WELCOME to our July
newsletter.
It is another time of the year where we welcome new
families to the club and our teams are exciting playing in the new season. So read on and find out what makes Newlands
the good club it is. My answer is its people.
SAFETY
The safety of our players comes first. Recently and in the winter months there was
and may be condensation from the roof on the courts in the early games. This does not always happen but may happen as
the cold weather sets in. We will not put our player’s safety at risk and will
not play games if the courts are unsafe to do so. This may inconvenient people but I would
rather upset people than have a child injured.
This direction has been forwarded to all coaches. If games are called
off under these circumstances for this please understand and support the
reasoning behind our decision.
TEAMS
In the last newsletter I stated that we had good
growth and had entered 19 junior teams and 2 adults’ teams for this
season. This has changed. The latest update is 22 junior teams and 3
adult teams. I have attached a growth chart to show these results. It is something to get excited about.
Our new teams are: Under 8 Leopards, Under 10 boys
Colts, Under 12 girls Pandas are now 2 teams Wolves and Pumas, Under 16 girls
Tigers, Under 16 boys Titans, Under 20 boys Crocs, Ladies adult Chicks. Men’s
adult Blokes and All Stars. We also have new coaches and team manager and thank
them for their willingness to help us provide opportunities for members of our
community to enjoy basketball at our wonderful club.
NEW PLAYERS
We have positions available in most teams and are
always looking to bring new players into our club. The only teams that are full are our under 18
boys and adults teams. There are immediate positions available in all other age
groups.
SAUSAGE SIZZLE
We conducted a sausage sizzle at Masters Hardware in Preston on the
Saturday the 22nd of June. Thank you to
the following people who assisted as well as continuing their normal game day
duties. So it is a big thank you to organiser
Liz Nichols and helpers Debbie White, Trish Mikhail, Lucia Tamis, Cathy Gatt,
Di Christensen, Oscar Menuel, Pat Di Lizio, Julia Palantzis and Rebecca Nichols. A further thank you to Pat for the donation
of the sliced onions.
We will be running more in the future and look
forward to having more helpers available. The funds raised are much needed and
assist with the running of our club.
NEWLANDS BLOG
Our club blog is now available on line @ http://newlandsbasketballclub.blogspot.com.au/. Check it out it looks
great. You can still use the old web address too. A special thank you to Melinda
for her hard work in developing and maintaining it. She does a great job keeping it up to date
with all our information. And there is a lot of information on it including my
regular updates and game details.
You can subscribe to it and receive regular updates
of information including match game details.
There is no cost to subscribe, membership is free. Within the first 3 weeks we had over 1600
views.
SPORTING APPAREL
Newlands merchandise is available on sale.
Prices are: Drink Bottles $8, Sweat Towels $15, Pens $6, Sweat band set
$20, Hoodies $40, Tee Shirts $30, Bags $40, Personalised Playing Singlets $40 (Reduced
to $25 with trade in), Shorts $40 (Reduced to $28 with trade in).
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Fundraising
is a highly important part of running our club.
We do rely on these funds greatly.
We are looking for volunteers to join our new to be formed fundraising
committee. I have spoke with some people about this and the response was
good. We have a lot of talented people
with some very good ideas. This is your opportunity to help this great club of
ours.
A meeting is planned for 6 pm on the 22nd
of July at the Coburg Basketball Stadium office. Hope to see you there.
FEES
Registration fees are due by Saturday 13th July
2013
Our new club fees are:
Joining cost: $140.00 includes club season
registration, full uniform including name on singlet & club shorts and
training fees. A loan uniform will be
made available until your personalised one is available.
Registration: (single game exiting
player) $80.00 per season
(dual
game existing player) $90.00 per
season for 2 teams
(family) $75.00 per
player per season
Uniforms: Playing
top $40.00
each
Shorts
$40.00 each.
Game fees: $5.00
per game (paid to Team Manager before game)
Door fees: $2.00
per entry (paid to the Association on entry)
PLAYER ASSESSMENT PLANS
Coaches will be completing these on all
players before round 6. These plans will include player’s strengths,
importunities for improvement and how the coach will be working with the player
in these areas. You will be encouraged
to speak with the coach regarding your child’s progress. They will be available
for all players.
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to the following club members
July
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2nd Xavier Covan
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3rd Harper Rodrigo
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3rd Elisha Connor
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10th Andrew Foti
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12th Aidan Dawson
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15th Sara Elso
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16th Nathan Anthakis
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18th Vito Carbone
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19th Arel Rodrigo
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21st Chriso Amanatidis
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24th Jackson Shegog
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27th Zak Nasba
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28th Sean Peachmen Muzzolini
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29th Jessica Hill
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30th Dylan Potter
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If I have missed anyone, please let me know and
have a great birthday.
HAPPY BASKETBALLING
Wilton
