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25.01.2022 TEAM APP - How to add a new member: First mark attendance of the team (you must have done this before you can add a new member). Then: Click on today’s game Cl...ick on the three dots in top right hand corner Click on ‘attendance’ - you’ll already have the people in here that you clicked on previously. Click on ‘+ new member’ Read this part carefully: enter member details (name & tel no only required) and the below 'telephone number' section you MUST click on ‘Access groups’ This part is crucial as IF YOU DON’T CLICK 'ACCESS GROUPS' it won’t save the member. Select the team they’re attending, go back. Click on ‘create’ Then go back into attendance. Click on the dots again and click 'edit' and the newly created person will appear. Click save Repeat steps above to add more members To save time, add all parents/spectators you know will be coming for the season. This way you simply choose them at the time of the match, let the umpires know you’ve filled in the attendance and the game can then begin. Good luck! If you need us please come down to the admin room. See more

25.01.2022 A reminder that grading continues Feb 13 and all players are expected to attend. 5pm - 6pm Net Set Go players turning 7 - 9 in 2019... 5pm - 6pm Junior players turning 10, 11 or 12 in 2019 6pm - 7pm Junior players turning 13, 14 or 15 in 2019 7pm - 8pm All senior players plus last year's 14A team If you have not registered but would still like to be considered for a team please contact the club as soon as possible using either the late registration link or email ([email protected]) or come along to grading.

25.01.2022 Sadly due to the heavy rain all todays matches are cancelled. With rain expected much of the weekend we will make announcements at the following times tom...orrow. Stay tuned to our website (be sure to refresh your browser) or social channels. Decisions will be announced at: - 6:30am for the 7:30am and 8:34am games - 8:30am for the 9:38am and 10:42am games - 10:30am for 11:46am and 12:50pm games - 1:00pm for the remaining games. - Senior A1 and A2 games will go ahead regardless. Thank you.

25.01.2022 Unfortunately NSG training is cancelled due to weather(10/6) , hope to see you all back next week.

24.01.2022 A great first round of netball for all players, especially our 31 girls playing their first game of net set go today! Some big wins and bigger smiles over the weekend, especially for the Element family where mum and three girls all won their respective games! Enjoy some happy snaps from the weekend in our new uniform and a big thank you to Shay for our new bibs!

24.01.2022 Are you good at organising and scheduling? We are looking for a Junior Umpiring Convenor to join our Executive Committee in 2019 to assist the club with rostering of umpires for Saturday morning games. While a knowledge of umpiring would be helpful, we really need someone who can organise umpires for our 7 teams that play on Saturday mornings. Umpires come from our willing pool of players and parents and other committee members and players are available to help with mentoring of umpires each week. Please note that you do not have to be a current player to fulfil this role - parents are welcome to take it on! For more information please contact Cath at [email protected] or come along to the Club's AGM on Wednesday 3rd April at 8pm.

