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Welcome to Jan Crabtree & Emily Loftus
The South has welcomed 2 new paid members of staff to the team.
Emily Loftus has joined the region as the Netball Development Officer for Hampshire and Isle Of Wight. She will be working full time within the 2 counties to further develop netball at all levels. Emily has over the last few months been working in a voluntary capacity with Winchester City Council as Sports Development Officer so she has picked up some useful skills that she can utilise in her paid position to benefit netball.
Jan Crabtree has also started her new full time role as Regional Talent Coach. This role has been funded through the Sport England Club and Coach Fund. Jan's role will focus on the working within the structures we have for talented players and coaches - she will support and enhance the current programmes that the South is running. Jan, as many of you will know, is a very experienced high preformance coach who has worked with Team Bath Superleague franchise as well as with England teams at all age groups.
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Regional Goalden Globe Awards
The winners of the Goalden Globe Awards were announced at the 2008 South AGM. The winners are as follows:
The Muriel McNally Award - Sue Baldwin
The Rose Award - G4S Netball Centre, based at East Grinstead Sports Club
The Young Persons Award - Kate Blackshaw
Teacher of the Year - Cheryl Harding (Beaconsfield High School)
Congratulations to all the nominees and the best of luck to all our winners who will go forward to the National round of the competition - the National Goalden Globes presentation night is 13th September 2008. Goalden Globes Page
Phyllis Avery, Honoured
Phyllis Avery, President of England Netball, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List to recognise her services to Netball. Phyllis has held the post of President of England Netball for 4 years, and has worked tirelessly in a voluntary capacity, always representing England Netball and its traditions in style. Phyllis has also made a very significant contribution to Netball in her home Region – the South, and remains actively involved with the South Regional Management Board. Phyllis has also made her mark on other sports – holding the post of Chairman of the Southern Council for Sport and Recreation for a significant period, and working closely with the (then) Sports Council for England. Congratulations Phyllis from all at England Netball! for an award that is richly deserved!
Article originally from www.englandnetball.co.uk
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New Chair for Netball South
At the South AGM held in Basingstoke on 10 June 2008 elections were held for the first time in many years.
A new Chair, Chris Hopkins, was elected, as were eight board members - Alison Armstrong, Kathleen Butcher, Phyllis Avery, Margaret Whittaker, Peter Carter, Sue Baldwin, Natalie Carmichael and Jenny Poore. Monica Vaughan remains in post as Head of Finance.
The outgoing Chair, Sue Blackshaw, delivered the Annual Report which was followed by the report of the Regional Manager, Helen Wynn, (here) and the Finance Reports by Joan Horton.
The South Goalden Globe Winners were announced by Phyllis Avery. The Muriel McNally Award was presented to Sue Baldwin, the Rose Award to G4S Netball Centre, based at East Grinstead Sports Club and the Young Persons Award to Kate Blackshaw. Teacher of the Year was Cheryl Harding (Beaconsfield High School). Congratulations to all the nominees and the best of luck to all our winners who will go forward to the National round of the competition - the National Goalden Globes presentation night is 13th September 2008. Goalden Globes Page
South Region Life Membership awards were announced to long serving members who had given exemplary service to the region and presentations were made to those in attendance.
Presentation of medals were also made to the winners and runners-up of the Regional Open league and U19 league. Regional Open League Results & Regional U19 League Results
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New Rules Workshop - Important Booking Information
Please note that places for the new rules workshop must be pre-booked by Thursday 19th June, 12 Noon. After that time we will be unable to take any further bookings due to security reasons. All those who have booked on will receive confirmation and further details of the venue. If you have booked your place but don't receive this information please contact the Regional Unit. To book your place please see the South Region website or contact the Regional unit on south@englandnetball.co.uk or 01628 477090.
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Congratulations Anna and Welcome Simon
The South would like to congratulate Anna Maundrell on her recent appointment as the Acting Regional Manager for London and South East. Anna has taken this opportunity as a secondment - well done Anna, we hope you enjoy it!
As a result the South has welcomed Simon Hilling as the temporary administrator. Simon will take on much of the admin from the Regional Unit, whist Helen (Regional Manager) will pick up the work around CAPS & school club links that Anna was involved with. Simon will be based at Bisham Abbey and can be contacted on 01628 477090 or south@englandnetball.co.uk. I'm sure you would like to join us in welcoming Simon to the region.
