New court unveiling

A bit of history to start with - Sunday the 4th of December 1983 the Western Border Football League carried a motion that saw the Western Border Netball Association begin, in the early daysWestGambierNetballgameswereplayedat TenisonCollegeandthen35yearsago onthe9th of April 1988 the original netball courts at West Gambier were laid and then in 1989 lights were erected and have served the West Gambier NetballClubplayerswell.

Over the years thanks to the planning and continued hard work from many Committee Members, Sponsors, Members, Fundraising Efforts, the generosity of the Football Club and the James Family it has finally seen the new dual line courts for the girls come to fruition to kick off the 2023 Western Border Season and for Tennis Club for the 23/24 Tennis season. The trees were removed the week before Christmas with the Courtworksstartingonthe23rdofJanuary

Thank you to Michael Jolly and the team at GEM GambierEarthMoverswhohadtoworkonatight time frame of the tennis season finishing, the Christmas break and Netball starting, Bill Leggett Fencing of which will be completed next week to fully enclose the Whit f the

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VUnder13A

First game of the season was a tough one against a very good Millicent side We had good passages of play and definitely haveso manypositivesto takeout of the game. Have things to work on and can’t wait to see what next weekbrings.

Under13B

Our first game for the season and we had a good hit out against Millicent. It was good to see what we have been working on at training put into practice. Our defence worked extremely hard and kept us in the game throughout There were many good passages of transition from defence into our attack and finishedoffwithourgoalies. We still need to improve our passing and put the ball into the space. lets keep working hard at training and continue our improvement

BGrade

Eventhoughwewereabrand-new team and had a few people missing, we played well and stuck withthestrongMillicentsideright till the end Some really impressive passages of play! Can't waittoseewhatthisweekbrings.

Under15 removal of the trees and to Hudson Roof & Plumbing for updating our spectator stands and for all ensuring that our girls would have courts readytogotoplayoncomeRoundOne22ndApril 2023, I think we can all agree that the court area looks fantastic. A big thank you must also go the Mount Gambier High School for allowing us the use of their outdoor courts so we could complete our trials and training sessions until the new courtswerereadytogo.

WehavealsobeenworkingwiththeCroquetClub who have been part of our successful grant application with the Mount Gambier City Council for the fencing component of the Court Upgrade which will allow our Game Day Officials and Players the use of their toilet facilities on game days.

There are still parts of the original project plan to be completed with a new shelter shed on Court 3 and the pre works have been put in by Stuckey Electrical for eventually all 3 courts to be under lights and I have no doubt that this will happen in the not to decent future. But for now, we are super excited to be starting the 2023 Season on a brand-new playing surface and who better to hit the with than Sandf d who

12-73 Bad luck girls it was always going to be a tough ask against a well polished side, we had some goodpassagesofplaybutcouldn’t seem too settle. Keep your heads up and go out there and play our game.AwardsJolieBakersdelight, Sharni Zambrero and Lily Ok pie shop.

Under17

First game for the season ladies and I’m extremely excited to see whattherestoftheseasonbrings.

Firstly thank you to Millie, Tahni andEllieforfillingin.

Fantastic first quarter, then as a team we dropped off intensity which created errors. With 3 players out for the first round I look forward to training and deep diving into your skill level and fitness.

Let’s re group as a team and keep up the intensity for 4 quarters againstthecatsthisweek

CGrade

Great start to the season from the whole team, all the girls played an excellentgame.

Brooklyn Jean was an outstanding player,turningballoverindefence with the help of Daniela Waters, ShannonJames&ZoeShepherd.

Through the mid court the duo is back together Tamara Janeway and Zena Creek, finding both goalies Millie Button and Megan Wilsoninthecirclewithease. An amazing game, and should haveyourheadsheldhigh.

Bestplayers:

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