Netball Newsletter Issue 3

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Outdoor adventure. Skills for life.

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Our sister company Class Adventure specialise in the delivery of high quality, experiential, adventure education programmes for students from Year 3 through to Year 13 and above.

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We operate primarily in the UK and cover the length and breadth of the country.

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Our Ethos is Challenge, Participation and Environment Class Adventure’s programmes are student led. We enable all participants to develop their characters by taking on responsibility and working as part of a team. This is reinforced through reflective learning and creative reviewing.

Our ethos runs throughout our portfolio. We like to challenge all students taking part in our programmes by giving them responsibility, encouraging them to take ownership, and to learn new skills. Student benefits are numerous and the life skills we teach are transferable - they can be utilised back at school or in the home environment, as well as in the great outdoors.

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Why book your Netball Tournament with JCA? We organise everything

from the netball matches and recruiting the rival teams through to the outdoor activities and evening entertainment.

Great activities are provided when

the girls are not playing netball. These include abseiling, body zorbing, laser maze, tunnelling, archery, high and low ropes course, trapeze, leap of faith and zip wire!

The teachers/coaches can relax in the evenings whilst the pupils partake in supervised entertainment sessions.

These sessions include a silent disco, cinema room, camp fire, disco and a selection of indoor activities.

We provide the umpires

The England Netball Umpires have years of experience between them and umpire all the matches, this gives the teachers/

coaches a great opportunity to really focus on their teams.

JCA have 17 years of experience in organising school activity trips.

We work with expert Netball Event Managers, H C Tournaments.

Dave Hartwell and Jo Coker have 35 years experience between them and will ensure the netball tournament runs smoothly and your teams are in safe hands on the netball court.

JCA staff are fully trained

in all the outdoor activities and evening entertainment that your netball teams will be able to enjoy throughout the weekend.

We go the extra mile and ensure

that all teams and teachers/coaches are looked after during their stay.

Competition, JCA Netball, The Port House, Port Solent, Portsmouth, PO6 4TH T 02392 222 870 F 02392 222 871 E competitions@jca-adventure.co.uk W www.jcanetball.co.uk/competition

In 1895, women’s basketball (later to be named Netball) was invented.

2013 dates In JCA’s third season of netball we are putting on even more netball weekends due to popular demand and weekends hitting their full capacity quickly in 2012. To avoid disappointment you can make your bookings early for 2013!

With teams already rebooking and new teams securing their places, the netball weekends are already showing excellent signs of being even bigger and better then previous years.

Please see the dates below:

March 2013

(School Teams U12, U13, U14, U15 & U16)

Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd March 2013 Friday 8th – Sunday 10th March 2013 Friday 15th – Sunday 17th March 2013 Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2013

May 2013

(School Teams U12, U13, U14, U15 & U16)

Friday 10th – Sunday 12th May 2013 Friday 17th – Sunday 19th May 2013 Friday 24th – Sunday 26th May 2013

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Terms and conditions: ELIGIBILITY – open to all schools. More than one netball coaching contact per school is permitted. TO ENTER – either complete the form attached to this newsletter and send it to our mailing address, or email the answer to competitions@jca-adventure.co.uk, or enter online at www.jcanetball.co.uk/competition . TIMING – the prize draw closes on 31st October 2012. SELECTION OF WINNERS – the winner will be determined by a random selection on 2nd November 2012. PRIZE – all three prizes are not transferable and no cash alternative is available. All prizes will be sent within 30 days of the draw.

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How to book It’s simple

1 2 R ing Emily on: ✆ 02392 222316 Pick a date

 emily.forbes@jca-adventure.co.uk to check availability

3 Give Emily your approximate numbers and she will then provisionally book your spaces.

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Find us on facebook…

Check out the results from your netball tournament weekend, and the photographs of your team in action on our facebook page.

Visit our facebook page: www.facebook.com/JCANetballTournaments or search JCA Netball and ‘like’ our page.

