This is probably the last update for the 2018/19 Season, as we are now in the trials period and will be starting our new database for the 2019/20 Season. We will be looking to get trial outcomes for U16 out very soon, with others following too. We will also be sorting groups for the younger age groups and confirming training venues and times and fees during the summer.

Trials
Deadline for U12 and Senior trials are today/this week! Please be thoughtful to athletes during this period of trials, there will always be some disappointment as well as delight, but remember everyone has set backs at some point and it is about how athletes bounce back and how parents support the athletes.

Awards evening
Well done to the winners at our awards evening, and to all other players who have played for us this season. Our coaches always say that it is difficult to select award winners! Huge thanks to the organisers and especially Mark and Susie who put in so much work behind the scenes, in and amongst coaching as well!
The list of club achievements for 2018/19 is impressive!

​Here is an unusual mid-week update, just in case you haven’t heard that Leeds Rhinos will be entering the Vitality Netball Superleague in 2021!

This is amazing news for the game, for women’s sport, for Rhinos as a Club, for the city and for the Region. As you know, there are quite a few of us at Leeds Athletic who are heavily involved in Rhinos, so this is a great day for us!

It is brilliant for us as a Club, and it will challenge us as a club, our athletes and our coaches. It will inform our next phase of development to be more ambitious. It will being opportunity and challenge to our players, as hopefully more clubs in Yorkshire will likewise step up their ambition!

Visit the Rhinos website, sign up for the email updates to that you can be a part of Destination Superleague!

Leeds Athletic Netball Club
www.leedsathleticnetballclub.org.uk
@LeedsAthleticNC

​AWARDS EVENING – It is that time of year, Friday 21 June, the nominations are in! If you haven’t got your ticket for the upcoming awards evening, please talk to your age group admin.
 
ENGLAND NETBALL AFFILIATION “Engage” – this is the important changes to the England Netball system that were described in Update #26! Just a reminder that all our members should have already logged on to their England Netball Mynet account and checked their details are correct especially e mail addresses.  England Netball sent out e mails on Friday with information regarding the new system called ENgage, if your e mail address is wrong you will not have received this information. Here is what you should have received, information about how to log in!
How to log in - To access the ENgage system simply log in using your England Netball membership number as your user name. The first time you log in, you will need to reset your password by selecting 'Forgot Password' under the log in fields. You will receive an email to your registered email address with further instructions. If you do not receive this, please contact ENgage@englandnetball.co.uk or call 01509 277 850 for support.
  
IMPORTANT - From September members will be responsible for registering with England Netball NOT the club. Without registration you will not have insurance and will not be allowed to play in the leagues. Points will be deducted from the club by the leagues if you play and are not registered.  
DO NOT BE THAT ATHLETE!!

FUN SESSION - After the success of our session on Thursday for U14, U16 and Senior players. It has been agreed that another fun session with drills and lots of matchplay will be available on the 6th June, Leeds Beckett 8-10pm. There will be a charge of only £4 per person but please sign up with Susie Stead before Wednesday evening. Thanks to everyone who helped last week, parents from any age group are welcome to come along at 9-10pm for a drop in session how to score a netball match. Please contact Susie if you are intend to take up this opportunity. 

CONGRATULATIONS - For those of you engaged with Twitter or Leeds Athletic Facebook you will have seen the brilliant reporting of the performance of our U14 team at National Clubs last weekend. Massive congratulations to Libby Hodgkiss and Lisa Driver who have coached these girls to perform at such a high level and become 6th best Club team in England, and to Erin Hodgkiss who helped at Nationals. A superb effort from our girls who were placed in the most difficult draw in the first round, but pulled off a magnificent result after two gruelling days of netball. Well done to the team supporters, admin, scorers, water fillers, food suppliers, media managers and big hug givers you all played a part. Also, big well done to our summer league players, all big wins so far!
 
NEXT UP – It is the turn of our U12 in their big regional competition soon, plus our U14s go in the ENG competition! Well done to those who have also been in tournaments!
 
FINAL REMINDER ABOUT TRIALS – For you, or for you to pass onto friends, Leeds Athletic Netball Club trials application process for U12/U14/16 and Seniors for the 2019/20 season is getting close to closing dates! https://www.leedsathleticnetballclub.org.uk/trials-2019.html  

• Seniors - (school yr12 and above in Sept 2019) trials on 4/7 - 8 -10pm closing date 27/6
• U16 – (school yr 10 &11 in Sept 2019) trials on 13/6 - 8-10pm – closing date 6/6
• U14 – (school yr 8 & 9 in Sept 2019) trials on 20/6 and 27/6 8-10pm – closing date 13/6 athletes to attend both sessions.
• U12 - (school yr 7 in Sept 2019) trials on 30/6 9am-12 noon - closing date 23/6

 
​Thank you and continued good luck to all those studying for exams! 

Leeds Athletic Netball Club
www.leedsathleticnetballclub.org.uk
@LeedsAthleticNC