23.01.2022 Reminder to all those playing today...

23.01.2022 Grading is still on tonight at the moment - a later decision will be made at 4pm.

23.01.2022 Dear NSNA Community - we made it - we played netball during a pandemic! Thank you all for joining us in this shortened 2020 season. A season that none of us i...n our lifetimes has ever experienced. I would like to thank all Club administrators for their work during the season as they dealt with ever changing parameters due to Covid-19 and helped ensure the safety and wellbeing both physically and mentally of their players. And thank you umpires, players, coaches, managers and families for being so understanding and appreciative. Congratulations to you all whether you won, lost or drew - it made us all appreciate our love of netball, community and each other. I give a Herculean thanks to the 2020 Executive and our business administrator for sticking out this exploration of administering netball during a pandemic. Please note, I use the word exploration instead of journey because the word ‘journey’ indicates a definitive start point, a road map and an end point - none of which we had. Administering netball in a pandemic saw us dealing with a constantly moving start point, changing and frustrating parameters such as a limit of 500 people and 20 minutes between games. And still the team persevered, remaining flexible and optimistic as they forged ahead through unchartered territory to find a safe and compliant way for us to play netball. The spirit of exploration and the power of creativity, teamwork and collaboration are what have enabled us all - clubs, players, umpires, coaches and the Exec Committee to put on the 2020 season. Thank you.We give huge thanks to Mayor Gail Giles Gidney and the team at Willoughby Council for supporting us this year, in particular by waiving grounds hire fees meaning we are able to pass on this fee reduction onto our clubs. Thank you also for the terrific new seating area and landscaping around the courts and assistance in the car park. In April, during isolation, having time on our hands we partnered with the Northern Sydney Area Health Staff Appreciation Project and Northbridge Plaza to collect donations for Covid-19 testing nurses at Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals. These frontline nurses do a terrific job carrying out thousands of tests daily and the endless hours and hand-washing they do deserves a show of appreciation. Thanks to so many of you for donating goods to these amazing people. When we were first shut down in March and then sent into isolation in April two of our long serving Norths players, coaches and umpires in Sarah Antico and Mikaela Marsh showed great initiative and ownership in creating player focused fitness and skills videos as well as coach the coaches film clips which were then made available to all members during Covid. They are this year’s winners of the Eddie and Mary Britt Appreciation Award. We thank them for their willingness to give of their time over the years but especially in 2020. This year’s Pat Clarke Service Award is shared by both our Grounds Convenor, Donna Baker OAM and Mel Fisher, Representative Convenor for their outstanding work this season. Many of you might be familiar with the dulcet tones of Donna Baker OAM as she corrals the players in the top car park and reminds everyone to sanitise and social distance. Donna, your energy and experience is overwhelming - thank you for helping to make this season possible. Mel Fisher, our new 2020 Representative Convenor undertook a massive overhaul of processes and implemented new systems whilst managing ever changing logistics around (a now cancelled) State Titles, helped organised numerous mini carnivals so our Reps could have a semi-rep season and umpired Rep Games as well. Thank you Mel for your many, many hours spent on the Representative Program. This year’s Joan Burge Award for outstanding club volunteer goes to Catherine Stokes from Willoughby United. Cath has been a member of WUNC since 1994. Her involvement in the Club has been enormous and she has played, managed, umpired, mentored, selected and coached. She has been involved with WUNC for over 26 years and always shows heart and a love of the game at all levels. The 2020 Joe Hockey Junior Encouragement Award was won by Matilda Damian (Loreto) and Donna Mai (WGHS) for both