Congratulations to Georgina du Feu for passing her Into Officiating Award last week.

It's fantastic to have new umpires coming through!

Without umpires we cannot play netball so if you would like to get involved with umpiring please speak to Ann Halliwell ([email protected])

Well done to everybody who took part in the 20th Sheila Le Var Inter-Parish Tournament over the last two nights.

It was fantastic to have 11 teams competing with only Grouville missing so well done to all the Parish Managers who volunteered and coordinated their teams. A massive thank you to our amazing umpires who gave up their time to either just umpire across the two nights or to those player umpires who picked up a whistle and helped out. Thank you also to those who ran the table and kept the games running on time.

With some great netball on display it was St Brelade's who retained the title this year with St Mary coming close to their first ever win finishing in 2nd.

It was fantastic to have Sheila Le Var at the tournament to present her fabulous trophy.

1st: St Brelade
2nd: St Mary
3rd: St Peter
4th: St Ouen
5th: St Martin
6th: St Clement
7th: St Helier
8th: St Lawrence
=9th: Trinity and St Saviour
11th: St John

The JNA Autumn Raffle was drawn tonight at the monthly Council Meeting. Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser and congratulations to the winners:

1st prize - £1,000 – Ticket No.2906
2nd prize - £500 – Ticket No.1366
3rd prize - £250 – Ticket No.3516

What a fantastic evening at the Dominion Section 1 Youth Tournament. Well done to all players, coaches, umpires, scorers, officials and supporters. The 1st and 2nd placed team was decided in a tense game which could have gone either way. With some fantastic netball on display it was Convent Red Rockets who again won the title

1st: Convent Red Rockets
2nd: Accies Arrows
3rd: Convent Buddies
4th: Accies Allstars
5th: St Clement Saints
6th: St Lawrence Meerkats
7th: Accies Astros

The Dominion Section 2 Youth Tournament took place this evening. Well done to all teams, coaches, umpires and supporters. Great to see the Jersey U11 Red and white entered as guests in their first compeitive opportunity to wear their kit!

1st Convent Bluebelles
2nd Convent Robins
3rd St Clement Cookies
4th Accies Acorns
5th Accies Aztecs
6th St Lawrence Chipmunks
7th St Lawrence Squirrels

The Mary Blake Over 30s Tournament was played tonight and with matches lasting just 9 minutes each way, they required commitment right from the opening whistle.

This proved so true in the first game of the tournament St Lawrence (defending champions) and St Clement. The sharp shooting of St Clement Zoe Hotton was instrumental in taking her team to 4-1 lead in the first half, St Lawrence quickly recovered from the onslaught, making vital interceptions mid court, converting to much needed goals to bring the score-line to 6-5 in favour of St Lawrence. The standard of play produced from these 'Over 30s' was outstanding, it was neck and neck in the final stages producing a 14-12 victory for St Lawrence.

St Saviour fielding a more 'mature' line up, brought back the services of defender Jenny Le Cocq, a player who has devoted her skills to the umpiring side of the sport rather than the playing side. It was obvious that she was relishing her time back in the action.
 
St Ouen and St John combined their over 30 players to produce a team to participate, all players thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to participate in this long standing event.
 
Linda Andrews (President of the JNA) presented the trophy to St Lawrence, explaining what a privilege it was to be doing so as Mary Blake had always played a major part in the JNA, she was remembered by so many of the members present and it was good to reflect on those memories.

 
Final result 1 ST LAWRENCE  2 ACCIES  3 ST CLEMENT   4  ST OUEN/ST JOHN   5  ST SAVIOUR

With just a 5 minute reprieve in the break between matches, the next encounter proved to be another challenging encounter between Accies and St Lawrence. In short games of this nature, every thing hinges on which shooters have got their eye in and to St Lawrence's relief both Georgie Cottini GS and Rena Nelson  GA were focussed and determined. Court play was, once again, very evenly matched, but the goals were not forthcoming for Accies benefit. The success of this match was crucial for the outcome of the tournament, as both teams knew and it was St Lawrence who stepped up to secure this win 17-10.
 
All eyes were on the Accies v St Clement match, as these two teams had only suffered one defeat, therefore were vying for second place. It was a fiercely contested 18 minutes of play, with the amazing Sharon West showing her versatility by playing both centre position and GD (she was also seen to be netting the goals in a later game as GA!). But it was Accies who took control and claimed this victory.

In preperation of the JNA commencing a Walking Netball Programme, 9 would be hosts of the new sessions attended a course led by England Netball's Amy Stewart.

The course was a great fun and the new programme is going to be a fantastic addition to the courses already on offer.

Although dates for the course and information on how and where they will be offered are to be confirmed, to learn more about Walking Netball please click here.