Congratulations to our Joeys players who have been selected in the Sutherland and St George State Age teams and squads
12 years – Ally Novtony (SSNA)
14 years – Lauren Hickey and Charlotte Smith (SSNA), Charlotte Bulmer (St George)
SSNA Squads
12 years – Olivia Morgan, Sophie Bulmer and Emma Davidson
14 years – Selena Rowen and Yasmin Kell
Well done girls.
The State Age Championships was such an amazing experience for all of us! We had 3 great days of play. We smiled, played hard, supported and cheered each other on, umpired and had fun!
Thank you to our parents, coaches, managers and supporters over the last few months. We appreciate all your time, efforts and support and we can’t wait for the carnival next year.
Charlotte B, Charlotte B, Tessa, and Charlotte S
Thanks also goes to the umpires from the Club attending the State Age Championships last weekend! They are Indiana Leigh, Sophie Hunt and Roisin Bryce-Stark. We also hope to see Lily and Laura back next year.
What a wonderful experience this was for the girls!
Joeys Netball Club
Joeys Netball have 4 girls playing in the NSW State Age Championships.
These teams are all in the Championship Division being played at Campbelltown District Netball Association from Saturday 2 July to the Monday 4 July.
These girls will be playing 20 games over the 3 days: 13 minutes a half and 26 minutes for each game!!!!
If members wish to follow their result these can be found on the Netball NSW website link above.
What is State Age?
The Netball NSW State Age Championships, one of the largest female sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere, was originally known as the ‘Junior District Carnival’, a day-long carnival which was first held on Sunday 14 July, 1968 at Moore Park (now recognised as City of Sydney Netball Association).
Forty-four teams representing 10 Associations contested in five age-groups during the inaugural tournament; 14 Years, 13 Years, 12 Years, 11 Years and 10 Years. Manly-Warringah and Sutherland Shire dominated the winners’ list for the first championships, with Manly taking out three (13 Years, 11 Years, 10 Years) and Sutherland taking home two titles (14 Years, 12 Years).
In 1969, the Netball NSW State Age Championships came into being for the 15U, 14U, 13U, 12U and 11U year age groups and as the years rolled on, the number of entries grew to such an extent that it became necessary to contest over a two day period to enable each Association to play one another. As team numbers continued to increase, the Championships expanded to include a third day.
In 1983, the decision was made to introduce a second division in each age group, and two years later the competition was re-structured, settling on ages groups for 15U, 14U, 13U and 12U. Since this time, the competition has continued to grow, to include four divisions of competition in each of the age groups.
The competition is so large now, that no single Association has the court, venue space and facilities to host all four divisions and age groups by itself! Therefore, multiple Associations are used simultaneously to host the event, which is an incredible effort from our fantastic volunteer-powered Associations.
Our U13 SSNA Rep team were out at the Liverpool Representative Carnival last Sunday.
It was a huge day, with the girls playing 9 games over the course of the day. Attached are a couple of photos of Laura and Charlotte, and one of the team.
The girls next rep carnival is at Baulkham Hills on June 5, all good practice leading into the State Age Championships at Campbelltown on 2, 3 and 4 July.
Carnival Blog (from 2nd April)
Charlotte and I are fortunate to share our very first representative netball carnival. Penrith Netball association is the second carnival for representative teams for the netball season. Our representative team is Bankstown City Netball association’s 13’s. Our story of how we came to be selected to play for another association is a good one. We are both Joey’s girls who wanted a chance to play representative netball and experience the NSW State Age championships. If your dream is to do something similar, then I would recommend considering trialling for another netball association’s representative team.
The more that you experience representative netball trials, the more you learn about how to perform under pressure and get a better idea about what the selectors are looking for.In any trial it’s you really need to showcase your strengths and skills. it’s important to take a chance and always have a go! Be brave and chase your netball dreams!
Our first carnival was an experience that didn’t disappoint! We were awake by 5am and out the door by 5.30. It’s was a very long day, but one I will always remember!
Our team wasn’t able to train altogether before our first carnival due to the lateness of the final selection. Believe me when I say that it was not always great netball to watch, but each game played, showed our coach what we could do in a real game situation.
Carnivals are used by associations to give the team some valuable game experience playing against other representative teams from across Nsw and Canberra. Our team used the carnival to begin forming some good combinations and begin to bond as team mates. It is competitive netball but during breaks in, we laugh, we sing, we eat and get to know each other a little more. We finished up by 4.00pm. We drew 1 game and won 6! We won our draw on the day, which was a surprise given it was our first time playing together. Our coach make us celebrate the end of a carnival by having an ice bath! Each girl brings a bag of ice to the carnival and each bag then goes into a large plastic bin that we immerse our selves in inside a large plastic garbage bag for 2 minutes. ( it’s such a weird feeling….very cold then eventually it feels like your burning in an oven). We do this to reduce swelling or try to aid recovery for our muscles and joint after a long day of play. So one carnival down four more to go before we go to the NSW State age championships in July this year! I’m learning so much already through the extra training we receive and bring all my toolkit of new and improved skills and tactics to my Joey’s Team!
I do want to thank my Joey’s family for being so encouraging of me during my representative netball journey – I received such lovely emails and messages of support along the way! My representative journey is something that I will continue to share with my Joey’s teammates, friends and family. To my team mate Charlotte, I can’t imagine a better person to share this journey with. It is a privilege to play alongside you at Joey’s and in our Bankstown 13’s rep team!
Tess
Congratulations to our joeys rep Charlotte Smith (from U13 A’s) who is on the SSNA U13 Representative Team and has been named captain for the State Age Competition.
This is fantastic news as Charlotte will serve as captain for the remainder of the rep season!
Congratulations
Joeys Netball Club is happy to announce that this season we will have 5 State Age Representative Team Players and 6 in Training Squads for the season of 2016.
Congratulations to the following for their selection to Under 11’s SSNA Development Squad:
Congratulations to the following for their selection to Under 12’s SSNA State Age Representative Team:
Congratulations to the following for their selection to Under 12’s SSNA Development Squad:
Congratulations to the following for their selection to Under 13’s SSNA State Age Representative Team:
Congratulations to the following for their selection for the Bankstown Under 13’s State Age Representative Team:
Well done Girls !
Wishing you all the best for the Netball Season.
Congratulations to Ashlee Tozer on her recent promotion into the 15’s Sutherland State Age Representative Team. We wish you all the best and hope its a great experience.