showing maturity, a willingness to help and dedication to netball through umpiring, playing and coaching at both a club and Association level. We congratulate these two great ladies for embodying what it means to be a Norths girl. This year’s Club Coach of the Year Award (donated by Monte) goes to Lyn McDonald, coach at North Sydney Juniors. Lyn’s passion for netball is infectious and her knowledge and love of the game is reflected in the girls she coaches. This years President’s Award goes to Glenys Paranihi our Competition Convenor for being a fabulous mentor not only to myself but also to others within the Association and for using her extensive knowledge of the MyNetball system to enable us to continue to play despite the ever changing circumstances and withdrawals and requirements of Clubs. Her service to the Association over the years in various roles including Vice President, Competition Convenor and President as well as Junior and Senior State Titles Coach, Metro League Coach, State Cup Coach, various Netball NSW Committees and Willoughby Council committees over the past 15 years has made her a worthy, dedicated and knowledgeable recipient. Thank you and congratulations Glenys. I thank each and every member of the 2020 Executive; April Butler Vice President and Covid Officer, Katrina Damian Secretary and resident medico and lawyer, Katarina Vencel Treasurer and Guru who knows how to apply for any grant known to man, Competitions Convenor Glenys Paranihi for re-doing the draw on multiple occasions, umpiring convenor Eileen Hukins for all those levelling and badging requests and settling of disputes, Jenny Gage Coaching Convenor who has ensured coaches across both the association and the Representative program were informed and up skilled, Mel Fisher our Rep Convenor who has grabbed her new role with both hands, to Toni Palmer for Sunday’s facilitation of our super well organised NetSetGo Program and last but not least, our business administrator Marie Cherote for keeping us all organised. We still have the postponed Round 8 of Friday night games to be held next Friday 11 September so will see those of you then. Our Twilight Competition will be open for registration on Monday and as teams register directly with NSNA they are all required to have an accredited umpire and CovidSafe Officer. Visit our website for details. I wish all of you a healthy and happy off-season and I hope that you join us as we continue our exploration of Netball in the time of Covid. Here’s to taking the best parts from this time and the best parts from ‘normal’ times to hopefully create the best of times in 2021 and beyond. With all good wishes, Ineke Walker Ineke Walker | President 2020 Award Winners Joe Hockey Junior Encouragement Award 2020 - Matilda Damian (Loreto) and Donna Mai (WGHS) Monte Club Coach of the Year 2020 Lyn McDonald (North Sydney) The Joan Burge Award for Outstanding Club Volunteer - Cath Stokes (Willoughby United) Pat Clarke Service Award 2020 - Donna Baker (Loreto) and Mel Fisher (WPS) Eddie & Mary Britt Appreciation Award 2020 Sarah Antico (X Monte) & Mikaela Marsh (XS) Exceptional Service Presidents Award 2020 - Glenys Paranihi (Monte) Umpiring Awards 2020 Outstanding Umpire of the Year - Nikki Kundrus-Little (Northbridge) Junior Umpire of the Year 2020 - Ciara Corcoran (Monte) Senior Umpire of the Year 2020 Crystal Mai (NSGHS) B Badges Lucinda Pagett (Monte) Charlotte Versace (Monte) C Badges Jade Summers - Cammeraygal Alicia Hooper - Chatswood Rangers Darcey Kelty - Chatswood Rangers Lucy Finlayson - Lane Cove Charlotte Aubin - Loreto Matilda Damian - Loreto Claire Flanagan - Loreto Alyssa Fikkers - Loreto Imogen Wills - Loreto Samantha Janssen - Loreto Olivia Loadsman - Loreto Rosie Walburn - Loreto Summer Bilc - MCC Emma Leong - MCC Meeghan Pace - MCC Ciara Corcoran - Monte Alannah Jolic - Monte Imogen Hill - Monte Hannah Jom - Monte Bella Burrows - Monte Emma Greenup - - Monte Ally Jammal - Monte Jess Dunstan - Monte Genna Lovely - Monte Lola Ankorn - Mosman Jenny Gage - Roseville Kelly Li - St Thomas Meg Fitzroy Mendis - Wenona 2020 NSNA EXECUTIVE President Ineke Walker Vice President April Butler Secretary Katrina Damian Treasurer Katarina Vencel Competition Convenor Glenys Paranihi Umpire Convenor Eileen Hukins Coaching Convenor Jenny Gage Traill Representative Convenor Melissa Fisher NetSetGo Convenor Toni Palmer

