OUTSTANDING NETBALL CLUB 2020
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WELCOME TO GRASSHOPPER NETBALL CLUB
In the 2020-21 season, our Club has been hit – like every other – by the severe sporting restrictions due to Covid-19. The Leicester Netball League restarts on Tuesday 13 April and we will be fielding four large ‘summer league’ type squads, since the return to netball should be about fun and enjoyment rather than winning. It will be held at Soar Valley Netball Centre and the moderated rules will continue until 21 June 2021 – when they should end, but we’ll wait and see! We live in hope… |
The East Midlands Regional League is due to start soon and we have decided to enter one big squad and rotate play – to keep things simple and ease the pressure on players. Chaperone K9 are still kindly sponsoring us.
Since training recommences on Wednesday 14 April 2021, outside at New College, Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN from 7.30-8.30 pm for everyone - on 2 courts our two online fitness sessions per week ended on 7 April. Everyone is asked to report to training by 7.15 pm prompt – in order to carry out our Covid-19 protocols before training starts at 7.30 pm prompt. Thank you.
We affiliate to England Netball and have gained their CAPS Silver Award and Sport England Clubmark. Our junior teams usually train on Thursdays at Soar Valley, but when the Leicester Netball Youth League starts, the youth teams do not train, as Soar Valley is used for these competitive matches.
Since training recommences on Wednesday 14 April 2021, outside at New College, Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN from 7.30-8.30 pm for everyone - on 2 courts our two online fitness sessions per week ended on 7 April. Everyone is asked to report to training by 7.15 pm prompt – in order to carry out our Covid-19 protocols before training starts at 7.30 pm prompt. Thank you.
We affiliate to England Netball and have gained their CAPS Silver Award and Sport England Clubmark. Our junior teams usually train on Thursdays at Soar Valley, but when the Leicester Netball Youth League starts, the youth teams do not train, as Soar Valley is used for these competitive matches.
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During this time, our youth players usually receive coaching and guidance in a competitive setting from the Head Coach and/or their Team Manager.
Our youth coaching restarts on Thursday 22 April at the Netball Centre from 7 pm to 8 pm - and there will be some input on Covid-19 protocols and some coaching. It will continue at Soar Valley College thereafter until further notice - but we are potentially intending to offer youth coaching into July. |
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 very keen to look after the health and well-being of all our players too and our key personnel (and coaches) have received ‘MIND Mental Health in Sport‘ training. However, 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.
We are also very keen to look after the health and well-being of all our players too and our key personnel (and coaches) have received ‘MIND Mental Health in Sport‘ training. However, 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.
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We are proud to announce that in 2019 and 2020, we won the East Midlands’ region Goalden Globe award for “Outstanding Netball Club” – an unprecedented achievement. Kathy Cox (a committee member) also won the ‘Mary Bullock’ award this year, but we were unsuccessful at the recent national finals (December 2020). We have also been finalists in the Blaby District Council’s ‘Team of the Year’ award (2019) and the Leicester Mercury Sports Awards ‘Club of the Year’ category and received much recognition for our outstanding contribution to women’s sport locally. Congratulations and thanks must go to all our fabulous Club members and Committee members who play their part in us gaining these accolades. It is evidence that ‘the team works’!
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