It may be the off-season for some but the Association keeps on going.
In recent weeks Ian Heath our Operations Director and I have met with MBRC to finalise plans for the redevelopment of our courts next year. The immediate news is construction will start in April and we will not be playing at St. Columbans as fore-shadowed at previous meetings. It would be too expensive and the loss of revenue to the canteen, our major income source, would potentially create a high risk for the Association. Final plans and costings go to a Council meeting on 18 January.
Bottom line we will have a minimum of 9 and up to 11 courts available to us for the day season, including 6 additional grass courts in the adjoining velodrome.
The bigger issue will be training space for rep teams and clubs during the construction. I plan to hold the first meeting of a 2013 Competition working group in the near future to start the conversation and planning on how we run our competition next year.
For those of you interested, Caboolture had a team in the inaugural Netball Qld Men's Challenge Cup. Unfortunately, after being in the top two all season and finishing on top after the rounds, we lost the grand-final to SEMMNA 51 - 39 despite beating them in both rounds.
At the AGM, affiliated delegates voted by special resolution to adopt a new modernised constitution, subject to additional consultation with clubs. That consultation took place on the 10th October with some additional changes being made following that process. A final version has been approved by clubs and will be forwarded to the Office of Fair Trading for approval.
Under the new constitution a smaller committee structure will exist with 5 of the proposed 7 positions filled at the AGM. Position descriptions for all positions are currently being reviewed with the remaining two positions to be advertised in the future. As an interim, Keren Frohloff is acting in the position of Development Director so we could effectively run the current club development program.
On the 25th November the Suncoast Region are running an Active After School Communities Program for potential coaches at the Caboolture Association Courts. This is a series of planned coach training with the outcome being you are accredited to coach within the AASC program - similar to the OzKick program I guess. This could provide clubs with direct access to new members so I think it is a great opportunity. Information has been provided to all clubs so if you're an interested coach or just a parent, contact your club secretary for a nomination form.
That's it for now, but as always email me if you have particular things you want to know about from behind the scenes at CNA.
Greg
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Who would have thought...
It seems far more people read this Blog then I thought. I have to apologise for not keeping it up to date and I will try to do better from now on.
Also, make sure you comment or ask questions. I am more than happy to answer questions about issues impacting Caboolture Netball.
In coming weeks I will try to provide updates on;
Happy Netball
Also, make sure you comment or ask questions. I am more than happy to answer questions about issues impacting Caboolture Netball.
In coming weeks I will try to provide updates on;
- court redevelopment,
- a thursday morning ladies comp,
- our men's challenge team and a possible junior men's clinic and
- constitution modernisation and committee restructure.
Happy Netball
Saturday, March 31, 2012
One down, one to go!
So, the first of the elections has passed. Steve Dickson: Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing has been announced. He is almost local coming from Buderim and we have a new local MP, Darren Grimwade who is also a local of Burpengary. Ex-rugby League referee Tim Manderhas been named as the Assistant Minister for Sport and Racing, so maybe we will see more of him than Steve Dickson.
Either way, I look forward to meeting all of them if the opportunity arises, particularly Darren. I will look on with interest as the LNP sports initiative Get in the Game unfolds given our current redevelopment proposal advancing to final detailed planning and costings by mis-April.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Mark Ryan for his contributions to the community as our local member over the last 3 years. Mark has been a hard worker and has been there to help out Caboolture Netball Association on more than one occassion, particularly following the floods in 2011.
It was Mark that brought the then Minister for Sport and Recreation, Phil Reeves out to Caboolture to inspect the damage first hand when all the news outlets were talking about Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and every other part of the state but Caboolture. This led directly to the funding for repair of our courts, so thanks Mark.
Now, probably more importantly we wait to see how the Council elections pan out.
