December Newsletter December 2014 Message from Julie Paterson, CEO Inside This Issue 1 Message from CEO It has been a very full year and I want to pass on my thanks to all of the centres who have worked alongside the Zone and have been positive, 2 Community Netball enthusiastic and open to ideas and discussions around how we can continue 3 Performance to increase participation numbers as well as focusing on quality programmes that will bring the best benefit to all who are involved in netball. The Zone has 4 Mystics Update also been working very closely with Netball New Zealand in the development of the Whole of Netball Plan, a document that I think will be a fantastic 5 Upcoming Events framework for all strategic planning for netball for the foreseeable future. The WONP will be released at the Netball New Zealand AGM in February. The Northern Mystics are now officially underway with the players contracts beginning for the 2015 season. Debbie Fuller and Noeline Taurua have completed months of planning and preparation and have undertaken the first team building weekend as well – I’m sure you will all be as excited as I am to finally see the team out on court on 2 March 2015. If you don’t have your 2015 membership yet, please make sure you do soon and don’t miss out! I wish you all a safe a happy Christmas and New Year and am looking forward to seeing you all again in the New Year. I hope you all have a well - deserved break and take time to catch your breath and reflect on a job well done over 2014! Julie Paterson CEO DECEMBER NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 Community Netball Holidays – time for rest, relaxation and reflection. Change is a process and needs to be worked through. The biggest consistent challenge we hear from our Centres about the Congratulations to new Junior Netball programme is the parents. So here are some words of wisdom; all winners and “An overemphasis on competition – as opposed to training - makes it easy to nominees that were understand why many parents and coaches measure success in wins and recognised for their losses. Our sports have become far more success orientated and far less hard work and developmentally focussed” John O’Sullivan author of Changing the Game. dedication! “You have to love a sport to play it well, and love grows out of enjoyment.” Golfing great Jack Nicklaus. “Our job as a coach is to enhance players leaving them at the end of the season to be a better, more skilled player than when they started. Win or lose it simply doesn’t matter”. Coaches Talk column in AMI Netball North Harbour’s November 2014 newsletter. So a challenge next year is to collectively focus on our parents who need to review the purpose of sport and work them through the change. So hopefully they at their children are enjoying their netball and developing their fundamental netball skills while having fun. Counties Manukau Sport and their ‘Have a go Days’ have provided an enjoyable experience working with the other codes of sport to deliver quality skill sessions in the Isaiah from Puhinui School schools. The fun and effort the children express no matter what obstacles they may have to overcome, as you can see from Isaiah (Puhinui School) who although is bound to his wheelchair will still partake in all activities. Papatoetoe North School and Sir Edmond Hillary School also took part in the ‘Have a go Days’ and again great to see the level of skill from not just the girls but also the boys who took part. A lot of questions have been asked by the children where can they go to play so Centres get ready here we go for 2015! Netball Active in Schools Programme completed for 2014. A very successful program that was rolled out in June 2014 with 700 students participating from 20 schools across the mid north area. A graduation dinner was held for 12; leadership girls from Northern Wairoa Netball Tracey Spence (NDO) pictured with the Centre. Another successful year coordinated by Leadership Mentor, Simone Matthews. students from Papatoetoe North School Hayley Tipene was awarded the Netball Code Winner for 2014 at the recent Konika Minolta Sport Northland Sports Awards. This capped off an impressive year for Hayley who also won the Far North District Council Sports Awards Netballer of the year, Kerikeri Netball Centre and Whangarei Netball Centre Player of the year. Also congratulations to Aileen Mason for her sporting acknowledgement award from Sport Waitakere, Cheryl Witana for her voulunteer award from Counties Manukau Sport and Maia Wilson for Netballer of the year ASB College Sport and for being a finalist in the Junior Maori Sportswoman of the Year. Congratulations to all other winners and nominees that were recognised for their hard work and dedication to netball throughout the Zone! We want to thank you for your contribution to making netball the sport it is! Anne Nicholson (Junior NDO) with the