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Parkes Phoenix

Ladies Netball Takes Off!

April 5, 2018 By editor

What a great start to our ladies competition enjoying the last few weeks of daylight savings. Hope all our players had a wonderful Easter break.

No player is to take the court this week unless they have registered and paid their netball fees. There are still a few players who have not registered online through MyNetball.

If you are having troubles with online registrations or payment please let us know. So great to see teams for filling their umpiring duties each week, please remember to print your name when you umpire so we can work out umpiring payments. It is also important that all players sign the score card each week, and if there are any stoppages for injury they are to be recorded on the back of the scorecard.

Junior netball is starting this Saturday 7th April, if there are any senior players who would be interested in coaching, umpiring or helping out please contact Calli Miller

Results Round 4
A Grade: The Star Budgies 29 def U15s Parkes Reps 24. Inline Panel & Paint 23 def Parkes Cellars 21
B Grade: PHST 38 def U14s Parkes Reps 14. Sweaty Betty’s 10 def Platelets 8

Round 5 – Tuesday 3rd April
• Setup: The Star Budgies
• Pack Up: Inline Panel & Paint
A Grade – Court 1
• 6:00pm Inline Panel & Paint v The Star Budgies (Umpires: U15s Parkes Reps + Parkes Cellar)
• 7:00pm U15s Parkes Reps v Parkes Cellar (Umpires: Inline Panel & Paint + The Star Budgies)
B Grade – Court 3
• 6:00pm Sweaty Betty’s v U13s Parkes Reps (Umpires: Platelets + U14s Parkes Reps)
• 7:00pm Platelets v U14s Parkes Reps (Umpires: Sweaty Betty’s + U13s Parkes Reps)
• BYE PHST

By Lisa Nutley

Netball Season Nearly Here

February 15, 2018 By editor

Netball is just around the corner with the ladies competition due to start on Tuesday, 27th February. This year the competition will run for 12 weeks with finals to follow. The cost for adults to play this season has been discounted to $150.

Great news for junior players is that the Parkes and District Netball Association has registered with Active Kids. Juniors will therefore be able to play netball for free if they choose to use their voucher for netball! For those talented sportspeople who choose to use their voucher elsewhere, the cost is $100 for junior players.

Make sure you claim your active kids voucher here before registering for netball: www.servisce.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-activekids-voucher

Visit the Parkes Netball website for team sheet and any further information www.parkesna.nsw.com.au All registrations will be made online this year as well as payments to be made direct to Parkes Netball.

Registrations close on Monday, 19th February so make sure you log into your MyNetball account www.mynetball.com.au to sign up today. It’s going to be a great season.

By Lisa Nutley

Fast5 Netball For New Courts In Parkes

December 7, 2017 By editor

The world’s most exciting netball could be making its debut in Parkes next year. Parkes and District Netball Association is looking to bring Fast5, a modified version of netball, to Parkes following the completion of the eight netball courts to worldclass standards in October.

This new and exciting version of netball arrived in the country big time when Australia won the rights to host the Fast5 Netball World Series until next year. Fast5 includes five players-a-side, shortened quarters, multiple point shots and double point power plays.

According to Vice-President of the Parkes and District Netball Association, Wally Norman the recent upgrade of eight netball courts at McGlynn Park, included markings for the Fast5 game. “We are very excited about the Fast5 markings and keen to introducethis game in Parkes next year as an adult competition.”

Wally said they were very happy with the  upgrade of the courts at a cost of $110,000. The courts are making a statement with its brand new colours in red and blue with white line markings. The colours were chosen to tie in with the colours of the Parkes Spacemen.

Specialist surfacing company Court Craft from Sydney who did the work, said it was the first time these colours had been used for netball courts. They repaired existing cracks and applied three coats of a non-slip, colour treatment
over the existing asphalt to produce a shock absorbent, all-weather playing surface. The new courts complement and enhance the existing facilities within the McGlynn sporting precinct, which includes the state-of-the-art Mariah Williams Hockey Field.

The world-class facility had been noticed with congratulations from Netball NSW on ‘the fresh new courts that look terrific’. Wally said Parkes would once again host the annual Netball Carnival next year with up to 55 teams competing, while all the regular competition would also return.

By Maggi Barnard

Thrilling Finals For Netball Season

September 28, 2017 By editor

After 13 weeks of competition, exciting games were played at the grand finals of Division 1 and 2 of the junior competition. Division 1 saw the Diamonds play the Emeralds with a final score of 31 – 24 to the Emeralds. Player of the grand final went to Grace Dickson.

Division 2 saw Stars and the 11s Development team with the 11s Development eventual winners with a fulltime score of 28-24. The player of the grand final was Caitlyn McGinnes.

Most Consistent in Division 1 was Kendra Dunn, for Division 2 it was Heidi-Lee Pearce. The Kelly Swetland Memorial Award was presented to Paris Neville.

Paris volunteered her time helping wherever she could with umpiring, coaching, or playing if needed.