So, some quick updates;
March-past on 17 March was a great success with great weather (meaning no rain) and a huge turnout of both players and family. We have grown again this year with an extra club, Naranga Dynamos moving across from the Pine Rivers Netball Association. This gives us a total of 96 junior teams playing on a Saturday. Netball Queensland tells me we have grown 23% since 2008, keeping ahead of state averages so we may be one of the 10 biggest associations in Queensland by now.
Last Sunday, the 25th March we took almost all of our rep teams (U17s didn't go) to their first carnival of the season at Metropolitan Districts Netball Association at Cooparoo. Again we had great weather,teams generally performed well for their first outing and we came away with one runners-up trophy in nine divisions, but had two others that missed out on count backs. This was also the first outing for our new rep uniforms and all the girls looked fantastic. Our gold colour is unique amongst all of the reds, greens, blacks and blues which certainly helps them to stand out.
Both the ladies night comps have had their Summer Finals now, with Monday Indoor already into their Winter season. Outdoor starts on the 17th April.
We have two teams playing in the Mount Franklin Challenge (previously Schweppes Challenge) comp at the State Netball Centre this year - U16 will play Division 1 and for the first time we have an Opens team that will compete in the 2nd Division. That comp starts in a few weeks, after Easter.
Don't forget Laura Geitz, star defender of the Firebirds and Australian Diamonds is coming to Caboolture on 17 May from 4.00 - 6.30pm. You can register for the clinic on Laura's website. Cost is $45 per player.
Upcoming Netball Queensland coaching accreditation clinics hosted at Caboolture;
13 May - Foundation Coaching
2 June - Development Level Coaching
That is about it so enjoy your Easter break and see you for round 3 of fixtures on 14 April.
Either way, I look forward to meeting all of them if the opportunity arises, particularly Darren. I will look on with interest as the LNP sports initiative Get in the Game unfolds given our current redevelopment proposal advancing to final detailed planning and costings by mis-April.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Mark Ryan for his contributions to the community as our local member over the last 3 years. Mark has been a hard worker and has been there to help out Caboolture Netball Association on more than one occassion, particularly following the floods in 2011.
It was Mark that brought the then Minister for Sport and Recreation, Phil Reeves out to Caboolture to inspect the damage first hand when all the news outlets were talking about Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and every other part of the state but Caboolture. This led directly to the funding for repair of our courts, so thanks Mark.
Now, probably more importantly we wait to see how the Council elections pan out.
So, some quick updates;
March-past on 17 March was a great success with great weather (meaning no rain) and a huge turnout of both players and family. We have grown again this year with an extra club, Naranga Dynamos moving across from the Pine Rivers Netball Association. This gives us a total of 96 junior teams playing on a Saturday. Netball Queensland tells me we have grown 23% since 2008, keeping ahead of state averages so we may be one of the 10 biggest associations in Queensland by now.
Last Sunday, the 25th March we took almost all of our rep teams (U17s didn't go) to their first carnival of the season at Metropolitan Districts Netball Association at Cooparoo. Again we had great weather,teams generally performed well for their first outing and we came away with one runners-up trophy in nine divisions, but had two others that missed out on count backs. This was also the first outing for our new rep uniforms and all the girls looked fantastic. Our gold colour is unique amongst all of the reds, greens, blacks and blues which certainly helps them to stand out.
Both the ladies night comps have had their Summer Finals now, with Monday Indoor already into their Winter season. Outdoor starts on the 17th April.
We have two teams playing in the Mount Franklin Challenge (previously Schweppes Challenge) comp at the State Netball Centre this year - U16 will play Division 1 and for the first time we have an Opens team that will compete in the 2nd Division. That comp starts in a few weeks, after Easter.
Don't forget Laura Geitz, star defender of the Firebirds and Australian Diamonds is coming to Caboolture on 17 May from 4.00 - 6.30pm. You can register for the clinic on Laura's website. Cost is $45 per player.
Upcoming Netball Queensland coaching accreditation clinics hosted at Caboolture;
13 May - Foundation Coaching
2 June - Development Level Coaching
That is about it so enjoy your Easter break and see you for round 3 of fixtures on 14 April.
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