushed by Woodside and had to play some really good Netball to win by 6, this

was followed by another good win against Hahndorf.

Aer regrading, the girls were a lile disappointed at not being put up but to their credit they have conn-

ued to improve their movement & skills, improving their concentraon is something we are sll working

on!

We have won the last 4 games quite easily & I would like to say a big Thank You to Georgia Crowder for

lling in the last few games while Hannah has been overseas, you have done an amazing job & ed into

the team extremely well.

We sll have a lot to work on, but if the girls improve as much in the second half of the season as they

have in the rst half, we have some great Netball to look forward to.

It is a pleasure to Coach this team & I m excited about the rest of the season, keep working hard girls &

hopefully we can go all the way!

Nick Schaefer


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15s Div 3 Report

Brooke Crystal -Elise Emma Felicity -

Georgia Jade -Jess Leilani Tayah

This team is a great bunch of girls all coming together for

the rst me this season. 8 of the 10 girls all moved to

Echunga this season so much of the rst half of the season

has been spent geng to know each other both on and o

the netball court.chang, interacng and socializing is an

art the girls seem to have now mastered admirably without

too much coach encouragement!!! This rich interacon

between all the girls has led to the creaon of a team with

a great sense of cohesion on the court with all girls working

well together, connually supporng and encouraging as

they rise to the challenge of somemes new posions. As

we move into the second half of the season most of the

girls are beginning to play in seled areas of the court lead-

ing to us now being able to focus more on court play rou-

nes and posional strategies. Sing comfortably 2nd on

the premiership table is a great place to be as we head tothe run into nals. The girls are proving to themselves each

week they have the ability, condence, courage and skills

to be team worthy of a successful nals series.

Good luck for the remainder of the season girls, Bec and I

are really enjoying coaching you and seeing the way you

are all developing and rening your netball skills.

Cathy and Bec J

15 Div 1

At the half way mark in the season the 15 1s sit at 4th in

a very tough compeon. The team consists of Shayla

Burns, Tamika Cearns, Hannah Graetz (Co Captain), Rosie

Hayhurst, Holli Kemp, Claire Pitchford, Annie Reuther,

Chloe Schaefer (Co Captain) & Emily Tickner. From the

rst training the focus has been on improving toughness

at the ball, our passing skills & then slowly incorporang

posioning & awareness. There is always improvement in

a player no maer what age or grade they play & learning

to push yourself further is also important. Training has

been well aended, mostly focused & quesons are

always good. Improvement against the top 3 teams with

the focus then on using that improvement against the

other teams will be our aim for the rest of the season.

Weve had our share of injury & illness already but the

team have coped well with that & sloed into posionswhen needed. Thanks to Athalee & our parents for your

help & support as well as our umpires, mainly Di Gray, for

giving us your me & experience each week. Keep it up

girls & challenge yourselves.

Carolyn


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17s

Aer much discussion and juggling at trials, it was decided to have one 17s team in 2014.

While having 10 in any team is dicult, so far with injury, illness and missed matches due

to being away, we are managing well.

The team consists of Lucy Northco (Captain), Millie Vears (V Captain), Rebecca Rice,

Lauryn Bradley, Milly Cummings, Gabrielle Nielsen, Isabelle Sheehan, Renee Ward, Allison

Buckley and Sienna Buchecker.

The girls are enthusiasc and numbers at training have been great, which means lots oflearning opportunity as well as lots of laughter. Currently sing 4th on the ladder, were

yet to beat the teams ahead of us. However as the girls showed in their last game turning a

1st round loss of 20 goals into a 5 goal loss 2nd me round, it is a very achievable goal.

The girls all connue to improve which is what I as a coach like to see. The lile individual

skill wins is what will translate into game wins down the track. All the girls have adapted

well to team changes on court and its pleasing to see all of them contribute, no maer the

court me and put their best out there at all mes. It may be one deecon, one superb

passage of aacking play or chasing down the loose ball, but combined it not only looksgood, it means the team have opportunity to score.

Im expecng connued improvement unl the girls have as much faith in themselves as I

do to be a strong and cohesive unit on court and that they back themselves to have a go at

the ball every me.


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B3

The B3 team started with the following players:-Rebecca Carra, Kelly Chadbourne, Tammi

Cliord, Di Gray, Lucille Lo, Kate Nielsen, Emily Pitchford, Jaye Smith, Jody Whiaker & Emily

Young.

