Tyne and Wear Sport has launched the Club Bursary Scheme with the aim of providing clubs with the opportunity to increase and retain new participants and improve the current situation within their club.

Grants of between £100 and £500 will be available with a specific focus on providing clubs with the opportunity to purchase:

• Equipment – for example, balls, bibs, tennis racquets, mats, team strips (not individual clothing),
• Marketing material – for example, banners, flyers, pull up/pop up advertising

Further information regarding the bursary can be found here

Please circulate this opportunity to your clubs in Tyne & Wear.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me [email protected]

England Netball are excited to announce the launch of our Netball Youth Camps (NYC) this summer. When we spoke to junior netballers they told us that they wanted more opportunities to play netball during the summer holidays so we have designed these camps to do just that!

The camps are non-residential holiday camps designed for 9-11 year olds  providing ‘Nothing but Netball’; including top quality coaching, fun netball activities and even an opportunity to meet and be inspired by an England player. If you are a junior netball lover (or the parent of one!) these are an unmissable summer holiday activity!

The bookings for these camps are now open through www.netballevents.co.uk. There are limited spaces for each camp available so make sure you are one of the first to secure your place!

Where: Cramlington Sporting Club, Highburn, Cramlington, NE23 6YP
When: Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July
Time: 9am - 5pm
Cost: £154

Where: Farringdon Community Sports College, Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
When: Monday 18th - Friday 22nd August
Time: 10am - 3pm
Cost: £185

Members* can benefit from a £30 discount on the above prices by using the discount code MEMBER30

Click Here to download the flyer!

* Validity of membership numbers will be checked for all those who use the discount code. If a booking is made with the discount code without a valid membership number full payment of the non-member amount will be requested before attendance at the camp will be accepted. 

Policy on the Taking and Use of Photographic and Recorded Images of Young People
Tyne and Wear County Netball Association (TWCNA) adopts England Netball’s policy for the taking and use of photographic and recorded images of young people and works in accordance with the following statement:

Introduction
TWCNA does not wish to prevent parents or other spectators being able to take legitimate photographs or recorded images. Use of recorded images can also be a valuable coaching aid. However, TWCNA is committed to providing a safe environment for young people under the age of 18. Included in this commitment is ensuring that all necessary steps are taken to protect young people from the inappropriate use of their images in resources and media publications, on the Internet, and elsewhere.

Photographic and recorded images can be used as a means of identifying young people if accompanied by personal information. This has the potential to make a young person vulnerable to individuals seeking to ‘groom’ young people for abuse. Additionally, images can be used or adapted for inappropriate use. There is evidence of adapted sporting images being used on websites displaying images of child abuse.

Updated Constitution is now available for download. Click Here to download your copy!

All nominations must be received by Friday 13th June 2014. 

The following roles are all open and the committee would like to invite nominations. These can be made to the secretary via e-mail on [email protected] or via post to Quarry House, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon, NE21 4AY

a) Chair
b) Treasurer
c) Secretary
d) Officiating Officer
e) Coaching Officer
f) Talent (Excel) Officer
g) Competition Officer
h) Schools Officer
i) Publicity Officer
j) Affiliations Officer
k) Youth Representative
l) Committee Member 
m) Committee Member

ALL USERS: Please note that works on the new road across Blue Flames upper car parks and behind the Sports Hall will start on – Monday 17th February

No parking will be available on upper car parks from that date. However, a replacement car park for most spaces will created below the bowls green for early March. Site access will be maintained via the main gate until further notice.

We apologise for the limit on parking during works but expect to regain all lost spaces by May at the latest.

Tyne and Wear County Netball Association currently covers the three Local Authorities of Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside, it does not cover the authorities of South Tyneside and Sunderland. An experienced and motivated committee lead the development of netball in the county with a part time NDO and full time NDCC who has covered Newcastle Local Authority in the last 2 years. A number of committee members serve the Regional Technical Support Groups as members or Chairs and therefore have good communication with other Counties in the Region.

 Click Here to download the full plan for Tyne and Wear County Netball Association

Please read these notes carefully as the rules which will apply to Division 2 next year are significantly different to the rules which you will have been used to playing to in previous years. 

The key differences are: 

1. Division 1 and 2 of the Winter League will operate a one player, one club rule. So if you play for a club in Division 1 you can’t play for a different club in Division 2. However, if you play for your Club’s B team in Division 2 you can still play up for the same Club’s A team in Division 1. 
   
   
2. For all your matches you must provide either a ‘B’ award umpire or a ‘C’ award umpire who is actively working toward her ‘B’ award and has had agreement from the Umpiring Secretary to umpire in Division 2. These umpires must submit a fitness test at the start of the season. 
   
   
3. For all your matches you must provide a scorer. If you do not provide a scorer a member of your team must drop out and take on this role! The scorer does not have to be qualified but obviously must understand how to score! The scorer should sit with the opposition scorer and check the score with the umpires at quarter time to ensure the centre pass is correct. This should mean there are no discrepancies! However if there is a discrepancy which cannot be resolved by the umpires, the scorers must agree the score to proceed with between them! The flip over scoreboards should also be used for Division 2 matches. These can be operated by a third person or by the scorers. The scoreboards are stored at reception and should be collected from there by one of the scorers for the 6.30 match and returned by a scorer from the 8.30 match. 

England Netball (EN) has produced this Guidance to supplement the INF Rules of Netball with some practical application of the Rules, which takes account of legal duties not to discriminate, the duty of care and our objective to establish a safe, fair and inspiring sporting environment that contributes to a high quality participant experience at all times. 

This Guidance is provided for everyone involved in Netball including players, coaches and officials. Umpires and Officials must apply the Rules and this guidance is intended to help them apply the rules, in a way which takes account of what may at times seem like conflicting imperatives. They are designed from a common sense and inclusive stand point, and are underwritten by the aim to include as many people in playing netball as possible. This means that consideration may need to be borne in mind which may not be the same for all players, but which are necessary to ensure due regard is given to people’s particular needs, for example, those with particular medical conditions or with cultural needs. 

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