OUTSTANDING NETBALL CLUB 2020
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WELCOME TO GRASSHOPPER NETBALL CLUB
We affiliate to England Netball and have gained their CAPS Silver Award and Sport England Clubmark. We are a very inclusive, friendly Club and we take players of all abilities and develop them holistically; for us it is not just about the netball skills – for us, the whole person is important and our players are offered whichever pathway is right for them. We are also keen to look after the health and well-being of all our players and some of our key personnel (and coaches) have received ‘MIND Mental Health in Sport‘ training. |
We also have several Mental Health First Aiders: Steph Hiom, Morgan Williams, Andy Scigliano, Tracy Glover & Stephanie Nock. In addition, please consider visiting the MIND website link: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/ where lots of useful help sheets and fact sheets can be found, which might help you if you are going through a tough time.
Our club AGM took place on 9 June 2021, with some proposed changes to our Club’s structure – to help us with succession planning moving forward. For personal reasons, Andy Scigliano stood down as Chairperson but has taken up the newly created Club President role. Kathy Cox was voted in as our new Chairperson and there is no doubt that she will do an excellent job. Morgan Williams becomes the new Procurement Officer and we warmly welcome Stephanie Nock to our committee; she is taking over the Membership Secretary role from Kathy Cox. Tracy Glover has been our co-opted Covid-19 Officer during this pandemic, but we have revised that position to encompass all Health & Safety, so Tracy will continue with us in this role
Our club AGM took place on 9 June 2021, with some proposed changes to our Club’s structure – to help us with succession planning moving forward. For personal reasons, Andy Scigliano stood down as Chairperson but has taken up the newly created Club President role. Kathy Cox was voted in as our new Chairperson and there is no doubt that she will do an excellent job. Morgan Williams becomes the new Procurement Officer and we warmly welcome Stephanie Nock to our committee; she is taking over the Membership Secretary role from Kathy Cox. Tracy Glover has been our co-opted Covid-19 Officer during this pandemic, but we have revised that position to encompass all Health & Safety, so Tracy will continue with us in this role
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Andy Scigliano also stood down from being the Youth Team Co-ordinator and this has now been ably taken on again by Donna Osborn (with a great Youth Team Crew around her to help her).
Our 11-16 year old youth players are coached by Donna on Thursdays at Soar Valley, but when the Leicester Netball Youth League starts, these players no longer train; instead, they receive coaching on game play and tactics from their respective Team Manager. |
A new development in our coaching set up is that Andy Scigliano will be organising a small number of Bee Netball sessions for U11 players, with summer holiday dates available at Soar Valley Netball Centre from 10:00-12:00 am: Saturday 7 August and Saturday 28 August. These sessions will then continue once a month after that at the same time and venue on: Saturday 2 October, Saturday 6 November and Saturday 4 December. Register your interest by using the ‘Contact Us’ tab on our website. A fee of £25 will cover all the sessions.
Nadine Key is warmly welcomed as the new Coaching Officer and will lead or co-ordinate all senior training sessions on Wednesday nights, with Morgan Williams continuing as our Officiating Officer. Morgan has already been busy organising umpires because our Club was able to return to netball via Leicester Netball League’s “Restart” league, which began on Tuesday 13 April. We fielded four large mixed squads and Grasshopper D and C ended up in Division 1 and A and B in Division 2.
Our youth teams also managed a short return to competitive netball too, playing for 3 weeks during June and again, we entered 4 teams into the Leicester Netball League. We are very grateful to everyone involved at the Leicester Netball League for the time and efforts they have taken to make this competitive netball happen for us.
The East Midlands Regional League is also taking place over the summer and we have one squad entered into that too and it has gone well. Thanks to Hannah Wale & Beth Smith for organising everyone.
Our youth teams also managed a short return to competitive netball too, playing for 3 weeks during June and again, we entered 4 teams into the Leicester Netball League. We are very grateful to everyone involved at the Leicester Netball League for the time and efforts they have taken to make this competitive netball happen for us.
The East Midlands Regional League is also taking place over the summer and we have one squad entered into that too and it has gone well. Thanks to Hannah Wale & Beth Smith for organising everyone.
