In the following article LYVNA highlights areas that you should be factoring in when choosing which association best suits you/or your daughters netball aspirations.
Please come and Support our GRAND FINALISTS on Saturday 12/09/15
12:00 Court 03 U15 S2 Churinga Saints 7 Vs Croydon Hills 9
12:00 Court 08 U15 S4 Mt Evelyn 8 Vs Churinga Saints 8
15:00 Court 03 Open S1 Churinga Saints 1 Vs Croydon North 1
Sarah Black, a Churinga Saint, has written an article for the Footy Almanac. The article is about what it's like to be a netball umpire in a local comp!
Please come along on Saturday to support our players and coaches at the following times:Open Team 1 Section 1 3.40PM, U17 Team 4 Section 1 2.37PM, U17 Team 6 Section 5 1.34pm, U15 Team 7 Section 2 12.42pm, U15 Team 8 Section 4 12.42pm, U13 Team 10 Section 2 11.50am, U11 Team 15 Section 5 9.14am.
What a great day we had on Saturday with seven wins, what a fantastic result and well done to all teams for a fantastic season. Congratulations to the teams who have made it to the Semi-final, with seven teams playing in the first round of the finals this is the best season so far on record. This is an amazing result as a club!!
Wow what a season it has been! We have one game of the season left this Saturday and we are looking great as a club as this will be the first time we will possibly have eight teams or more in the finals this year, this is a fantastic effort by all teams. Currently the teams sit as below:
On Saturday all players were talked to regarding their behaviour on the Court towards the umpires. Please find below our Players Code of Conduct. As a club we would like you to have fun, and be in a safe and positive environment and is free from harassment and intimidation. Please make sure you are respecting all players and umpire decisions.
Round 11 has definitely come around quickly, with only seven rounds to go to the finals it seems they are not that far away. With eight winners on Saturday we are definitely making good ground for some teams to be in the finals. Seven teams are in the top four positions and three other teams in fifth or sixth positions we are definitely a competitive club this season
This weeks training session for our U13, Section 2 girls took on different form to the usual drills that we would normally see.
The girls with their Coach Jane, had Personal Training at the gym in the form of a Boxing class with instructor Nick.
As you can see from the photo, looks like the girls enjoyed the class.
Queens Birthday weekend 2015.
Saturday 6th June, 2015 falls on the Queens Birthday long weekend. There are NO Netball games scheduled for this weekend.
Whether you are taking the opportunity to go away or staying home, we hope you enjoy the break.
Next Wednesday 20 May a Melbourne Vixen Player Emily Mannix (GK, GD)will be attending/running our training at Pinks Regional Netball Facility at 6.30pm – 7.30pm. We would like as many players and coaches to attend this training session. We also have 40 tickets to the Vixens vs West Coast Fever game on Sunday 17 May game commencing at 12:18pm at Margaret Court Arena.
I would like to thank all our volunteers for attending our first ever thank you lunch and especially our hosts Peter and Nicki Sheehan for sharing their home and preparing the lunch it was a great day! Thanks again to all our volunteers.
Please find below a link to the Official Rules of Netball
Authorised by: All Australia Netball Association (Ltd)
Incorporating the Playing Rules of the International
Federation of Netball Associations
I hope you are enjoying the new netball complex as it has certainly been a great start to the season on the new courts. As it has been in planning for a long time, see article in the Leader newspaper via the link below. One more grading match to play Round 4, the fixtures are available now.
LYVNA have officially received notification that the Pinks Reserve Netball Facility will be ready for our upcoming 2015 Winter Season. After more than 25 years of planning, numerous designs, feasibility studies, funding promises and set-backs, LYVNA can finally move from our run-down Mooroolbark complex to a new netball facility in Kilsyth. Time for celebrations.
Official handover of the keys for the Pinks Reserve netball pavilion occurred this Tuesday 3/2/15. Unfortunately the courts won't be ready for another 3 weeks but it's a start and will allow us to prepare for the upcoming season.
Thank you to all players who registered and graded today. It was a great turnout and to see the club as a whole from U9s to U15s and some U17s and Opens we have certaininly gown as a club.
Grading Day Saturday 31 January
Mooroolbark Netball Complex
7 - 13 Wyuna Walk
Mooroolbark
All age groups are required to attend the following timeslots
• U15 Grading : 8.30am – 10.30am
• U13 Grading : 8.30am – 10.30am
• U11 Grading : 8.30am – 10.30am
• U9 Clinic: 9.30 am – 10.30 am
• U17s will be notified if required
Dear Churinga Saints members
Thank you to all players, umpires, coaches and Team Managers for again another great Spring Season. Please find results below. With four wins and a draw again the season finished off with some great results.
What a beautiful day on Saturday to start to the season. The first of three grading games have begun and with only two winners it seemed to be a tough round. Best of luck for the next two round ahead.
Registrations for 2015 Representative Teams are now open.
Registrations can be made online by the LYVNA website:http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-191-0-0-0&sID=70282&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=31438915
Congratulations to Open Section 1 and U13 Section 1 teams for fantastic Grand Final wins and to our U17 Section 1 team who never gave up, well done to all teams.
‘Congratulations’ and ‘Good Luck’ to our three Grand Final teams U13 Section 1, U17 Section 1 and Open Section 1, please come and support our players and teams on Saturday at the following times:
I hope everyone enjoyed the week off and rested well. With six wins this weekend, this was a great effort again by all teams. Training is available again this week. I wish teams good luck for the next round.
Another good Round this week with six wins and a draw and some very close margins. Congratulations to all teams for a great effort. Thanks again to everyone who helped out on the canteen on Saturday and a special thanks to Micheal McDonald who offerd to do my shift!!
Thanks again everyone.
With seven wins on Saturday it was diffinately a better round, well done to all teams. Good luck for this Saturday and don't forget Canteen duty this Saturday if your rostered on.
From 1 April, under the Tobacco Act 1987 smoking is prohibited within 10 metres of outdoor public children’s playground equipment, skate parks and sporting venues during organised underage sporting events, as well as in the outdoor areas of public swimming pools.
I hope you all have had a great Easter Break and looking forward to playing some netball next week. The gym is available this week for training and hopefully the fixtures will be up soon, just keep checking our website and facebook for updates.
I hope you have enjoyed your start to the Winter Season with the four grading games finalised. The fixtures will be uploaded in the comming weeks. I wish you a safe and Happy Easter and will see you in Round 5 Saturday 3 May.
Winter Season starts the 15th March 2014.
There will be a grading day on Saturday 1st Feb. (Please mark in your diary!)
U9's is fun net & U11 - U15 players must attend as it is compulsory for this age level. Time & Venue to be confirmed. Uniforms will be available for purchase.
An email will be sent to all families with more details prior to the end of the spring season.
With the first two rounds underway on and the weather fantastic it was a great day to play netball. With only four grading matches and with the new grading system we had 10 winners out of 11 teams. Congratulations to all teams for a great start to the season. Don’t forget to check the fixture every week as your time slot may have changed.
Congratulations to Celine Dodd that will be playing in the State Titles for 15U. The 2013 V/Line State Titles are fast approaching with netballers from all parts of Victoria converging on the State Netball and Hockey Centre on the 5th & 6th of October.
Congratualtions to U17s Section 1 for winning the GRAND FINAL last Saturday. A fantastic effort to all players, well done to all invloved.
Congratulations to our U15 Section 4 team for coming RUNNERS UP, and playing a great game in the grand final as well, this is a fantastic effort and well done to all invloved.