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Sussex Club sails into Premier League
Sussex Club were delighted to win Division 1 of the South Region League a the end of the 2007/08 season although, as in past years, the final placings went right to the last couple of fixtures with Clan and Trinity close behind.
Sussex Club had therefore won a place in the play-offs for entry to the EN Premier League and travelled to Loughborough on 10 May with much trepidation. The weather was very hot that weekend and the indoor venue was stifling. First game on the Saturday against Chester was very close but Sussex Club came out eventual winners by 2 goals. Two hours later they played Aquilatel who were a Premier League team playing to retain their place in Division 2.
Sheila Martin said that ` Sussex Club started off nervously but played consistently well to win by 8 goals. Saturday night was spent dissecting the games and planning for the match against Comets the next day. Sussex Club took the court with determination and won the game easily by 30 goals. Considering that we are a relatively new club and travelled to Loughborough with only 9 squad members, a scorer and five supporters - everyone was delighted with the result and we are looking forward to playing next season in Premier League Division 2.'
The Club team will be known as Sussex Thunder for the new season.
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Shock Absorber - sports bra
Great news - Shock Absorber has partnered with England Netball to become the official sports bra supplier to the England Senior, under 21 and under 19 teams ... and to celebrate its offering money off all its sports bras to you, the England Netball member.
Shock Absorber is the UK's No1 sports bra voted by Readers of Runners World Magazine. The bras are designed by women for women and are available in four levels of support to suit any level of sporting activity. As part of the exclusive partnership, Shock Absorber will provide the national teams with sports bras to compete and train in.
To celebrate our partnership with England Netball we're offering £5 off Shock Absorber sports bras online from Boobydoo.com. Simply visit www.boobydoo.com/shockabsorber and use this code at checkout: 5555-4444-4321. Offer applies to every Shock Absorber sports bra, so if you order two you save £10! Offer expires at midnight on Friday 16th May 2008 - So act now!
Your £5 OFF Voucher Code is 5555-4444-4321
Julia Nolan, Shock Absorber spokesperson said: "We are delighted to be supporting the England international netball squads. 9.5 million women who participate in exercise in the UK are not wearing a sports bra. These women are at great risk of damaging the ligaments in their breast tissue, which can lead to permanent sagging later in life. By wearing our sports bras you will be significantly reducing bounce, which means maximum comfort throughout your game".
The team at Shock Absorber are so passionate about educating women of the need to wear the correct bra when exercising, that they commissioned research by the Shock Absorber Sports Institute (SASI) at Portsmouth University. It revealed that during high intensity exercise a woman's breasts moved by up to 14cm, and that by wearing a Shock Absorber sports bra this movement was reduced by up to 74%.
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Betty Allen
Netballers in Netball South were saddened to hear that Betty Allen passed away peacefully on 23rd April 2008.
Betty was a great inspiration to both Berkshire and South Region umpires. A wonderful lady who used her quiet, unassuming and gentle manner to encourage umpires of all abilities to improve, and mostly importantly, enjoy their umpiring.
Betty was a player and umpire, reaching Panel (A) Award level and was an umpire tutor and tester for many years. She used her skills to mentor and motivate umpires and under her guidance the numbers of qualified umpires in Berkshire and South Region rose considerably. During her period as Umpiring Secretary, three international umpires emerged from the Region and represented England over many years. Betty gave umpires belief in themselves and many of the umpires she worked with continue to follow her example and do the same in the region now.
Betty was the South Region Umpiring Secretary from 1977 to 1991. It was a measure of her abilities that she had developed the role such that it took 4 people to take over her workload when she retired! She also held the role of Secretary to the AENA Umpiring Committee for many years and received the AENA Long Service Award for her contribution to netball. Betty was a modest, highly respected lady.
Many of us would not be where we are now without her - an admirable legacy.
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Sussex Development Officer
Katy Ritchie commenced on 14 April, as the new full time Netball Development Officer for Sussex and Netball South would like to welcome her to the team.
Katy graduated from the University of Brighton in 2006 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and over the last two years has worked as Vice President Eastbourne for the University of Brighton Students’ Union. Within this role, she has worked closely with Sport Brighton to develop student sport at the university meaning she brings with her some excellent skills that can now be used to develop netball across Sussex. Katy can be contacted through the Sussex County Sports Partnership or her e-mail address k.ritchie@brighton.ac.uk
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