Local Junior Netball Club Looking for Volunteers
Ponteland uner-14's netball league champions
A junior netball club in Ponteland, Northumberland has gone from strength to strength since being established two years ago by winning the summer county under-14's league. The club was undefeated and followed their exploits with their winter league triumph, in which they were also undefeated.
The club are now looking to build on this success and expand further to offer more opportunities to local girls in the area. The club was initially supported through its development by Northumberland Sport's Netball Development Officer, Joan Campbell in 2008 and is now looking for coaches, umpires and general volunteers to help with the running of the club.
Club coach, Jolene Byers said:
"The club was established with the support of Joan two years ago, which helped me gain my UKCC Level 2 coaching award through England Netball, which enabled me to coach our players on my own. Since then the club has done extremely well with the players making excellent progress. Since a new intake of players in September last year, we now have 3 established teams (u14 and two u13).
We now have 40 young players in the club between the ages of 11-14, who all attend the following schools: Richard Coates Middle School, Ponteland Middle School, Ponteland High School, Walbottle Community Campus, Sacred Heart, and RGS. We would therefore like to expand this number but require more volunteers to help in order for this to happen."
Joan Campbell said:
"The club has done extremely well and the fact that their under-14 team were undefeated during the winter and summer leagues this year is a fantastic achievement. I would therefore encourage anyone interested in helping the club develop further to get in touch and help make a real difference in your local area."
Further Information
If anyone would like to get further details on how to get involved with coaching and umpiring at the club or would like any further information on netball volunteer opportunities in Northumberland, please contact Joan Campbell
Starting this September at Ponteland High School between 8-9pm, England Netball will also be offering a series of 'Back to Netball' opportunities aimed at women over 16 years of age and designed to suit all abilities. For further details, again please contact Joan Campbell.