21.01.2022 Round 8 - today’s Friday night junior games postponed until next Friday 11 September due to rain.

21.01.2022 Willoughby United Nerball Club's AGM has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Date to be advised. Thank you.

21.01.2022 For our junior teams that were training this evening, unfortunately training is cancelled due to rain! Good luck in your final game of the season on Friday.

20.01.2022 Unfortunately due to the weather todays Netsetgo is cancelled. The 12pm coaching clinic will however still be held. Enjoy your day.

20.01.2022 Today our amazing president Cath Stokes was awarded the Joan Burge Volunteers award from Northern Suburbs. Cath is not only president but also our Net Set Go coordinator and spent many hours to ensure that all the WUNC players could train and play under the current restrictions. Congratulations and Thank you Cath!

20.01.2022 Netball Grading Cancelled Tonight!

18.01.2022 Great news for a Wednesday morning! WUNC will be in contact to all players and parents in the coming weeks to explain the new 'normal' for training and games to ensure everyone is safe. https://7news.com.au//nsw-sports-minister-geoff-lee-reveal

18.01.2022 Sadly due to the heavy rain all today’s matches are cancelled. With rain expected much of the weekend we will make announcements at the following times tom...orrow. Stay tuned to our website (be sure to refresh your browser) or social channels. Decisions will be announced at: - 6:30am for the 7:30am and 8:34am games - 8:30am for the 9:38am and 10:42am games - 10:30am for 11:46am and 12:50pm games - 1:00pm for the remaining games. - Senior A1 and A2 games will go ahead regardless. Thank you.