A big thank you all the Centres for their support throughout this season and students from Sir Edmond Hillary School wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! DECEMBER NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 Performance Netball Northern Zone Performance Coach Programme Begins On Saturday, December 6 the Netball Northern Zone Performance Coach Programme began with 14 coaches involved in the Programme. The morning began with a presentation from Andrew Eade; Andrew is the Senior Advisor for Community Coaching at Sport NZ. Andrew spoke about Sport NZ’s Community Coach Plan and specifically went into detail around the Performance Coach environment. Daniel Stamp then facilitated a workshop focused on the mental skills area that specifically focused on values based coaching. The coaches were given homework and are required to deliver a presentation on their core values as a person and how they cross over into them as a coach. Rob Gambolati introduces some team The last part of the Programme was focused on Leadership. Sue Emerson from building games Unitec led the workshop with a colleague from Unitec Rob Gambolati. This was a fantastic session and got the coaches really thinking about leadership and how they lead as coaches. Netball Northern Zone Talent Identification Programme Netball Northern Zone will be running a Talent Identification Programme on February 21 and 22, 2015 at Netball North Harbour. There will be approximately 40 athletes taking part in the weekend who have been selected from the performances throughout the 2014 season at various tournaments and Talent ID opportunities e.g. National Age Group Selections, UNISS, Regional U15’s and the North Talent ID Programme taking place on January 31. The athletes will be put through their paces and have the opportunity to impress the NNZ Emerging Talent Selectors and hopefully gain selection for the NZSS trials, the trialists are named on February 26 and the actual Listen up coaches!! NZSS trials take place on April 15 to 18. The programme will also incorporate the Netball Northern Zone Performance Coaches who will be facilitating small group game scenarios with the athletes. Coaches hard at work!! DECEMBER NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 Mystics Update The Northern Mystics squad for the 2015 ANZ MYSTICS DECEMBER CAMP Championship got together The Northern Mystics squad for the 2015 ANZ Championship got together for their first full for their first full camp on camp on December 12-13 at Epsom Girls’ Grammar School. December 12-13 at Epsom The camp started with the returning squad members welcoming the team’s new players. Girls’ Grammar School. There were five of them on hand - including Paula Griffin, Camilla Lees and Sulu Tone- Fitzpatrick, who have all had international experience. The only international missing was England’s Serena Guthrie, who moves to Auckland mid-January. The other new faces at the camp were Elsa Brown – a 1.91m goal shoot from Waikato – and Katherine Coffin, whose aunt Jenny-May was a Silver Fern. Noeline Taurua, who has joined the Mystics as a specialist coach, was also welcomed. Highlights of the two-day camp included presentations from: David Slyfield – a performance planner who has worked with the likes of Rob Waddell, Sarah Ulmer and Emirates Team New Zealand Peter Thompson – who brings so much more to the Mystics’ table than just the support of 2015 Northern Mystics team (minus Barfoot & Thompson Serena Guthrie) Sheryl, Lady Wells – whose good-natured journey through the evolution of netball gave some lovely perspective on the opportunities presented to our current team And Holly Fowler – the captain of Mt Albert Grammar School’s netball team, who couldn’t help but show how much the Mystics meant to the younger generation On court, there were major sessions against invitational and men’s players. Those on the comeback from injuries, like Maria Tutaia and Kayla Cullen, were ahead of expectations. Maria even had to be encouraged to not get too involved. The Mystics have a final team session on Thursday, December 18, before two weeks of individual training over the peak of the holiday season. Team in court action 2015 NORTHERN MYSTICS TEAM Elsa Brown, Katherine Coffin, Kayla Cullen, Temalisi Fakahokotau, Paula Griffin, Serena Guthrie, Laura Langman, Cathrine Latu, Camilla Lees, Nadia Loveday, Sulu Tone- Fitzpatrick, Maria Tutaia 2015 NORTHERN MYSTICS HOME GAMES (All at The Trusts Arena) 23 March v Central Pulse 29 March v Southern Steel 26 April v Queensland Firebirds 3 May v Canterbury Tactix 18 May v Waikato BOP Magic 1 June v Melbourne Vixens Hydrotherapy post training at Next Generation gym Upcoming Events Monday 5th January – Netball Northern reopen Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2015- NZTD weekend, there will be more information on the umpire criteria for selection in January.