CHEQUERS NETBALL CLUB
NEWSLETTER – AUTUMN 2010 – EDITION EIGHT
AUTUMN EDITION
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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR...
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END OF SEASON CELEBRATIONS
On Saturday 29th
May
Chequers
celebrated its 10
year anniversary
with a dinner dance at
Croham Golf Club. It was
very well attended and we
all had a very entertaining
evening.
During the evening the
annual awards were given
out as follows:
Player of the Year: Kia
Wnuk
Junior Player of the
Year: Amy Robinson
Players Player:
Sportsperson:
A team: Helen Aldred
A team: Kirsty Mundy
B team: Kia Wnuk
B team: Kelly Rowland / Kia
Wnuk
C team: Mel Jones
D team: Sarah Gilders
E team: Debbie Jenkins
Chequettes: Connie
Edwards / Niamh Sheridan
U16: Hannah Ross
C team: Stacey Clarke
D team: Hannah Rose
E team: Debbie Jenkins
Most Improved Player:
Hannah Rose
Special Recognition:
Nicola Crowley / Bethan
Robinson
Chequer of the Year:
Anna Hills/Kelly Rowland
Juniors
– on 17th June
the Chequettes and two of
our
Junior
teams
participated in the Croydon
Junior Netball Rally. The
U13 team won their section
with great teamwork and
enthusiasm.
Well done
girls!
young
leaders
from
different
backgrounds.
Over the few days we took
part in training sessions
for our own particular
sport including umpiring
and coaching and I was
able to train with Sue
Hawkins,
the
current
England netball coach.
In our teams we had
various
workshops
to
develop leadership and
communication skills and
learned how to encourage
young people into sport. At
the end of the four days
there
was
an
award
Congratulations to Klara
Price and Steve Boarder
who are getting married
next
July.
Laura
Green
and
Stuart
Horgan recently
announced
their
engagement.
Our best
wishes go to both couples.
The New Season
Young Leaders’ Camp
Welcome to our new team
captains: Leanne Charles
(A), Kate Walker (C) and
Clare Harris (D).
In August Amy Robinson
attended a Young Leaders’
Camp in Reading.
This camp involved 150
young people from all over
the country from three
different sports; netball,
athletics and gymnastics.
Those who applied had to
demonstrate
their
commitment
to
volunteering and set out
their aspirations as a
volunteer and show their
desire to succeed. With
50 people chosen from
each sport the camp had
great
variety.
Amy
explains the set up, “We
were put into mixed teams,
each team representing an
Olympic city. This gave us
the chance to share ideas
and experiences with other
Chloe
Taylor,
Sophie
Sherley
Dale,
Carolyn
Andrews, Hannah Jenkins
and Joelle Wright. Come
back soon!
ceremony
and
I
was
presented with the award
for “Leading by Example”,
meaning
I
had
been
recognised
as
demonstrating
good
leadership skills and living
the Olympic and Paralympic
values”.
Congratulations to Bethan
Robinson and Anna Maloney
who recently attended
trials and have been
selected to attend the
Surrey
U14
Netball
Satellite Academy.
Goodbye to those going to
university – Hannah Rose,
Also, welcome to new
members – Jamie Joyce,
Sarah
Pryor,
Barbara
Thomas, Kerry Goodwin and
Holly Cooney.
BOS Rally - The B team
had a good start to the
season playing in the plate
final at the BOS Rally on 11
September.
It was a
three-way
final
with
Coombe
and
United.
Chequers B beat United in
the first game. The next
game saw Coombe complete
a convincing win over
United. The final game was
then the decider between
Coombe and Chequers. It
was pretty tense and
although we were hot on
their heels the time ran
out for us to get one more
goal. The final score was 6
- 5 to Coombe. The team
consisted of Anna Hills,
Kelly
Rowland,
Emma
Saunders, Helen Aldred,
Verona Clark, Tasha Rogers
and Mel Jones.
First Match Reports of
the
Season,
Saturday
th
25 September
Chequers
A
(19)
Roundwood A (39)
v
You could detect autumn in
the air for the first
Croydon game of the
season. Chequers A put out
their new squad to compete
against a Roundwood A
team still powered from
their successes of last
season and the Beginning
of Season Rally. Roundwood
also sported a revised
team with the addition of
some
newcomers
strengthening their squad
even more.
Both teams fought for the
lead in the first 2 quarters
of the game and, although
the scores were level half
way through the 2nd
quarter, Roundwood had
edged the lead at the end
of
half
time.
Roundwood A benefited
from a squad of 9 and used
their additional players
well by implementing some
strategic
changes
throughout the game. As a
result,
Roundwood
A
managed to pull away in the
3rd and 4th quarters to
win the game convincingly.
The final score was 39 - 19
with Chequers A missing
out on the half score point
by just 1 goal.
to 57. A great and well
fought match.
Players
player
for
Chequers Tasha Rogers and
most sporting players for
Chequers Kelly Rowland
with Jackie Sullivan most
sporting for Croham.
Chequers B (69) v Croham
(57)
The
first
match
of
Croydon Netball League
season saw Chequers B
take on relegated Croham
in the 1st Division. A few
new faces to the Chequers
B squad started in the line
up but it didn’t mean that
they were not already a
team.
A tight first quarter saw
Croham take an early but
slim lead by one goal, 13 –
14. Coming out in the
second quarter Chequers
seemed to be the more
determined and some great
balls in by their WA meant
that they could go ahead
by 5 goals at half time.
Neither team had subs so
the same 7 stayed on and
battled it out with only one
change
around
by
Chequers. The shooters
for each team converted
their goals each time they
received the ball leading to
a very high scoring game.