18.01.2022 Round 5: If you’re not involved in the game in some way we ask you to please stay home. Reminder to all clubs and players: With the growing number of cases in ...the area, NSW Health is asking all people who live in, or have visited, the following locations and local government areas (LGAs) in the past two weeks to get tested if they have even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms such as a runny nose or scratchy throat. Canterbury-Bankstown LGA Bonnyrigg Cabramatta Campbelltown LGA Cumberland LGA Fairfield LGA Liverpool LGA Mt Pritchard Parramatta LGA Potts Point area Prestons Wetherill Park See full source: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates Additionally, if you are not feeling well please do not attend netball this weekend. If you have any of COVID19 symptoms we encourage you to get tested.

18.01.2022 **UPDATE** Due to weather we have had to cancel NSG training. Please check emails for updates. WUNC are very excited to tell you that NetSetGo training will recommence this week (Wednesday 10th June) at 5pm. For those of you with older children playing in the Junior competition - junior training will not resume until Wednesday 17th June. We are adopting a staggered return to training to ensure that we have all of our Covid hygiene protocols working adequately to manage the number of players we have across the club. All NetSetGo families should have received an email with all the details for training. Please ensure that you have also read the NSNA Covid Guidelines for players which is attached to the email. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Cath ([email protected])

16.01.2022 WUNC are looking for 2-3 players to join our under 9's team (turning 9 in 2020), no experience or knowledge of netball required. The team trains on Wednesday afternoon and plays on Sunday at 10am. Games start this Sunday 19th July at Small street Willoughby. Email [email protected] for more information.

16.01.2022 Hi everyone, due to the large number of junior teams in the club this year we are really short of coaches. We desperately need people to coach our two cadet teams (16 & 17yo). The time commitment is two hours per week - one hour of training on Wednesday nights (7-8pm) and one hour on Saturday afternoons. If you are interested, the club will provide mentoring, support and coaching resources to assist you. As we are a community based club we are unable to provide payment, ho...wever we will reward you at the end of the season with a small gift of appreciation. You can coach with a friend (or two!) and hours can be used towards community service or Duke of Ed skills development if required. This opportunity would suit older school age or uni players, parents or carers. Please note - if you are over 18 you will be required to hold a valid Working With Children Check. If interested, please contact Robyn asap at [email protected]

16.01.2022 Reminder 2020 season starts this weekend (17,18,19) please ensure you are familiar with the new COVID safe regulations: - please arrive 10min prior to game for warm up and leave promptly after the final whistle - Net Set Go are allowed 15 people to attend the game including umpire, players, coach and scorer - Junior and seniors are allowed 12 people to attend including players, coach and scorer - All players should hand sanitise before and after playing ... - Balls will also needs to be cleaned after use - All team attendees need to be recorded in the team app and managers should have this already on their phone. - Please enter through the top car park stairs and exit via the lower car park. As this is the first week we will all be getting use to the new guidelines so please be listen to the NSNA officials at the ground. Good luck to all teams!

15.01.2022 Please ensure you have double checked your draw for this weekend.

13.01.2022 7:30am & 8:34am matches cancelled: Due to heavy rain yesterday and the fog this morning our courts are too wet for the early matches of 7:30am and 8:34am. We w...ill make a decision on other matches at 8:30am as per the following: -8:30am for the 9:38am and -10:42am games 10:30am for 11:46am and 12:50pm games -1:00pm for the remaining games. Senior A1 and A2 games will go ahead regardless. Thank you. See more

13.01.2022 Round 5: If you’re not involved in the game in some way we ask you to please stay home. Reminder to all clubs and players: With the growing number of cases in ...the area, NSW Health is asking all people who live in, or have visited, the following locations and local government areas (LGAs) in the past two weeks to get tested if they have even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms such as a runny nose or scratchy throat. Canterbury-Bankstown LGA Bonnyrigg Cabramatta Campbelltown LGA Cumberland LGA Fairfield LGA Liverpool LGA Mt Pritchard Parramatta LGA Potts Point area Prestons Wetherill Park See full source: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates Additionally, if you are not feeling well please do not attend netball this weekend. If you have any of COVID19 symptoms we encourage you to get tested.

