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BCNC AGM and Club Presentation Evening: Saturday 5th October 2024.
Under 12 Section Winners - Birmingham City!
 Year 6 Plate Winners |
 Year 8 Plate Runners-up |
 Year 7B Team |
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Congratulations to our teams at the Nottingham Tournament. Our year 6 team were winners of the Plate, and our year 8 team were beaten by 2 on goal difference and came out as runners up for the Plate. Our Year 7B team were unable to repeat last year's success as Year 6s. They did their best against other Clubs' A teams but were unplaced.
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Two of our teams in the Birmingham Netball League (an adult league) received certificates for winning their respective divisions. Our Under 12 Team won Division 9, and our Under 10 / Under11 Team won Division 12. Well done to all players!
 We have received this certificate in recognition of what we have done. As part of the Commonwealth Games legacy, the City of Birmingham had a fund to promote organisations in the City who were making a contribution grass roots Sport in the community. The Club was succesful in bidding for a grant of £4,000 for several initiatives, including
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 BCNC Year 6 team |
 Under 14 'Plate'
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Well
done to our Year 6 team who won the U11 Cup at the
Intermediate League
Tournament on 12th September 2021
Also to
our Year 9 team who won the U14 Plate at the
Intermediate League Tournament on 19th September 2021
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On 5th December 2019 we at last received confirmation from England Netball that our application for Bronze certification in the Club Action Planning Scheme (CAPS) has been successful.Thanks to all concerned whose hard work has made this possible! |
This year the Club broke with a tradition of over 20 years. In previous years we have taken teams to Netball Weekends at Brean Sands in June and July. We always enjoyed the netball, but the accommodation has become progressively worse over the years, so this year we decided to try an alternative.
We took a Year 8 team and a Year 9 team to Condover Hall in Shropshire for a weekend of netball and other activities. Helping our Head Coach Dianne with the weekend were Rhiannon, who had organised the whole thing for us, and coaches Jean and Emma. Condover Hall is an Elizabethan Stately Home, now run as a residential adventure centre by JCA. The weekend was well organised by the Condover staff and the Netball Providers led by Joanne Coker, who is an International Umpire. The accommodation and food were very good.
Saturday morning was free for activities. The girls took part in archery, an aerial assualt course, climbing wall and a zip wire. There were other activities indoors, but the weather was fine and warm, so most of the time we were outside enjoying the sunshine.
 Year 8 Team |
 Year 9 team |
Both our teams won every match on the Saturday, so they both qualified for the Cup Competitions on Sunday. On Sunday our Year 8s again won every single match, including the Final, beating Northwich by 5 goals to 3. Our Year 9 team won or drew all their matches except the Final, which they lost to Northwich NC by 3 goals to 10.
Most of the teams participating this weekend
were teams from private schools. Northwich was the only other Junior
Netball
Club, many of whose players play also for County or elite teams such as
Oldham. All in all
our girls have good
reason to be proud of themselves.
 Year 8 Winners |
 Year 9 Runners Up |
The worst part of the weekend was the return journey where we had to contend with an M54 closure and the Velo Race which blocked many routes back into Birmingam.
The Year 8 'Cup'
Birmingham City Condover Group Photo
with Coaches (l-r) Emma, Jean, Rhiannon and Dianne
Thanks go to Rhiannon for organising the event for us, to Dianne, Jean and Emma for managing the teams, and to Dianne and Jonathan who drove the minibuses.
Have you ever wondered what happens to the kit we no longer use? We had boxes and boxes of old kit, some of it going back to the the early days of the club and a lot of it brand new.
Then we heard of an initiative where a coach called Miriam Sawyer was arranging to take old and unwanted netball kit out to Uganda so that kids there could get some use out of it. So we contacted her and packed up four or five cardboard boxes full of skirts, tops, bibs and other no longer used kit. These were collected by a friend of a friend who happened to work in Bournville, and from there they made their way to Uganda where the kit was given to netball players there.
These girls are wearing ex-Birmingham City shirts and patch bibs. Some of you may recognise them. The shirts, not the girls! And that is Miriam in the centre, who has done a wonderful job that has benefited both ourselves and the girls in Uganda.
Before the Pandemic, Club membership numbers were stable at about 120. We experienced a lot of interest during the rebound from the Pandemic, and the Commonwealth Games surely helped too. Our numbers now stand at around 180. Our ideal membership number per year group is 20-25, which enables us to run two squads in that year. While on this basis we have vacancies in some school years, we are quite heavily over-subscribed in others, and are normally unable to accept new members in those years. (We may make exceptions for players who are of outstanding ability.)
The table below shows (in blue) the school years for which we are now taking on members. For other years, shown in white , we can accept players only onto a waiting list.
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
In Year 3 and Year 4: we take beginners and non-beginners (subject to availability of places). We give two weeks' free training to new players, without commitment either way. We do not take beginners above Year 4, though (subject to availability of places) they may join the Little League and receive beginner instruction there as part of the playing programme.
In Years 5 and above: Sadly we are not able to take beginners. We need girls with experience in netball, who show, during a free two-week trial period, that they have sufficient knowledge, experience and abilty to fit into our teams. They will typically have played regularly for a school team, or, if new to the area, for another club.
Above all we need players who are coachable.
Membership
of the Club has to include a commitment
to play matches on Saturdays and/or
Sundays when selected, as well as to attend training regularly. This
commitment
needs parental backing,
for example in arranging transport. We expect Birmingham City
players to give the Club priority among their leisure activities.
Subscription rates are shown on the 'We Offer' page.
Parents of members new to the Club should complete the Membership Application Form and return a scanned or photographed copy to us by email, or bring it to the first training session. .
We accept membership application forms: