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. 

Congratulations to Tyne and Wear netballer Alex Glennie on her inclusion in the National Academy Potential group. 

Alex is 15 years old plays for Riverside Netball Club and her school, Gosforth Academy. She attended the England screening in March and will now be invited to Positional Days, Tri-regional days and other development opportunities.

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

Dear Coach

Do you have a favourite drill or practice that you like to use within your coaching sessions??

If the answer is YES... then we want to hear from you! In the North East, we're looking to put together a resource, 'By Coaches for Coaches'

If you'd like to be part of this, please send a description of your drill (along with diagrams if possible) to; [email protected]

Please may I ask that you forward this email on to anyone who may be interested in submitting a drill or practice for this resource.

If you have any questions about what we are trying to do, or have any questions with regards to submitting a drill, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Gemma Sandberg; [email protected] .

Thank you very much and we look forward to receiving your drill.

Young coach earmarks 2014 Commonwealth Games as first step for a sport that is thriving despite its lack of Olympic status.

When England's netball coach Anna Mayes was 16 she had one ambition. "I told my mum I wanted to coach England," laughs the 32-year-old. Two years ago Mayes was appointed to that very role, having already worked with the Under 21s, and her approach has yielded phenomenal results. In Mayes' first month England won the world series, and earlier this year her side whitewashed the world champions, Australia, in a 3-0 series win (previously England had only ever beaten Australia twice, in 1981 and in 2010). England remain unbeaten in 2013.

Despite the fact that most of England's players work or study full-time Mayes, herself an autoethnography PhD student, leads a squad that is wholeheartedly professional in its outlook. Players such as the captain, Pamela Cookey, now fit in morning and evening training sessions around their day jobs, in Cookey's case a demanding role as a site services manager working for an aircraft manufacturer. From the outset the Swindon-born coach outlined an unwavering vision of where the sport should be heading. "I wanted to do something in English netball that had never been done before," she says now, "so in 2019 our mission statement is: we want to be world champions."

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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

We are seeking support for the new road proposal alongside Blue Flames which will attract substantial funds for the club, securing our financial future and allowing us to hold prices and to invest in site facilities including changing rooms, the bowling pavilion and the cricket square.

In order to help the planning application for this proposal there is a dedicated web site giving details of the project along with an online petition which can be simply completed to show support for this.

The link for site is as follows - www.billypit.co.uk - and I would be grateful if you could encourage all netball users, friends & families to visit the site and sign our petition.