The rst hurdle we faced was simply geng to know each other as some were new the Club,

some were coming up from juniors & some were unable to train. Unfortunately we lost JodyWhiaker aer the rst game due to a recurring injury, so our next hurdle to overcome was a

short supply of Goalies in the team.

This is where I would like to say a big Thank You to 17s players Millie Vears & Lauryn Bradley

for lling in most weeks & also Leslie Vears for coming out of rerement & providing amazing

leadership both on Court & o when I am unable to be there.

Whilst we have only won 1 game, it was great to see Di come back last week from a broken

wrist and Kate shoong some amazing goals determinaon is a wonderful thing!

This team is a great mix of Youth and Experience, and I look forward to the challenge of

winning some more games in the second half of the Season.


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2014 A Grade Team

This years A grade are proving to be a very solid, well-oiled machine, that have their sights rmly xated on the ulmate

prize by taking one game at a me. The cohesion within the team unit is a credit to each and every player, as they support,

encourage and congratulate each other, posively arming each others role within the team.

The A grade has 9 players this season, therefore plenty of posion changes are expected, which can oen cause disrupon to

the ow of the game, however, all team members are working to overcome this by doing exactly the above; supporng, en-

couraging and helping each other. With 9 players who are all exceponally skilled, all playing more than one posion and are

all willing to give anything a go, we are proving to be an incredibly versale unit. No maer what combinaons we put to-

gether, all parcipants are commied to making things work, simply by being tenacious in their approach to the ball and

their desire to support their fellow team member.

Our A grade consists of: Captain, Felicity (Flick, Mort) Dueld; Vice-

Captain, Kristy Newman; Jess Bell; Emily (Emmy, Brad)Bradley; Wendy (Wen) Paech; Bridget (Bridge, Digit) Sheehan; Luci (Luce, Lu) Steyn, Jade Vanzo, Tiany (Ti) Vears and Assis-

tant Coach Narelle (Nick) Schaefer.

The A grade compeon ladder has 2 signicant stand outs at the top, followed by 6 very capable and very compeve

teams, meaning the A grade compeon this year is very even and a delight to parcipate in. So far aer 8 games we are

sing 2nd on the ladder behind Lobethal who are the only team to have beaten us, though it was a very even game with us

winning the rst half by 6, losing the second half by 9 and hence the game by 3. This only proves that Lobethal, being our

very next opponent are not invincible and if we play 4 full quarters of our game we will be victorious.

A close call against 5th placed Mt Barker United on the Weekend will also step this team up a notch and was a fantasc com-

peve tussle to have mid-season. Lobethal Lutheran have 2 teams in the comp this year (Maroon-7th and Gold 4th) and we

have beaten both, Gold being the team we played indoors a couple of weeks ago. This being a fantasc spectacle for all

those who came along.

Lilehampton are sing 6th and are always an even tussle for us, knowing we can never drop our heads against them.

Woodside bring up the boom of the table but are also sure to improve on this as they had their rst win over LL Gold on the

weekend. Nairne are sing 3rd and are connuing on from their Giant Killer status of last year, they also gave us a run for

our money when last we met, leading us at by 5 but our girls rallied, and to their credit they fought back in the nal term

to win by 3 (the quarter by 8). Well done!

If I had to describe this team in a few words, those words would be: tenacious, persistent, paent, encouraging, dynamic,

cohesive, happy, supporve, aggressive and most importantly A TEAM.

Its an absolute pleasure to be a part of this team and I congratulate and thank each and every one of the members for show-

ing their commitment to each other and to our club.

Id also like to take this opportunity to thank all our supporters who come out even in the pouring rain to support the girls,

I cant menon all of you but you know who you are! A special thank you to Annee Bradley, Bron Bell and Chris Sheehan

who are always ready to put their hands up to help whether it be as Primary Carer, mer, scorer or supporng at aer game

funcons Thank You!

Noel Vears has also jumped on the opportunity to come out and capture the season on his Camera, so thank you to him also.

With 6 games to go unl nals are preparaons now turn to tweaking all the things weve put in place so far. Play Hard girls

Imagine with all your mind. Believe with all your heart. Achieve with all your might.

Leslie Vears

Coach


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