Walking Netball comes to Newcastle this January!
Walking Netball comes to Keele this January!
Every Monday 11am-12noon, starts 9th January 2017
Walking Netball has evolved from a growing demand for walking sports. Often, one of netball’s strengths is that people never forget playing the sport and the memories as well as the love for the game never leave.
Walking Netball is a slower version of the game; it is netball, but at a walking pace. The game has been designed so that anyone can play it regardless of age or fitness level.
From those who have dropped out of the sport they love due to serious injury, to those who believed they had hung up their netball trainers many years ago, it really is for everyone.
Women the length of the country have begun playing the game of Walking Netball for the fun, laughter and camaraderie the social session brings, as much as the health benefits on offer. It can give those who feel isolated an outlet, provide an activity for those who don’t deem themselves fit enough to run anymore and offer a stepping stone for those looking for a pathway back into netball.
Walking Netball comes to Newcastle this January!
Every Wednesday 10.30am-11.30am, starts 11th January 2017
Mitchelin Sports Centre, Rosetree Avenue, NuL, ST4 6NL
Netballers score a hat trick!
It was a hat trick for the area’s leading netball team this year as they began a new season with new netball sessions in a new partnership with Stoke on Trent College.
Harriers Netball Club of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, had one of its most successful seasons in 15/16 with the Senior 1st team qualifying into the West Midlands Regional League. They also won the Stoke on Trent League Division 1 title as well as becoming a Silver CAPS accredited Club.
To mark this and other successes, the Harriers started their 2016/17 season training at the new Institute of Sports Performance at Stoke on Trent College. Junior Club Manager and Coach, Carolyn Owen said: “The new partnership will help us to develop the sport and provide a link for College students who are looking to get into Club Netball”.
Trevor Humphreys, Institute of Sports Performance Manager at Stoke on Trent College said: “This is just part of the elite sports which we are constantly developing at the new Institute of Sports Performance at Stoke on Trent College – we have secured funding for the club to host extra sessions, enabling more youngsters to participate in sport at Club level”.
Satellite funding achieved through the partnership has allowed sessions for anyone over 14 years of age on a Thursday evening. The pay and play sessions are held for anyone who wants to get fit whilst playing netball socially with friends. Further Funding success from the England Netball Junior Starter Fund has enabled the launch of Harriers High Five (under 11’s) sessions on Tuesday evenings. Both of these sessions provide a direct link for youngsters to be chosen to play in the competitive teams in future seasons!
Anyone wanting more information about the Harriers’ Junior and Senior Club sessions can contact them by email at harriersnc@gmail.com.
Stoke on Trent College – respected for our vocational education and training, renowned for Maths and English. For more information, visit the website at http://www.stokecoll.ac.uk
Verity Hilton
PR Officer at Stoke on Trent College
01782 603674
verity.hilton@stokecoll.ac.uk
For more information on netball contact:
Kate O’Leary
Netball Development Officer
T: 07545924957
Kate.o’leary@englandnetball.co.uk