MASTERCLASS OPPORTUNITIES WITH JETS PLAYERS
See attached leaflet, start this Saturday, and follow this link to book http://www.elite-netball.co.uk/. Details of fun camps and residential camps are also on this page. 

QUIZ NIGHT THIS FRIDAY 
Email Tim Barber if you want to buy tickets on the door, see previous updates for email address. Let's make it a good night for players and parents alike! Thanks to Tim and Jo for organising! 

RESULTS 
Just 5 matches to report this last week. Our young U14 (mostly) Netball Nights team won again on Wednesday, great to see them playing so well against good adult teams. Our WY seniors beat Farsley Celtic on Saturday and retain the 2nd spot. Our young HiFive teams both played on Sunday, with the B team winning and the A team losing, but both teams learning a lot. Our Northern Team won again on Sunday and are currently top. 
 
LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND
Busy weekend of fixtures this weekend. All our Junior teams have matches, so seven in total. Premier and Regional Senior teams have matches on Sunday and WY Seniors have a tough match against Calderdale on Saturday. Good luck to everyone. Thanks in advance if parents have to help with some matches, our coaching resource will be stretched this weekend. 
 
COUNTDOWN TO SUPERLEAGUE
We are less than two weeks away to the start of Superleague, with SuperSaturday on 30 January. Best of luck to Jets with their campaign. Buy tickets at http://yorkshirejets.ticketline.co.uk/ as tickets for many games are now selling fast. 

RESULTS 
Senior WY team won fairly easily on Saturday against Tykes. We're gutted for Kylie, who broke her toe in this match and plays such a prominent role in both Jets and LANC. She did well to coach three teams today in between having her pot put on.  We wish her a speedy recovery. Well done WY senior team, second in the league. 

Additionally, our talented U14 secured their first victory in Netball Nights this week, an adult league, this was a great performance and really shows the rate of their development.

Both our U11 teams won today in their club debut, being coached by Anna Carter, who thoroughly enjoyed leading the girls!! Thanks to Anna for prioritising the youngsters, especially in the build up to SuperLeague matches starting! Thanks also to Beccy for coaching the younger U11s who were still at training today. I hear it was a great session. 

U14B made a great start to their WY campaign beating Wildcats B. U14A secured a big win against Kingston in their regional league debut. U16 also had a comfortable win against Allus in their opening regional match. Kylie, and her broken toe, coached all three games. 

It was a narrow loss for our U12A vs Giants, who are always tough competition. A good win for U12B, with John supporting both teams, thanks John. 

Coach Maggie was delighted with her senior regional squad today, who played a competitive and physical game against York, and came out with a 45-20 win. Plenty of juniors in this squad getting great experience and retaining the top of the table position, thanks to the seniors for bringing the juniors on! 

Jan led Northern League to secure a convincing win against Chevrons and stay top. Prem had a long trip to Bath and unfortunately lost, although showed lots of improvements and played a very competitive game. Again, we are playing a very young side in Premier League, which is a tough league. Special thanks to player/coach Vicki for the long trek. 

CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS 
More camps with Jets and Anna Carter have been announced if you want you girls to improve further, follow this link, booking is easy! 
http://www.elite-netball.co.uk
Watch out for an exciting residential camp being announced soon, to run in August. Lots of the girls will love it. 

JETS TICKETS
We are now just weeks away from out first SuperLeague match, our final squad member arrives from South Africa this week. The pundits are suggesting that this will be the most exciting SL season yet. Jets needs your support and it is a great opportunity for the girls to learn from some of the best players in the country. Visit the link below to get your tickets, before it is too late. The Thunder game already has no reserved seats left! 
http://www.ticketline.co.uk/netball-superleague-yorkshire-jets#bio

MID SEASON REFLECTION
We are an ambitious club and are very privileged to have some of the best coaches in the country. We also have a lot of very talented and hardworking players and some dedicated parents. We run lots of teams, and try to deliver extensive quality training. We run a pretty dynamic website and fill your inbox with these regular updates to try and keep people posted with what is going on and to build a good club atmosphere. We offer opportunities to the older girls to support the younger girls and help at coaching, which it a great opportunity. It isn't always easy to get everything right though, because we don't have quite enough coaches and many of our coaches still play at a very high level themselves, and also because we mostly have full time jobs in the real-world as well as running the club! The game is also short of umpires and coaches across the region, which places additional pressure.

