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2 Positions Available with VNA  All the News from the Demons Tour As Part of the Pacific Netball of Vanuatu Vanuatu lavA BUSINESS NAME VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9 NOVEMBER 2010 S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F INTEREST: 2 Positions available with VNA All the news from the Demons Tour As part of the Pacific Netball of Vanuatu. Partnership, Vanuatu Netball Association is honored to Invitation to Vanuatu announce two new positions have become available due to NTO attends the funding with the Netball program. These two Victoria Coaching positions are Netball Development Development Manager and Conference Netball Development Officer and applications are now open to interested persons. Beverly working with students at Ambaebulu school in Ambae Applications close for these positions on the 10th coming to Vanuatu in March to other provinces and January, 2011 and interviews and July. improving the governance I N S I D E will happen soon after that. structure of VNA. VNA is THIS ISSUE: The PNP program is The successful applicants will progressing well with Netball very excited about the begin work with VNA in South East 2-7 Australia being assigned to be program and is looking Demons Tour February and will need to hit the main contact with forward to working with to Vanuatu the ground running as 2011 is Vanuatu. In addition to the Netball Australia and the another busy year for VNA, two positions, funding has Vanuatu Netball Community Invitation to 8 with two clubs from Australia to improve all facets of Vanuatu also been allocated for travel already showing interest in netball in Vanuatu. Netball 8 Victoria Conference Beach Games a Great Success Donations of 9 items Monday 29th November was traditional rules of netball thanks to Vanuatu Beach Unity Day in Vanuatu and such as contact and Volleyball for co-hosting the History of 10 VNA VNA and Vanuatu Beach obstruction, but has no event and sponsors Digicel Volleyball joined together to specific positions which (who provided the prizes) and run the first ever Digicel allows anyone to shoot, and Westpac Bank who provided Beach Games. There were 11 is played on a smaller field so the trophies. beach volleyball teams and 5 there are no thirds. beach netball teams that took No that many part in this inaugural event. people saw what Beach Netball is a new sport beach netball is it is in Vanuatu and is drawing hoped the next more and more fans as it beach netball expands around the world. It competition will be retains many of the even bigger. Special P A G E 2 Demons Eating at the Market Whilst in Vanuatu the and had a chance to talk to Demons team wanted to some of the local people. do things just like everyone They really enjoyed lunch else did in Vanuatu. So and even tried tuluk for the once they had dropped first time. After lunch they their luggage off at their bought some of the local hotel they needed fruits to take back to their something to eat. Instead hotel to eat later. The of going to one of the especially liked the wild restaurants in town they raspberries and bananas. asked the Lava girls to take them to the market. After a quick walk to the market they ate at the market stalls The Demons girls eating lunch at the Port Vila Market House Arrival at the Airport D The South East Demons Netball Team The Lava team had prepared salu-salus for the arrived in Vanuatu on Thursday the 28th Demons girls and then posed for photos with October at 1:30pm in the afternoon. They them outside the airport. It was a great were met at the airport by most of the meeting and the Demons girls were pleased to members of the Vanuatu Lava team, Beverly see some friendly faces when they got off the E Ligo, Development Officer and Sarah plane. Murfett, Technical Officer. “We are really M excited to be here and are looking forward to the O games against Vanuatu.” Kalistah Shaw, N Co-Captain, Demons team S VANUATU LAVA The Demons and Lava together at the Port Vila International airport. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9 P A G E 3 Port Vila NA v Shefa NA As part of the Demons Test Vanuatu Games, PVNA won easily experienced team from PVNA Series, VNA organized some when they played again the Shefa who ended up winning the match other demonstration matches to NA team, but in 2010 it was a 26-19. Congratulations to all the showcase the netball talent we completely different story. In players who took part in the have in Vanuatu. The first of these 2010 Shefa NA worked really hard match. Thank you to Jennifer w a s a m a t c h b e t w e e n to lift up their association and they Attison and Ruby Lini for umpiring representative teams from Shefa have done a good job in doing so. this match. Netball Association and Port Vila Unfortunately they were still Netball Association. In last year’s unable to match the more PVNA (maroon) v Shefa NA (white) 17&U Test Match “We were really After the Secondary League that match against a team made up made possible through the good impressed was held in September and from players in the VNA 17&U feeds received from Sandra Rasu, with how the October, VNA selected an All- squad. The Secondary All-stars Jodi and Eva Tokon. In the stars team from the teams that had a great start to the game with second half the 17&Us came back players competed in this league. This shooters, Jeanne Lini and Mayleen strongly with tight defensive team played in a demonstration Bani shooting at over 85% for the pressure from all members of the improved over f i r s t team and good finishing by h a l f , Rerena Vatu and Jacklyn Obed. the course of which In the end the Secondary All-stars the game”, w a s won the match 37-21 and Jeanne Lini and Kalistah D e n n y s e Maki were Shaw, Co- selected at Caption the best players for Demons the match. Thank you to Mary Cash f r o m Demons and Beverly Ligo for umpiring this match. P A G E 4 A chance to socialise After the games on running of the games and enjoyed the evening, Saturday 30th October those people who had especially the dancing at VNA hosted a come to watch the games. the end. fundraising at the The Demons Vanuatu Netball talked about Centre. This provided how they the players from started playing Demons a chance to netball, what relax after the game they had to do and talk to members for training of the netball and what life is community that had l i k e i n played during the day, Australia. assisted with the Everyone really Demons talking with Vanuatu players 14&U Demons Clinic Unfortunately, the players. small rain on Monday Kate, Narissah and 1st of November Emma took the discouraged many of players for training the 14&U players and gave them some from coming to the new skills to clinic with the improve their Demons, but this passing and their only meant the girls footwork skills. that were able to Thank you to these come got more time girls for their time. with the Demons 14&U practicing their passing skills 14&Us with Kate, Narissah and Emma VANUATU LAVA VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9 P A G E 5 12&U Demons Clinic The 12&U Clinic began with everyone Right: Black Rose v joining together to Shooting Star wipe the court dry. Below: Central v There was a big rain Kawenu an hour before the clinic was supposed to start, so everyone helped to “It was wipe the court so great to t r a i n i n g see all the could still a group go ahead. warm up kids having fun At the and passing and learning start of skills first. new things t r a i n i n g Afterwards the court they split up about netball was dry i n t o from the thanks to defenders, all the s h o o t e r s Demons”, hard work, but that did not with the Demons, so training and centre courts to learn Jeanette Yui stop the rain from coming continued. Luckily the rain specific skills related to each Hing, down again, but nothing was stopped half way through and area. All players improved going to stop the 12&Us from the court dried out fast. The their skills and learnt many new President getting their chance to work Demons took the girls through things from the Demons. VNA 14&U Test Match After the Junior League two teams outstanding performances for their players were Marilyn from the Dragons were selected to take part in a team. The two groups then attended team and Polian from the Lightning. demonstration match during the two training sessions before their Thank you to Beverly Ligo and Sarah Demons Test Series. The players were match to get to know the other Murfett for umpiring this match. selected from every team that players on their team. The first competed as a result of their quarter was very close with the Dragons (green) team leading by three at the first change. It was the second quarter where the Dragons team asserted their dominance with a 12-3 quarter. But the game was not over, with the Lightning team winning the second half 16-10.
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