Dates for May 2009

Hi everyone,



Below are the match dates for May. We will try the first week out with the initial league layout.



Monday 4th 8th 11th 25th

Wednesday 6th 13th 20th 27th

Friday 8th 15th 22nd 29th



So we'll open up registration for the first week. You can pre-register online on the chatbox or by commenting on this post.



Terms & conditions:

Minimum players: 14

Maximum players: 28

Closing date (if maximum number is not reached): 430pm on match day.

Please be punctual for ballot selection, team confirmation and task allocation.

Matches start promptly at 630pm and finish at 800pm.



I'll update the registration list as often as possible.

Please find the list under the chatbox on the righthand side of the page.

Hope this turns out well :) let's play netball!

Weekly Netball League Proposal

Hi Everyone!


As you probably know, we have 3 slots per week in May at JKR for netball. I would like to propose a weekly league where we can play with other people who have similar interests: to play netball! This proposal would hopefully aim to utilise these JKR slots properly, without any confusion or any overwhleming surplus of teams scrounging to play even for just 5 minutes :s kesian bah... So...



I've set up this blog to invite discussions on whether it would be feasible for us to have a weekly netball league. Please feel free to comment and provide feedback for how we can best bring about this proposal, if you agree that is :) Thanks for your input!




Objectives of weekly league:

• Provide a platform for netball players to play weekly without having the committment to a team.
• Encourage learning & development by mixing with other players
• Encourage collective responsibility of coordinatiing the league
• Improve umpiring confidence and experience

League layout
Match days: 6-8pm at JKR on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

• Information available on blog
• Weekly draw of matches, updated on saturdays
• Scoresheets and teamsheets are updated after each matchday
• Players RSVP online/sms for attendance
• Registration upon arrival to randomly pick the team out of a ballot based on their preferred position
• Provision for 1.5 hours per match day, 4 teams playing total of 6 matches
• Payment is $1 per person payable upon registration
• Those with additional tasks (eg. referee, timekeeper, scorekeeper, coordinator) do not need to pay
  

Match Format
14 minutes per match, changing sides at midpoint with no break
Teams are named 1, 2, 3 and 4

League Requirements

1. 4 bibs
2. 2 whistles
3. 2 balls
4. 28 players
5. 1 Referee per team (to umpire the games, have a link to netball rules on blog)
6. 2 Coordinators per matchday (to make sure the next team playing is ready 5 mins before)
7. 2 Score keeper per team (to keep score of the matches)
8. 2 Time keeper per team (to time the matches)
9. Timer
10. Registration name & team number
11. Score sheet
12. Team ballot (11 ballots for the 7 positions, referee, timekeeper, scorekeeper, coordinator)
13. Time table & Roster
    

The items (balls, bibs, whistles, scoresheet, timer, team ballot, etc) will be provided at no extra cost. Though if you wish to donate items, that would be great! Otherwise, all you need to do is register, come to JKR, tire yourself out with at least 45 minutes of netball and pay $1 (unless you have additional tasks).

Ani & I have made some tests (though it is based on our body weight and level of workout intensity), netball will burn at least 500 calories per hour... and that is not including the warm-up and doing the league chores!

So let's keep playing netball!