Netball is England’s biggest female team sport.

September 2013

(School Teams U12, U13, U14, U15 & U16)

Friday 13th – Sunday 15th Sept 2013 Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd Sept 2013

October 2013

Friday 4th – Sunday 6th October 2013 (Junior Clubs Only) Friday 11th – Sunday 13th October 2013 (Sixth Form/College Teams Only)

Some of the Stars of 2012 so far

JCA Netball Top Training Tips If you are a netballer wanting to improve your netball skills, just follow the top 10 training tips below:

As we approach the end of our 2012 season, we would like to recognise the talent of 2012. All of our tournaments have been full of great netball competition and all teams have shown improvements over the course of the weekend. Below are just a few to acknowledge…

Wood Green Academy

Coloma Convent School

Star player goes to…

St Marthas Senior Schools Goal Defence showing great team spirit and outstanding defence against the opposition. Some brilliant interceptions and marking won back the ball for her team. Superb!

Herts & Essex High School A very competitive and exciting final was had by Herts & Essex High School. There was a head to head battle between the year 8 teams (Herts 1 & 2). With a win from Herts 1 who scored 5 goals to 1.

A smashing final result!

The year 10 team also proved unbeatable after winning 8-2 against Grove School.

Great marking and passing throughout each match!

Having not attended a weekend netball tournament before, Wood Green Academy grew from strength to strength over the course of their weekend. The coach set realistic goals for the individual teams, and they improved continuously increasing the goals they scored.

Great effort girls! We look forward to seeing you next year.

Fantastic team work and accurate shooting was witnessed throughout this tournament.

This was shown in the finals, with their Year 7 team keeping their composure and winning the final 4-1, and their Year 8 team coming runners up after a hard fight in the final’s. Well done!

Who is going to take the Coloma Convent teams on next year??

Cheltenham Ladies College

Cheltenham Ladies College had a great weekend of netball competition. With their year 7’s coming face to face in the finals, and their year 9 team staying focused and performing well as a team to beat Hartford High School to a 3-0 win. Some great play on the netball court.

following your feedback and suggestions.

grow in confidence on the netball court and witnessing the support from the teachers A key priority to all at Condover Hall is to and coaches from the sidelines. By having focus on improving and building on our England Netball Umpires run the netball netball weekends continuously. This is why matches, it enables the teachers/coaches to we have introduced new activities/ideas – focus on motivating, guiding and supporting which have proved to be a success and their teams. This helps to create an enjoyable very popular! experience for both the students and the The body zorbing and silent disco activities staff. I have also seen netball teams go from have been massively enjoyed by all the strength to strength on the court, as well as students (and staff!) These activities were see single players show great promise. I even launched in 2012, and have been a sure way had the opportunity to see a school netball of making the pupils smile off of the netball player be asked to play for her local club team court as well as on the court. The ‘Cheese whilst at a JCA Netball tournament. The look and Wine Night’ in the Adults only bar has JCA Netball Coordinator’s Update on the talented player’s face was priceless! too been a hit, it allows time for the teachers This just proved to me that playing in a I would like to welcome you to our third and coaches to relax and interact over a different environment and competing against JCA Netball Newsletter and say a massive chilled drink, bread and cheese (on the house, new competitors really can have it’s benefits. thank you to all of the teams who have courtesy of JCA)!

On a final note I would like to wish all the attended Condover Hall so far. The weekends During each of the Netball Tournaments at netball teams who are attending a netball have excelled in their second season with Condover Hall I have personally thoroughly competition between teams really taking off! enjoyed observing the matches and meeting tournament at Condover Hall in September/ October 2012 the best of luck, and I will see Not only have we seen great improvements the teachers/coaches. It has been nice to put you there! in the quality of play during the course of the names to faces, having spoken with many Tournaments, but we have also managed to  www.jcanetball.co.uk of you over the phone or via email. Some of continually improve our facilities, activities the highlights for me during the 2012 netball ✆ 02392 222316  emily.forbes@jca-adventure.co.uk and management of them each weekend season have been; watching netball teams

Emily Forbes

Did you know?

