Welcome

The Hampshire Netball Association (HNA) was established in 2007 with the merger of the previous county areas - East, Mid and North.

For more information about HNA, please visit our About Us page.

Youth Advisory Group Vacancy

The England Netball Youth Advisory Group are looking a for a new member aged between 16-25 years old.  Becoming a member of the youth advisory group will give you the opportunity to have loads of fun, meet new friends and make a difference.

The group is made up of 12 young people aged 16-25 yrs and as one young person leaves a new one is recruited! Rebecca Skinner, England Netball's Children and Young People Manager, also sits on the Group (not literally!) to link the group directly with England Netball, providing us with full support to achieve their aims. They meet face-to-face four times a year, with email communication in between.

You must be available for the weekend of 18-19 September 2010, where you will meet the other members of the Youth Advisory Group and attend your first meeting which are always action-packed and fun!

The criteria to become a member of the youth advisory group are:
• Aged 16-25 yrs
• Must currently be involved within England Netball as a player, spectator, coach, official, administrator, leader or volunteer
• Must have the desire to represent the voice of England netball
• Must be able to commit to approximately 6 hours a month to undertake your role
• Must be free on the weekend of the 18-19 September 2010
• Must be able to commit to four meetings a year (expenses paid)
What are you waiting for?! If you want to be involved and influence the direction of youth netball in England, the Youth Advisory Group is the way for you!

To become a member of the Youth Advisory Group, you need to complete a short application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 20 August 2010.

All applications are reviewed, a shortlist is made and then a suitable time is arranged to contact the shortlisted applicants over the phone - nothing too scary, just an informal chat to ask you some questions and you can ask any that you might have too. If you would like further information please contact Rebecca Skinner at rebeccas@englandnetball.co.uk or on 07834 500190.

Volunteer at Netball's Hottest Event 

World Netball Series 2010
NETBALL JUST GOT HOTTER
Echo Arena Liverpool, 19–21 November 2010

This is your chance to be part of the amazing volunteer workforce that will be working hard behind the scenes at this year’s event to make sure it’s the hottest ever!

To find out how you can get involved and the kind of things you could be doing visit http://www.worldnetballseries.com/volunteers

Deadline for applications is Monday 2 August and applicants for volunteer roles must be aged 16 years or over to apply and aged 14 years or over for all ball patrol applicants.

If you don’t want to volunteer but want to buy tickets for netball’s hottest event visit you can afind details here. Early bird discounts are available until August 7, terms and conditions apply, see main website for details.

Back to Netball Sessions

Back to Netball sessions are being held at St Denys Community Centre. The sessions are on Wednesdays nights on the following dates: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18 from 5.45pm - 6.45pm and costs £1 each week. For booking details and more information, please contact Claire Marks.

Hampshire Chair Recognised

Carol Alexander was announced as Regional Goalden Globe winner of the Mary Bullock Administrator award at the South Region AGM.

Carol's name now goes forward as the South's representative to the England Netball Goalden Globes in September.  We wish Carol good luck at this event and are delighted that her hard work for netball in the County has been recognised.
 

HNA NETBALL AWARDS

Congratulations go to the nominees and winners of the Inaugural HNA Netball Awards which were presented at the AGM on 26 May 2010

Success for Hampshire Clubs

Congratulations go to Stash Blades for retaining their place in National Premier 1 at a tense play-off weekend in Loughborough on 22 and 23 May 2010.  They lost their first of 3 games over the weekend against Premier League 2 runners-up Leyton but went on to beat their Premier 1 rivals The Downs and on a 'winner takes all' game beat Thoroughbreds, who finished 3rd in Premier 2, in a game which saw them lose an 8 goal lead but come back to win by 4.

Congratulations also go to Just A Head from Portsmouth who won through a 21 team play-off to take their place in the newly formed for 2010-2011 National Premier Division 3.

Young Leaders Camp's

With two successful Young Leaders Camp's under our belt, England Netball are set to recruit another 50 young leaders to attend the leadership event of the year!

This year’s camp is taking place at Bradfield College near Reading from Sunday 15 August - Wednesday 18 August 2010. England Netball has 50 places up for grabs. If you know of any young people that would like to apply to attend the Young Leaders Camp 2010 and they meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Young Leaders should be aged between 16 and 19 years of age at the time of the camp.
• Are currently engaged in volunteering in Netball, either in a school, club or community setting.
• Can demonstrate their commitment to volunteering and articulate the aspirations they have as a volunteer and their desire to succeed.

Please share the application form with any young people you think would be interested and return to Gemma Morris, Development Administrator (Leadership and Volunteering) at England Netball, 9 Paynes Park, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1EH or Gemma.Morris@englandnetball.co.uk. 
 

Hampshire Players Excel

Congratulations to the the following players who have been selected to England Squads in April 2010.

England U19's
Yaz Parsons* - Blades
Hannah Thompson - Blades
Amy Flanagan - Rushmoor

England U17's
Hannah Joseph - Blades

*also been selected to tour Australia in July

Netball Development - Hampshire & IOW launch Facebook Group

For all things Netball! This page will be updated by the Hampshire and IOW Netball Development Officer to actively promote Netball opportunities, events and courses throughout Hampshire and IOW. Join today. 

Online Child Protection Training

Online child protection training is now live on the England Netball website on the safeguarding pages.

A full article regarding the training will be in the December 09 issue of your Netball Magazine.

New UKCC Coaching Courses

New UKCC courses are available on the England Netball website. Places are limited so please book your place now!

www.englandnetball.co.uk/Coaching 

 Go Play Netball!

Exciting new opportunities for Netball in Hampshire thanks to Go Play Netball. Please look on their site for more information - www.goplaynetball.com

Thinking of Returning to Netball?

• Did you play netball at school?

• Do you want to play again but have forgotten how?

• Do you want to get fit and have fun?

For more information about courses and clubs in your area, contact Emily Loftus, Netball Development Officer, emily.loftus@englandnetball.co.uk.

Back the Bid!

Netball is played by 1 million women and girls a week in the UK, and is one of the most popular female team games in the world being played in over 70 countries, but despite this popularity - and being a regular sport in the Commonwealth Games - it has never featured in the Olympics.

Join The Co-operative's bid to get netball played in the Olympic Games! Back the Bid...