The
Chequers
team
although not “fresh” on
their legs pushed on and
won the game by 69 goals
Chequers C
(34)
Wellcome (47)
v
On
Saturday,
25
September
Chequers C
played Wellcome in a
Croydon League match.
Chequers
had
no
substitutes so it would be
up to the seven players to
take on the challenge. At
the end of the first
quarter the score was
close
with
Wellcome
leading by a couple of
goals. The next quarter
saw Wellcome go 10 goals
ahead. Chequers continued
to fight for the game, and
was hit by a player who
became
injured
and
unfortunately went down to
six players for the rest of
the quarter.
Both
Chequers
and
Wellcome again stepped up
their games in the final
quarter, but Wellcome won
the match in a well fought
game with the final score
of 47-34. Players Player
of the match was Sarah
Pryor and Kate Walker.
Chequers
D
(31)
Roundwood C (40)
v
Chequers D first game of
the season with a few new
faces in the team and
everyone adapted well.
The first quarter Chequers
D were finding their feet
and were behind by 4 and
although we fought hard
and kept the momentum
going at the end of each
quarter we were 1 more
goal down which led to the
final score being 40 – 31 to
Roundwood.
Congratulations to Faye
Sheehan who stepped in to
play C and played it really
well and was then voted
most sporting player by
Roundwood
and
Holly
Cooney new to the team
put in all effort as GK and
was voted player of the
match by the rest of her
team.
Chequers E (28) v Warren
Z (27)
It was the first match of
the Croydon League for
Chequers and Chequers
were determined to start
the season with a winning
performance as Chequers
are in a higher division this
season
having
been
promoted
last
season.
There was great team
spirit
and
excellent
defending. It was a very
tight game, after every
quarter there was only a 2
goal difference which made
the final quarter very
tense
and
exciting,
however due to excellent
defending and attacking
Chequers managed to pull
ahead.
The final score was 28 – 27
to Chequers. There was
great motivation and the
team
showed
great
commitment.
Barbara
Thomas was voted most
sporting player by the
umpires
and
Debbie
Jenkins was voted player
of the match by her
Chequers team mates.
Nonsuch
League
Junior
Our U14 team had a good
start to the season on 10th
October - won one (12-8),
lost one (11-15).
They
played fantastically well as
a team. Next league
matches on 7 November at
Nonsuch.
Club Kit
Don’t forget to vote on the
club’s website under Club
Kit as to whether you
would like the option of a
dress as part of the club
kit.
2011 Tour
Next year’s tour will be to
the Algarve to take part in
the Ladies’ International
Netball Tournament on 27-
30 May 2011. The 3 nights
B&B
package
with
tournament entry and gala
dinner etc is £165 pp (nonplayers £129 pp). Flights
not included. For further
details
contact
Amy
Ireson.
Training
As we are still fairly near
the beginning of the new
season, we need to stress
how important it is to keep
attendance at training to a
maximum. To develop the
skills needed it is vital that
all team members attend
training.
From January we shall be
looking for a new training
venue, but home matches
will be played at either
Shirley High School or
Warlingham School. Please
ensure you check where
you are playing.
Back to Netball
This is going from strength
to strength with a good
turnout every week. Meet
at Croydon High School on
Wednesdays from 7.30pm
to 9.00pm.
Christmas Party
This year’s Christmas party
will be held at the Tree
House in South Croydon on
Saturday 11th December.
The Great South Run
In October this year Pip
Rata and Nikki Crowley
will be running 10 miles in
the Great South Run to
raise
money
for vital
research into Harlequin
Ichthyosis at Barts and
The London Hospitals.
Harlequin Ichthyosis is the
most severe and frequently
lethal form of recessive
congenital ichthyosis. The
skin of babies born with
this inherited condition
forms thick hard diamond
shaped plaques with deep
fissures
due
to
its
inflexibility,
which
increases
their
susceptibility to infection.
It may also cause the eyes,
ears, mouth and other
appendages to contract
abnormally. This makes it
difficult for them to feed.
It is a rare condition that
requires intensive care
treatment. The survival
rate of children born with
this disease has improved
over the years, but many
will die within days of
birth. Treatment will be
required for their entire
life.
Research led by
Professor David Kelsell of
Barts and the London
School of Medicine &
Dentistry
aims
to
develop treatment options;
promote
international
research collaborations to
strengthen investigations
into
this
rare
condition; make
prenatal
screening
tests
available; and disseminate
clinical
best
practice.
For
more
information,
please
visit:
http://www.bartsandthelo
ndoncharity.org.uk/ourproj
ects/children's_hospital//page/124/
Pip and Nikki chose to run
for this charity following
the birth of Samuel
Hardgrave (son to club
member Clare Hardgrave)
on 27th July 2010. Sam
sadly lost his battle
against this cruel condition
just 5 weeks later on 1st
September 2010. For more
information and details of
how you can make a
donation please visit our
fundraising
web
page
address at
The biggest hurdle is to
get the required £5000 to
enable them to become a
formal registered charity
with
the
Charities
Commission. With money
received
and
current
pledges they are up to
around £2000. Please can
everyone pass the above
information on to anybody
you can think of that may
be interested in donating
to the charity. For more
information please email
Jamie
Hardgrave
on
[email protected].
uk
www.shhirt.org.uk (website
is
currently
under
construction, but please
keep
checking
for
information).
http://www.justgiving.com/
Nikki-Pip-Zoe
Amy Ireson is helping to
organise a fundraising day
in aid of SHHIRT. Details
to follow.
SHHIRT
Many thanks.
– following on
from the above, a charity
has been set up in Sam
Hardgrave’s name. Please
see the details below and
donate if you can.
Bank: Barclays
Account
Name:
"Samuel
Hardgrave
Harlequin
Ichthyosis
Research
Trust"
or
"SHHIRT"
Sort Code: 20-84-17
A/c Number: 33331873