Over 20 million people from 70 different countries play netball.

Get kitted out Having the correct training shoes is important.

They need to be comfortable and have good grip on them.

Practise different moving styles Netball requires players to move in different ways, so practise sprinting, jogging, running backwards and side stepping.

Warm up well This is essential prior to playing as netball is a notorious sport for injuries, as lots of twists and abrupt stopping are involved.

Practise patterns of netball play Once you’ve started to get some of the basics mastered, start to consider patterns of play on the court. Your coach will be able to tell you which tactical patterns your team uses most and help you with this.

Practise passing the ball with a friend Passing is the most important skill in netball, so practise on the court, at home, or wherever you are.

Jo Coker

HC Tournaments Organiser My Introduction to netball When I was 7 years old, my mum used to play for the army, I used to have to go and watch so this got me hooked at a young age. Then in 1989 when our local community centre was built they put a very odd shape netball court in the main hall, we advertised that we were going to run netball training and we had over 40 ladies turn up to the first netball session we ran. There is only so much training you can do so we eventually entered 2 teams into our local league and so I helped my mum run the two teams.

Over the years this has dwindled down to one team but we are still going even though we have changed names several times with sponsorship changes etc.

Try playing different positions Not everyone finds their best role instantly. It’s important to try out several positions to see which one suits you best – and it’s not a bad idea to be versatile and able to switch positions if required.

Practise netball by yourself Use lots of targets on a wall (or draw them out using chalk) at different heights so that you can practise different passes. Remember to also vary Watch others play how close you stand to the wall.

Watching other people playing netball can Get fit allow you to pick up plenty of tips. Look at Netball is normally played at a fast pace, the movement and tactics employed by other so keep your fitness levels up. Start by people who play in the same position as you. jogging shorter distances then increase the Enjoy pace/distance over time. Just make sure it’s Playing netball should be fun. So be achievable. competitive, but enjoy yourself to.

Why did I decide to become an umpire As a player I was never going to make the big league so felt becoming an umpire was a chance to be involved in the top netball games.

What has been my greatest achievement over the years Some years ago I was asked by one of the biggest local clubs to join them and play, that was a big compliment at the time.

Umpiring and Coaching Junior teams I’ve been involved in umpiring junior teams for over 7 teams. As a player/ umpire I’ve played or been involved in adult tournaments all over the UK and enjoyed the tournament atmosphere.

I’ve had the opportunity to play teams from all over the country, therefore running the tournaments for juniors gives young teams the chance to play teams they wouldn’t normally play in their local area. Seeing those teams improve over the weekend with every game they play and even seeing those teams who haven’t played before get that one goal it can get quite emotional.

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Testimonials Do not take our word for it, look at some of the great feedback we have received from school and club netball teams from across the UK! All feedback is greatly received, as we intend to continuously improve and make our netball weekends the BEST! “ Fantastic! Students loved it. Great escapism for students and staff. First trip I, as a party leader have felt confident to be able to relax…and that was because of how well staffed, managed and organised JCA was and how perfect Condover Hall is for a residential.” Alderman Peel High School.

“Well organised. Centre was very helpful with arrangements and tournament was well organised with the activities.”

Beacon Netball Club.

“A great experience thank you!”

Bebington High School.

“A very enjoyable residential weekend. All staff “Fantastic weekend of netball and outdoor were excellent, they went above and beyond their activities, and students were entertained roles and responsibilities to cater for both students throughout!” Highfield School. and staff. Thank you.”

Alfreton Grange Arts College.

Believe it or not, the most goals scored in a netball match was 149-0. This meant the GS or GA scored a goal every 40 seconds of the match.