13.01.2022 With rain expected much of the weekend we will make announcements at the following times tomorrow. Stay tuned to our website (be sure to refresh your browser) o...r social channels. Decisions will be announced at: - 6:30am for the 7:30am and 8:34am games - 8:30am for the 9:38am and 10:42am games - 10:30am for 11:46am and 12:50pm games - 1:00pm for the remaining games. - Senior A1 and A2 games will go ahead regardless. Thank you.

13.01.2022 Last year the council of Northern Suburbs Netball Association (that is representatives from all the clubs that make up our Association) voted to remove the wet ...weather week we had kept aside in case of rain. Therefore if it rains this weekend and games are called off then the team that finished 1st on the ladder will go straight to grand final and teams that finished 2nd and 3rd will play finals next week. The team that finished 4th will drop from the competition. We will not make the decision on canceling games until the very last moment and safety will be the priority. Stay tuned to our social channels for updates. See more

13.01.2022 2019 Winter Competition Online Registrations are now open. Welcome to the 2019 season! Please see our website for further information - http://willoughbyunited.nsw.netball.com.au/pageitem.aspx

12.01.2022 Not long to go...

11.01.2022 7:27pm match cancelled

11.01.2022 Unfortunately due to the weather today’s Netsetgo is cancelled. The 12pm coaching clinic will however still be held. Enjoy your day.

10.01.2022 A reminder that the previously postponed WIlloughby United Netball Club AGM will be held via ZOOM on Thursday 2nd July 2020. Team managers will receive ZOOM details via email. Members of the Club are welcome to attend. Please email [email protected] to RSVP. All Executive positions were declared vacant on February 29th. If you are interested in joining the Committee for 2020 please contact Cath Stokes on 0409469775 or by email [email protected] Executive... Positions are: President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Junior Coordinator Senior Coordinator Umpiring Convenor (Junior & Senior) NetSetGo Coordinator Coaching Convenor Please note - a representative from each team (preferably the team manager) must attend the AGM in order to meet the quorum requirements.

10.01.2022 Round 5: If youre not involved in the game in some way we ask you to please stay home. Reminder to all clubs and players: With the growing number of cases in ...the area, NSW Health is asking all people who live in, or have visited, the following locations and local government areas (LGAs) in the past two weeks to get tested if they have even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms such as a runny nose or scratchy throat. Canterbury-Bankstown LGA Bonnyrigg Cabramatta Campbelltown LGA Cumberland LGA Fairfield LGA Liverpool LGA Mt Pritchard Parramatta LGA Potts Point area Prestons Wetherill Park See full source: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates Additionally, if you are not feeling well please do not attend netball this weekend. If you have any of COVID19 symptoms we encourage you to get tested.

09.01.2022 Round 8 - today’s Friday night junior games postponed until next Friday 11 September due to rain.

09.01.2022 TEAM APP - How to add a new member: First mark attendance of the team (you must have done this before you can add a new member). Then: Click on todays game Cl...ick on the three dots in top right hand corner Click on attendance - youll already have the people in here that you clicked on previously. Click on + new member Read this part carefully: enter member details (name & tel no only required) and the below 'telephone number' section you MUST click on Access groups This part is crucial as IF YOU DONT CLICK 'ACCESS GROUPS' it wont save the member. Select the team theyre attending, go back. Click on create Then go back into attendance. Click on the dots again and click 'edit' and the newly created person will appear. Click save Repeat steps above to add more members To save time, add all parents/spectators you know will be coming for the season. This way you simply choose them at the time of the match, let the umpires know youve filled in the attendance and the game can then begin. Good luck! If you need us please come down to the admin room. See more