It's been a very busy weekend, with well over a hundred girls playing, which is great.  We have had some great performances and results this week and those of us who lead the club are very proud of what is being achieved and grateful to those who are helping. We feel like the club is moving in the right direction and offering the girls great opportunities both on and off court. We've had quite a lot of positive feedback recently, which helps those who make the effort to run the club worthwhile for both coaches and admin. I am also aware though that not everyone will be happy eg with coaching/umpiring/selection/court time/position played etc etc. I've learned to realise that we cannot keep all the people happy all the time! But, we will continue to do our best! Please work with us on this stuff and talk to the coach to work things out, or if things really aren't working out talk to someone about an alternative club if that would be better for you/your daughter's netball.

Do your bit to support the club by buying tickets for the upcoming social, email Tim tim@light-fish.co.uk to buy your tickets. If you want to be more involved in the running of the club, please get in touch. 

Have a good week. Our next very busy weekend is 24 January! Watch this space for updates!

Mariana 

Saturday 9 January, is a Senior WY fixture vs Tykes, lots of our juniors are playing at the Yorkshire Netball Annual Coaching Conference, and our Head Coach Anna Carter is appearing at the Coaching Conference. 
 
On Sunday 10 January, another very busy day for both juniors and seniors - all our teams are out!  The new WY junior competition starts, so all teams aiming for a good start! Senior competitions run right through the season with no break. 
 
Our two U11 teams kick the day off, making their league debut against the two Wakefield Wildcats teams, being coached by Jets Head Coach Anna Carter. Our two U12 teams are with John, playing both Huddersfield Giants teams. Our U14B are with Kylie and start their campaign to be WY champions with a game against Wakefield Wildcats B. 
 
Senior matches......we have a Senior Regional at Sheffield against York City, with Maggie. This team are fighting to maintain their unbeaten run and keep the place at the top of the table. Likewise Jan will be leading our Northern squad in match against rivals Chevrons, to stay close to the top of the league. Vicky will be leading our Premier girls on the long trip to play Team Bath Toucans, in a "must win" fixture. 
 
Our U16 and U14A junior teams in the regional leagues start their campaign to qualify for the respective Club Nationals in May. U14A are against Kingston with Kylie and the U16 are against Allus. 
Good luck to everyone! Let's bring those results home, do some tweeting and take some pictures for the website! Let's see if tomorrow is one of those days where we can say "wins across the board"!!
 
PLEASE SEE UPDATE #14 ON THE NEWS PAGE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT BUYING TICKETS FOR TE CLUB SOCIAL, AND FOR GETTING YOUR TEAMS TOGETHER FOR THE FUN QUIZ!!!

​Happy New Year Everyone, hope everyone had a great time over the festive period and is now back into the routine!! A few important things.........
 
MESSAGE FROM TIM BARBER (Holly's dad)
With Christmas and New Year celebrations out of the way – I know you are depressed thinking that there is nothing to look forward to – but cheer you self up and get this date in your diary!
 
Friday 22nd January is Leeds Athletic Netball Club’s first social of the current season – please support us and make sure its a great night. We are having a quiz night with a difference for parents and players at St. Chads Church Hall in Headingley. CLICK HERE to download the flyer 
 
Tickets will be on sale at training on Thursday or email me if you want to reserve some. We could do with knowing numbers attending at least a week before for catering. The tickets are £5 for adults and £4 for players.  Alternatively – keep up with those New Years resolutions of not putting things off and buy your tickets straight away. You can pay online directly into the LANC bank account - 
HSBC, Sort code 40-27-15, Account no 64758463. 

Please put your surname and the letters QTX as a reference and then email me at tim@light-fish.co.uk to confirm your attendance and I will sort getting tickets to you. Hope to see you all there.
 
MESSAGE FROM LOUISE BOOCOCK (Anna's mum)
We will be putting an order in for tracksuit bottoms during January, which take quite a long time to arrive. Please can you let Louise (maboocock@sky.com) know if you want any kit, it is particularly important for girls in U16 and U14 squads who maybe going to nationals if we are successful at qualifying through the regional round.
 
FIXTURES ON GOOGLE CALENDAR
Thanks to Morag (Lindsey's mum), all the fixtures are now on the Google calendar on the Club website. Please use this as your main source of reference. Junior fixtures have been added for regional and WY leagues, including U11 HiFive leagues. Make sure these are in the diary and that you communicate with the team admin/manager about availability.
 
JETS STUFF
We're getting close to the SuperLeague season now, so get your tickets booked through the Jets website. You can also use that for details of Camps/Workshops that are available, these Workshops are now available for kids and adults. There is also some new merchandise available on the Jets website, through the Kukri store on there.
 
FUTURE UPDATES
We will continue to let you know about performance a couple of times a month, we are getting down to the business end of the season now! Training resumes this Thursday and next Sunday. Good luck to everyone playing next weekend, especially our two U11 HiFive teams who will be making their league debut!