Mother Nature certainly gave us a chilly morning this week with girls having to resort to dancing on the court to keep warm. It was very entertaining to watch such original dance moves from some of our division 2 girls. This week also saw for the first time this competition a couple of forfeits with numbers being low in both divisions. With this in mind, could players please let coaches know if you will be away as this will make it easier to organise teams each Saturday.

We would like to thank all of our beautiful girls who sub up every week to help out other divisions run smoothly. Not only do you give up your time you show great sportsmanship towards the teams your involved with.

This weekend will be the last round before our 3-week break for school holidays. Netball will be back on Saturday 27th July. To all families who are travelling, stay safe on our roads and have a great holiday.

Good luck to the Parkes Representative girls heading off to Sydney next weekend for the NSW Junior State Titles.

Results – Round 9

• Division 1: Wildcats forfeited Panthers, Tigers 17 def Pumas 13
• Go Division: Panthers forfeited Pumas, Pumas 20 def Wildcats 7

Saturday 29th June – Round 10

• Division 1: 9:30am: Court 1: Panthers v Tigers, Court 3: Wildcats v Pumas
• Go Division: 10:30am: Court 1: Pumas v Panthers, Court 3: Wildcats v Tigers
• Set Division: 09:30am: Court 4
• Net Division: 09:30am: Court 8

By Lisa Nutley

Parkes Junior Netball will be promoting the importance of positivity this week as part of the annual Shoosh for Kids campaign to encourage teams, officials and family members to show each other respect and encouragement on and off the court.

There’s nothing worse than the negative behaviour of someone watching and ruining it for everyone. Get involved in the state-wide campaign to keep comments positive at junior sport – remember, sport should be fun! #shooshforkids.

Mother Nature dished up a glorious day for netball last Saturday. With more close scores in division 2, it’s shaping up to be a tight race come finals time.

This week will be the launch of encouragement awards for the net and set divisions giving the lucky winners a canteen voucher to spend.

Results: Round 5 Division 1
• Pumas 49 def Panthers 17 (MVP: Edi Seaman and Marley Takian)
• Tigers 28 def Wildcats 18 (MVP: Mhairi Wyllie and Matayah Guy)

Go Division
• Pumas 9 def Tigers 6 (MVP:Savannah
Latu and Grace Dunford) • Panthers 14 def Wildcats 13 (MVP: Jessica Morgan and Mhairi Wyllie)

What a great round of netball with a lot of close matches played.

The newly added division 2 shirts look bright and colourful giving the girls a sense of team unity. Division 1 shirts are on the way. As it is getting colder, teams are reminded to warm up before matches to limit injuries.

Parkes Netball Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting at the Parkes Services club on Monday, 20th May at 7pm. Results – Round 3

Division 1

• Pumas 22 drew Tigers 22 (MVP: Katie Dunford and Lucy MacGregor)

• Panthers 24 defeat Wildcats 23

Go Division

• Panthers 7 defeat Tigers 6 (MVP: Jessica Morgan and Lara Brown)

• Pumas 10 defeat Wildcats 9 (MVP: Charlotte Moon and Emmeline Wyllie) Round 4, Saturday, 11th May

Division 1 – 9:30am

• Court 1: Panthers v Tigers (Umpires: Mel Evans and Jack McGrath)

• Court 3: Wildcats v Pumas (Umpires: Katie Mac and Teagan Smede)

Go Division – 10:30am

• Court 1:Pumas v Panthers (Umpires: Paris Neville and Julia Dunn)

• Court 3: Wildcats v Tigers (Umpires: Mel Evans and Ally Bush)

Set Division – 09:30am Court 4

Net Division – 09:30am Court 8

 

It was great to see so many new and familiar faces at the gala day on Monday. We would like to welcome and congratulate Niki Guy and Maree Harbidge as the new Saturday morning junior coordinators.

They will be at the courts each week running the junior competitions.

The committee have taken care to ensure teams are even in strength and playing positions.

Please note that teams are subject to change. Players should arrive 15-20 minutes before the start of their games to
meet their teams, coaches and warm up. Uniforms are black skirts/shorts and white shirts. See you all Saturday. For any enquires contact Niki Guy 0405 160 830.
ROUND 1
• Division 1 9:30am: Court 1 Tigers v Panthers; Court 3 Pumas v Wildcats.
• Go Division 10:30am: Court 1 Tigers v Wildcats; Court 3 Panthers v Pumas.
• Set Division 9:30am: Court 4.
• Net Division 10am: Court 8.

The netball winter competition is starting on Tuesday, 5th March. Get a team together or just register online through MyNetball and you will be allocated into a team. The competition will run for 14 weeks with finals to follow. The cost for adults has been discounted to $155. Parkes and District Netball Association is registered with Active Kids which means juniors can play for free, otherwise the cost is $100. All registrations will be done online through MyNetball and payments via direct deposit to Parkes Netball. Registration closes on Friday, 22nd February. Sign up at www.mynetball.com.auto.

The last home game for the Panthers this season ended with a fantastic win over Cowra.

Korine Coleman kicked two behinds early in the game. Felicity Ralph scored her first goal of the season, followed by captain Emma ‘Baz’ Barry scoring two goals for the quarter. Ally Hetherington and Lauren Andrews kicked another four behinds. Cowra stayed scoreless.

A freezing and blowy second quarter saw Cowra score one goal and three behinds. Ally Hetherington scored a behind.

At half-time Parkes were up by 14 points. Emma Barry used her lanky legs to boot a goal. Lauren Andrews weaved her magic to score a goal. Korine Coleman scored two goals. Cowra scored a behind.

Final quarter and the Panthers were up by 39 points. Cowra scored two behinds.

With outstanding efforts Alex Briton and Kimberley Dixon found Emma Barry, Lauren Andrews and Ally Hetherington, as they all scored goals and four behinds were kicked. An excited Coach Ralph said it was a “fantastic win for the last home game”. Parkes 10.11-71 defeated Cowra 1.6-10

By Korine Coleman