09.01.2022 Confirmed COVID-19 cases are associated with the following locations within or near NSNA Netball and have been classified by NSW Health for action: St Leonards ...- Fitness First (9am to 10:30am on Monday 27 July) Crows Nest - Woolworths (10:30am to 11am on Monday 27 July) Surry Hills - Harrpoon Harrys (2:15pm to 11pm on Sunday 26 July) If you have visited one of these locations as identified by NSW Health you are required to follow NSW Health Orders. If undergoing testing for COVID-19, you are not permitted to participate in this weeks matches. Multiple cases have been identified across Sydney, check the NSW Health website to see if you may have been affected.

09.01.2022 If you are interested in umpiring or coaching we are holding two clinics tonight. Umpiring Clinic 5pm Coaching Clinic 6pm ... Both in NSNA admin rooms at Courts. No Training Tonight.

09.01.2022 UPDATE: Uniforms have arrived at Sydney Netball Shop and will be delivered to the club shortly. You will be able to collect them at your first training session, date will be advised shortly.

07.01.2022 NSNA is hosting some Umpires clinics for both badged and those just starting out umpiring. Please have a look on their website for more details as registration is a must. https://www.facebook.com/NSNA.Official/posts/2709105155861126

05.01.2022 Round 8 - todays Friday night junior games postponed until next Friday 11 September due to rain.

04.01.2022 Are you interested in playing netball for Willoughby United in 2019? We cater for players turning 7 and above in 2019. Our general registrations have now closed for juniors & seniors in 2019, however we still have spots available in specific age groups. We are especially looking for... 1 - 2 players turning 9 in 2019. No experience necessary. 1-2 players turning 11 in 2019 No experience necessary 2 players turning 12 in 2019 - Some experience preferred To register your interest please use the link below Willoughby United Netball Club New Player - registration of interest 2019 For further information about the club please contact us at [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: If you attended grading on Feb 6th or Feb 13th but were not registered please contact us as soon as possible. We have tentatively included you in a team however we need confirmation.

03.01.2022 As foreshadowed in our previous communications, Northern Suburbs Netball Association Executive advise that the 2020 Winter Competition start date has been postp...oned until 1 May 2020 and this will be reviewed as COVID-19 evolves and changes which seems to be almost hourly. Following the strong recommendations of Netball NSW, Northern Suburbs are advising all our affiliated clubs to halt all activity until further notice BUT if you choose to continue you do so at your own risk. With the above advice from NNSW, NSNA advise the postponement also of all Coaching and Umpire Clinics run by NSNA including Red Robin this weekend. NSNA also advise the halt of all Indoor Competitions as from TODAY. Click on this link to read full response from NNSW. NNSW COVID-19 RESPONSE We are utterly devastated for our community who crave nothing more than normality right now. We thank those of you who have shown support and understanding as we all work together to deal with this unprecedented event. With regards, NSNA Executive 2020 https://nsw.netball.com.au/n/netball-nsw-covid-19-response

02.01.2022 We are so excited to welcome our newest club member. Annika who will be in our NSG team in 2027. Congratulations from Willoughby United Netball Club x

02.01.2022 7:30am & 8:34am matches cancelled: Due to heavy rain yesterday and the fog this morning our courts are too wet for the early matches of 7:30am and 8:34am. We w...ill make a decision on other matches at 8:30am as per the following: -8:30am for the 9:38am and -10:42am games 10:30am for 11:46am and 12:50pm games -1:00pm for the remaining games. Senior A1 and A2 games will go ahead regardless. Thank you. See more

01.01.2022 Welcome to 2020 Willoughby United Netball Club is a community based netball club catering for all players turning 7 and up. In 2019, we fielded 24 teams in the Northern Suburbs Netball Association Winter NetSetGo, Junior and Senior competitions. Willoughby United draws school age players from schools all over the lower North Shore and caters for all playing standards. Senior players of any age are also welcome! ... Registrations are now open and grading/training starts Wednesday 5th February at the Willoughby Leisure Centre Courts, 2 Small St, Willoughby. See more

