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JAGS CHANGE OF VENUE 19th - 20th AUGUST

we are compelled to change our venue for the above camp. We are very happy to have secured the use of Alleyn’s School, Townley Rd, Dulwich, LONDON, SE22 8SU as an excellent alternative and only 0.4 miles and 2 minutes from JAGS.

Alleyn’s - An organiser will be waiting by the main school entrance to register and escort children to and from the Netball Courts. Please drop off for 9.30 and pick up at 4.15 promptly.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and look forward to seeing you at the camp.

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It’s that time again - the rules of netball – your chance to influence them

The last Official Netball Rules review was held in 2007, and instead of waiting for the normal eight years IFNA agreed that the next rules review will be in 2011, at an International Netball Federation Congress.  In order to change the rules, all member countries must submit any proposed changes by 30th September 2010, which will then all be voted on by the member countries. 

From the proposals submitted, the IFNA Rules Advisory Panel will determine if there are any rules, identified in the review, which would benefit from a trial period, and will then determine all the processes of how that trial can be conducted.  Once the trial has been completed successfully, the IFNA Rules Advisory Panel will then draw up draft recommendations for consideration by congress.

So if you have a ruling which you feel should be changed to benefit the game, then England Netball would like to hear from you.  Any suggestions must be received at Head Office by 16th August 2010 so that they can be considered by the England Netball Rules Board before our submission to the IFNA Committee.  Please look at the rules and suggest any changes - however, please remember that you need to provide a reason for your suggestion, alongside the wording for your new proposal.

Please download and complete the review form below with your new rules suggestions, and return it to EN Head Office as soon as possible.  Please mark it with ‘Rules Review’ as the title.  The forms can either be e-mailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or faxed to 01462 442343 or posted FAO Sheelagh Redpath at Head Office.

http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/news/Current_News.php?articleId=1055

Mission accomplished by England’s netballers

The tour was designed to reproduce some of the challenges the squad will face at the Commonwealth Games, which takes place in October.
 
The 16-strong squad played and won all seven of their games, but as importantly, all of the players got court time and were able to focus on specific objectives set by the coaches.
 
The tour included games against Sydney Swifts and Adelaide Thunderbirds - two teams in the Trans-Tasman ANZ Championships, the Southern Hemisphere’s top netball club competition - as well as fixtures against less strong opposition.
 
“We were aiming to achieve consistent delivery of performances against teams of different levels. The coaches were pretty satisfied with what we achieved, although they will always be looking for more,” said Liz Bloor, team manager and England Netball’s head of performance.
 
“It was a demanding tour in terms of the number of games played, which will be good preparation for Delhi,” she added. “The objective was to give all the players plenty of court time against the Australian style of play, which we achieved.
 
“Some of the games were over six quarters and there was a lot of rotation of players, so we didn’t publish the scores, but we did win all of the games we played,” she added.
 
Commonwealth Games England will announce the netball squad for Delhi in August.
 
The squad will travel to Jamaica at the end of August for a two-test match tour ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
 
“A lot of people staked their claims for places on the Commonwealth Games team throughout the tour. There were a lot of strong performances in Australia and the selectors’ jobs will be a tough one, but that’s a nice position to be in,” added Bloor.
 
England took bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, beating Jamaica 53-52 in the third place play-off.
 
The 2010 Commonwealth Games take place in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. They will feature 17 sports - archery, aquatics (swimming, synchronised swimming & diving), athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. With the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Commonwealth Games England is entering a breath-taking four years of sport.

Commonwealth Games England (GCE) is the organisation responsible for selecting and organising England’s team at the Commonwealth Games.  England finished second to Australia on the medal table at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games with 36 golds, 40 silvers and 34 bronzes.

Sport England is responsible for building the foundations of sporting success, by creating a world-leading community sport system of clubs, coaches, facilities and volunteers. Their focus is growing and sustaining the numbers of people taking part in sport and improving talent development to help more people excel.
 
For further information about Commonwealth Games England please contact the Commonwealth Games England press office at Matchtight Ltd on 07765 071683 or 07831 755351 or see the CGE’s website at http://www.weareengland.org

http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/news/Current_News.php?articleId=1054

England players get to grips with life down under

The next day the team were straight into training with a pool session. Pool sessions have been incorporated into their tour as players use all of their muscle groups as well as benefiting from the compression of the water.

Not all of the squad like pool sessions, which will feature everyday of the tour; so England Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Mcleod organised games to keep players in the water and moving. In typical sporting fashion the players soon became hyper competitive and time ran away with them as the desire to win took hold. England Team Manager Liz Bloor commented; “The locals think we are mad using the outdoor pool in the winter but with temperatures reaching around 20 degress in the sun shine it’s like summer for us”.

A yoga session with England Team Physio Emma Batchelor was next on the agenda. Yoga enables players to stretch out muscles and Vice-captain Pamela Cookey is a huge fan. Karen Atkinson, England Team Captain said; “Being one of the oldies I like all the variety of the sessions as I need to look after my body so I don’t pick up injuries.”

Last activity for the day was a court session which had no impact so an outdoor court was used. The added benefit was some sunshine which helps the player’s body-clocks adjust to the right time zone. The session had lots of balance and proprioception exercises, combined with ball handling skills using netballs, golf balls and tennis balls aimed at testing players’ reactions.

Eboni Beckford-Chambers commented on the tour so far; “It’s been a productive first few days getting my balance back and losing the ‘topsy-turvy’ feeling from the flight. I really felt the difference on the wobble boards from day 1 to day 3.”

Monday and Tuesday were dedicated to training sessions which got progressively tougher with lots of focus on balance and getting the squad tuned and ready to perform at full pace ahead of the game against the ANZ team the New South Wales Swifts. Stacey Francis commented; “It’s been good progressing things day by day, I usually like to go hard out all the time but don’t think that would have been such a good idea. I now can’t wait to play the match this afternoon.”

The first game of the tour will be played tonight against the Swifts and it will be played over 6 quarters. England player Sonia Mkoloma, who is currently playing for the Swifts in the ANZ, will play with her club side for the first half then play the second with England.

http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/news/Current_News.php?articleId=1044

Pamela Cookey named as Vice-Captain for England’s summer tour to Australia

Cookey will support Karen Atkinson who is England’s Captain and who previously shared the captaincy with Sonia Mkoloma. Mkoloma is currently playing for the team at the top of the ANZ Championship table, NSW Swifts and she will be meeting up to train with her England team mates in Sydney.

Cookey, captain of The Co-operative Netball Superleague 2010 Champions TeamBath is thrilled to have been given the position of Vice-Captain, she said, “Getting to represent your country is a huge honour but to be given the added opportunity to support our captain and help lead the team is amazing and I can’t wait to get out there.”

The England squad will be playing against ANZ Championship teams in a round of matches that have been scheduled to test, train and develop the team’s performance in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Results of the matches will not be published as each game will consist of six quarters rather than the standard four with the aim being that each player will receive maximum match play. The team fly out today (Friday 11th June) and their first game will be in Sydney against NSW Swifts on Wednesday June 16th. Throughout the two week training tour, the team will be put through their paces as they endure strength and conditioning sessions plus seven games of netball before returning home on Saturday June 26th.

http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/news/Current_News.php?articleId=1040