The Rae Medlyn award, presented to a volunteer for the Tuesday night competition, went to Wally Norman who is an indispensable member of the Parkes Netball community. His commitment to ensuring the continued development of the Parkes Netball competition as a whole is invaluable.

Parkes Netball Seals The Deal

September 21, 2017 By editor

Parkes Shire Council have partnered with the Parkes and District Netball Association to deliver world class netball courts for McGlynn Park. Eight sealed netball courts will be resurfaced and remarked to bring them up to the recommended netball standards.

Parkes Shire Council Director Works and Services, Ben Howard, said: “With Parkes beginning to emerge as a premier sporting hub, these upgrades are necessary to deliver optimal playing surfaces and improved safety outcomes for the current user groups, and enable larger netball competitions to be hosted in town.”

Specialist surfacing company, Court Craft will repair the existing cracks and apply three coats of a non-slip, colour treatment over the existing asphalt to produce a shock absorbent, all-weather playing surface. Council contributed $64,490 towards the project under the Parkes Town Improvement Vote, with $4,100 delivered under the Northparkes Sports Grants Program, and the remaining $30,900 funded by Parkes and District Netball Association.
Parkes and District Netball Association has 300 registered players. The courts are used for the Senior Women’s and Mixed Tuesday Night Competition, Saturday Morning Junior Competition, as well as regular weekly training by both local competition and representative players.

Netball Trials

September 14, 2017 By editor

Parkes Netball Association will be holding representative selections for the 2018 netball season on Tuesday, 19th September and Thursday, 21st September at 5pm at the Parkes netball courts for U11’s Development Team, U12s, U13s, U14s, U15s and U17s. Players need to print out the representative nomination form available at
www.parkesna.nsw.com.au For additional information contact Christine Watson 0400 408 882.

Netball Season Draws To Close

September 7, 2017 By editor

The last round of games for the Super 8s and NetSetGo divisions were played recently. The Committee would like to thank Kel Logan, Kerrie Evans, Melissa Evans, Tanya Macgregor, Angus Wyllie, Carmel Laing and Ben Smith for their contributions to their teams and the support of netball in Parkes over the past season. The improvement in skills has been fantastic.
Results Round 12
Division 1
Saphires def Diamonds 27-16 (Most Consistent: Amanda Lowe, Isabel Aveyard) Emeralds def 12 Reps (forfeit) (Most Consistent: Tianna Simpson, Kendra Dunn)
Division 2
Glitters def 11 Development (forfeit) Super 8s
Magics def Twinkles 17-16 (Most Consistent: Emmeline Wylie, Sophie Laing)
Rockettes def Hot Shots 5-2

By Lisa Nutley

No Junior Netball This Weekend

July 27, 2017 By editor

After a frosty start to the day, it was great to see everyone safe and back at junior netball after the three week break for the holidays. A big shout out to all the parents, friends and players who helped out with cleaning the birds’ mess, scoring, putting up and taking down the post pads and packing up the bibs and balls into the bags. Your help is
very much appreciated – thank you!

A reminder there will be no netball training today or tomorrow due to the Women’s Masters Hockey tournament held at the complex over the weekend. As a result, we have extended the season out by a week for all grades. Please ensure that you check our Facebook page for updates on dates and times.

Results Round 8
Division 1: Sapphires def Emeralds 38-22, most consistent: Paris Curr, Ally Bush
Diamonds def 12 Reps 37-25, most consistent: Lillie Fryer, Abigail Simpson
Division 2: Stars def Glitters 14-5, most consistent: Jorja Rusten, Aria Johnson
Super 8s: Magics def Rockettes 16-1, most consistent: Anna-rae, Leah van der Merwe
Twinkles def Hot Shots 39 – 2, most consistent: Annabelle van Wyk, Chloe Magill

By Lisa Nutley

NETBALL GRAND FINAL RESULTS

July 6, 2017 By editor

Congratulations to the teams that made it into the grand finial, a big thank you to all umpires on the night.
A grade: Panthers forfeit to Parkes Cellars (due to injury)

B grade: 14s Reps def 13s Reps 42-10 Parkes netball would like to wish everyone a safe holiday break and see you all back at netball on Saturday 22nd July. For keen netballers wanting to develop skills, group training sessions will be held each Friday afternoon from 4:30 – 5:30 down at the courts starting back on Friday 21st July.

Netball News

June 22, 2017 By editor

Semi-finals results:

A Grade: Parkes Cellars 43 def MCAs 29 Panthers 30 def Inline Panel and Paint

B Grade: Victorious Secret forfeit to U14s Reps. U13s Reps 36 def Parkes Toyota 22

Junior Netball Results Round 6

Division 1
Saphires 39 def Diamonds 13
Emeralds 42 def U12s Reps 19 (Most

Consistent (MC): Katie Webb and Maely MacGregor)
Division 2
U11s Reps 17 Def Gitters 9 (MC: Heidi Pearce and Maggie Anderson)

Super 8s
Rockettes 8 def Hot Shots 2 (MC: Lucy MacGregor and Llewellyn Pepper) Twinkles 15 def Magics 10 (MC: Grace Dunford and Ava Curr)

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