NETBALL

The Forbes Netball Association committee has been very busy, combining with Netball NSW to bring the NNSW Coach workforce and Umpire workforce to Forbes members.

James Mulcare from Eastwood Ryde, and part of the NNSW Coach workforce team has attended two regional carnivals, at Orange and West Wyalong, to mentor the FNA representative coaches as they prepare their teams in competition ahead of the NNSW Junior State Titles.

James worked with each coach, combining to put the finishing touches to the FNA representative teams of 12s, 13s and 14s.

Last weekend, National A Badged umpire Shelley Hutchinson and Michelle Ensore, both part of the NNSW Umpire workforce team, travelled to Forbes to present a Beginner Umpire session to FNA members.

The session was extremely well received by both young and experienced members, where they were coached and given knowledge to blow their umpire’s whistle in a game situation.

James, Shelley and Michelle are part of the FNA Committee improvements in playing and umpiring standards, so all members can enjoy playing netball to their full potential.

Last week NNSW Schools Cup was played in Forbes, where 400 players played for the day, representing their schools in both primary and secondary divisions for both boys and girls.

The day was a great success, with Red Bend Catholic College making a clean sweep of the secondary divisions, and St Laurences Primary Forbes and Wellington St Marys taking out the primary school mixed divisions.

All these teams will now compete in Orange in September in the region finals.

The next event for the FNA is the NNSW Junior State Titles, where the committee, coaches, umpires and parents have been working extremely hard to prepare their teams for 3 days of intense competition in Penrith.

The NNSW Junior State Titles is one of the largest junior sporting events held in Australia, where Forbes NA will be represented by three teams and four umpires.