01.01.2022 Dear NSNA Community - we made it - we played netball during a pandemic! Thank you all for joining us in this shortened 2020 season. A season that none of us i...n our lifetimes has ever experienced. I would like to thank all Club administrators for their work during the season as they dealt with ever changing parameters due to Covid-19 and helped ensure the safety and wellbeing both physically and mentally of their players. And thank you umpires, players, coaches, managers and families for being so understanding and appreciative. Congratulations to you all whether you won, lost or drew - it made us all appreciate our love of netball, community and each other. I give a Herculean thanks to the 2020 Executive and our business administrator for sticking out this exploration of administering netball during a pandemic. Please note, I use the word exploration instead of journey because the word ‘journey’ indicates a definitive start point, a road map and an end point - none of which we had. Administering netball in a pandemic saw us dealing with a constantly moving start point, changing and frustrating parameters such as a limit of 500 people and 20 minutes between games. And still the team persevered, remaining flexible and optimistic as they forged ahead through unchartered territory to find a safe and compliant way for us to play netball. The spirit of exploration and the power of creativity, teamwork and collaboration are what have enabled us all - clubs, players, umpires, coaches and the Exec Committee to put on the 2020 season. Thank you.We give huge thanks to Mayor Gail Giles Gidney and the team at Willoughby Council for supporting us this year, in particular by waiving grounds hire fees meaning we are able to pass on this fee reduction onto our clubs. Thank you also for the terrific new seating area and landscaping around the courts and assistance in the car park. In April, during isolation, having time on our hands we partnered with the Northern Sydney Area Health Staff Appreciation Project and Northbridge Plaza to collect donations for Covid-19 testing nurses at Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals. These frontline nurses do a terrific job carrying out thousands of tests daily and the endless hours and hand-washing they do deserves a show of appreciation. Thanks to so many of you for donating goods to these amazing people. When we were first shut down in March and then sent into isolation in April two of our long serving Norths players, coaches and umpires in Sarah Antico and Mikaela Marsh showed great initiative and ownership in creating player focused fitness and skills videos as well as coach the coaches film clips which were then made available to all members during Covid. They are this year’s winners of the Eddie and Mary Britt Appreciation Award. We thank them for their willingness to give of their time over the years but especially in 2020. This year’s Pat Clarke Service Award is shared by both our Grounds Convenor, Donna Baker OAM and Mel Fisher, Representative Convenor for their outstanding work this season. Many of you might be familiar with the dulcet tones of Donna Baker OAM as she corrals the players in the top car park and reminds everyone to sanitise and social distance. Donna, your energy and experience is overwhelming - thank you for helping to make this season possible. Mel Fisher, our new 2020 Representative Convenor undertook a massive overhaul of processes and implemented new systems whilst managing ever changing logistics around (a now cancelled) State Titles, helped organised numerous mini carnivals so our Reps could have a semi-rep season and umpired Rep Games as well. Thank you Mel for your many, many hours spent on the Representative Program. This year’s Joan Burge Award for outstanding club volunteer goes to Catherine Stokes from Willoughby United. Cath has been a member of WUNC since 1994. Her involvement in the Club has been enormous and she has played, managed, umpired, mentored, selected and coached. She has been involved with WUNC for over 26 years and always shows heart and a love of the game at all levels. The 2020 Joe Hockey Junior Encouragement Award was won by Matilda Damian (Loreto) and Donna Mai (WGHS) for both showing maturity, a willingness to help and dedication to netball through umpiring, playing and coaching at both a club and Association level. We congratulate these two great ladies for embodying what it means to be a Norths girl. This year’s Club Coach of the Year Award (donated by Monte) goes to Lyn McDonald, coach at North Sydney Juniors. Lyn’s passion for netball is infectious and her knowledge and love of the game is reflected in the girls she coaches. This years President’s Award goes to Glenys Paranihi our Competition Convenor for being a fabulous mentor not only to myself but also to others within the Association and for using her extensive knowledge of the MyNetball system to enable us to continue to play despite the ever changing circumstances and withdrawals and requirements of Clubs. Her service to the Association over the years in various roles including Vice President, Competition Convenor and President as well as Junior and Senior State Titles Coach, Metro League Coach, State Cup Coach, various Netball NSW Committees and Willoughby Council committees over the past 15 years has made her a worthy, dedicated and knowledgeable recipient. Thank you and congratulations Glenys. I thank each and every member of the 2020 Executive; April Butler Vice President and Covid Officer, Katrina Damian Secretary and resident medico and lawyer, Katarina Vencel Treasurer and Guru who knows how to apply for any grant known to man, Competitions Convenor Glenys Paranihi for re-doing the draw on multiple occasions, umpiring convenor Eileen Hukins for all those levelling and badging requests and settling of disputes, Jenny Gage Coaching Convenor who has ensured coaches across both the association and the Representative program were informed and up skilled, Mel Fisher our Rep Convenor who has grabbed her new role with both hands, to Toni Palmer for Sunday’s facilitation of our super well organised NetSetGo Program and last but not least, our business administrator Marie Cherote for keeping us all organised. We still have the postponed Round 8 of Friday night games to be held next Friday 11 September so will see those of you then. Our Twilight Competition will be open for registration on Monday and as teams register directly with NSNA they are all required to have an accredited umpire and CovidSafe Officer. Visit our website for details. I wish all of you a healthy and happy off-season and I hope that you join us as we continue our exploration of Netball in the time of Covid. Here’s to taking the best parts from this time and the best parts from ‘normal’ times to hopefully create the best of times in 2021 and beyond. With all good wishes, Ineke Walker Ineke Walker | President 2020 Award Winners Joe Hockey Junior Encouragement Award 2020 - Matilda Damian (Loreto) and Donna Mai (WGHS) Monte Club Coach of the Year 2020 Lyn McDonald (North Sydney) The Joan Burge Award for Outstanding Club Volunteer - Cath Stokes (Willoughby United) Pat Clarke Service Award 2020 - Donna Baker (Loreto) and Mel Fisher (WPS) Eddie & Mary Britt Appreciation Award 2020 Sarah Antico (X Monte) & Mikaela Marsh (XS) Exceptional Service Presidents Award 2020 - Glenys Paranihi (Monte) Umpiring Awards 2020 Outstanding Umpire of the Year - Nikki Kundrus-Little (Northbridge) Junior Umpire of the Year 2020 - Ciara Corcoran (Monte) Senior Umpire of the Year 2020 Crystal Mai (NSGHS) B Badges Lucinda Pagett (Monte) Charlotte Versace (Monte) C Badges Jade Summers - Cammeraygal Alicia Hooper - Chatswood Rangers Darcey Kelty - Chatswood Rangers Lucy Finlayson - Lane Cove Charlotte Aubin - Loreto Matilda Damian - Loreto Claire Flanagan - Loreto Alyssa Fikkers - Loreto Imogen Wills - Loreto Samantha Janssen - Loreto Olivia Loadsman - Loreto Rosie Walburn - Loreto Summer Bilc - MCC Emma Leong - MCC Meeghan Pace - MCC Ciara Corcoran - Monte Alannah Jolic - Monte Imogen Hill - Monte Hannah Jom - Monte Bella Burrows - Monte Emma Greenup - - Monte Ally Jammal - Monte Jess Dunstan - Monte Genna Lovely - Monte Lola Ankorn - Mosman Jenny Gage - Roseville Kelly Li - St Thomas Meg Fitzroy Mendis - Wenona 2020 NSNA EXECUTIVE President Ineke Walker Vice President April Butler Secretary Katrina Damian Treasurer Katarina Vencel Competition Convenor Glenys Paranihi Umpire Convenor Eileen Hukins Coaching Convenor Jenny Gage Traill Representative Convenor Melissa Fisher NetSetGo Convenor Toni Palmer