Welcome to Beechwood Netball
Club
Proud to be a club run entirely
by volunteers.
General Netball Info
Netball can be played at many levels:
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School
Club
County (eg: Cheshire)
Region (eg: Northwest)
National (ie: England) Check out the England
Pathway:
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/youthzone/England_Pathway
High 5
• For players at primary school the recommended
format for netball is High 5 (for boys and girls)
• Squad Size = 7-9
• Players on court = 5
• Players play in a rotation (pre determined by
England Netball)
• Positions are Goal Keeper (GK) Goal Defence (GD)
Centre (C) Goal Attack (GA) Goal Shooter (GS)
• See the following link for more info:
www.englandnetball.co.uk/my-game/High_5
Training
• Training for the High 5 section is run by Jenny Bignall
07725764872.
• Training Subs are payable monthly by standing order
£4.00 per month for infant school age
£6.50 per month junior school age
• Coaches: Jane Hayes, Roberta Maddox, Julie Southall,
Saxon Van Onselen, and Melanie Morris.
• Players will need: shorts/tracksuit, t shirt, supportive
trainers, socks that come over the ankle, bobble for
long hair, no jewellery.
• A drink of water is essential!
Kit
Kit is available to order from Jenny:
• Navy blue skort (skirt with built in shorts)
• Light blue top
• We encourage parents and players to fundraise for
other kit items, such as hoodies, tracksuits etc and
other essential club costs.
• We would encourage you to buy each child their own
size 4 netball to bring to training but this is NOT
essential. (normally about £5 – see Jenny for advice)
Leagues and Matches
• We play matches on a Sunday at The Ball Hall,
Warrington, WA4 1JL, throughout the year.
• We also enter teams into the Cheshire Junior
Netball League which plays approx once a
month on a Sunday.
• Every player who plays in the leagues needs
to: 1. play in kit whenever possible 2. be an
England Netball member.
England Memberships
• Memberships (or affiliations) to England
Netball have lots of benefits; see
www.englandnetball.co.uk/membership
• Cost approx £7 per year (11 & under)
• Completed via club (see Jenny)
• Child gets insurance (essential for all players
in our club), posters, stickers, wristband and
more.
• Payable at end of July each year.
Club Personnel
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Chair: Melanie Morris
Treasurer: Jessika Maddox
Secretary: Sharon Bignall
Safeguarding Officer: Jenny Bignall
Sponsorship and Kit Manager: Sarah
Stinchcombe
• Fundraising Manager: Sarah Stinchcombe
• Junior Co-ordinator: Jenny Bignall
Useful Websites
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England Netball: www.englandnetball.co.uk
Netball Northwest: www.netballnorthwest.org.uk
Cheshire Netball: www.cheshirenetball.co.uk
Cheshire Junior Netball League: www.cmjnl.co.uk