Netball Orkney 

October 27, 2020

Sign up to under 18 open training

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Beginning Thursday 5th of November

1800 - 1945

KGS

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Sign up will be via a survey planet link which will go live on Tuesday 27th October 2020 at 8pm. Session spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

October 24, 2020

Sign up to the Under 15 Open Training

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Beginning Tuesday 3rd November
1700 - 2005
KGS
Athletes will be required to sign up as places will be limited. Sign up from 2000 on Tuesday 28th October

October 24, 2020

Senior training begins on Tuesday 3rd November.  All Netball Orkney members aged 16+ are welcome - training is for all abilities.

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If you have any questions regarding training, competitions, etc. please get in touch by messaging us on Facebook or emailing senior.netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk

August 20, 2019

In addition to the INF netball rules which are available, we will be looking at ways to further continue to boost umpires knowledge and confidence throughout the season. 

Therefore we would like members to join the 'Netball Orkney Team White' facebook group, also we have a few people in a Facebook group called'Netball Umpires Corner' (with 13k members) which they have found useful to gain more knowledge and to ask questions to other umpires. 

July 04, 2019

We received the court bookings back for the 2019-20 season and it is with regret that we have to inform you that we have been allocated Monday nights only at KGS, Picky and Stromness Academy.  There is no longer a Thursday night available for Senior League.

A few changes have been made to the team registration this year to benefit our members by giving more time to complete your team and more time to make the payment. There are three dates to assist with the process of entering the team, stated below:

• Team registration (Mon 22nd July) – secure your teams place in the league with a £100 deposit

• Team membership Form (Mon 12th Aug) – confirming the names, contact details and affiliations due for those registered to your team.

• Team payment (Mon 2nd Sept) – final date for making the full team entry fee and affiliations.

Click below for further details and the registration forms.

June 30, 2019

We will be running a Summer Camp 24 - 26 July 2019

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P3-P4 0930 - 1100 £8 

P5-P6 1115 - 1315 £10

P7 - S1 1345 - 1600 £12 

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The ages are the classes they are in prior to the Summer Holidays. 

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To book please message us on Facebook or Email junior.netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk

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March 30, 2019

A list of all the winners from the 2018-19 awards night are now available, along with all the nomination reasons which were submitted with the votes. Click below to find out more!

March 01, 2019

Tickets now on sale for the awards night. One member of each team should be responsible for collecting all names, dietry requirements and payment for their team and return to Cheryl. Details attached. 

February 14, 2019

Voting for the Senior League Awards Night is now open for members to vote for Players’ Player and Most Improved in their team’s.

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Those playing in the current Quaich & Cup Groups- click here: bit.ly/QuaichCup
Those playing in the current Plate & Shield Groups- click here: bit.ly/PlateShield

The awards night is Saturday 30th March

February 09, 2019

The date for this year's event has been announced! Saturday 30th March 2019. 

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Further event details along with how to vote will be available shortly. 

January 17, 2019

Our booking time at Stromness Academy for Mondays have been altered to 6:30pm to 9pm each week. This will hopefully suit more players as it is not a late finish. 

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Also the fixtures from Monday 14 January have been moved to Monday 25 March. 

January 09, 2019

Netball Orkney has been in discussion with Netball Scotland regarding the development of netball in Orkney. We hope to drive netball forward at all levels locally and require the support of Netball Scotland to progress with this. As Orkney are the only local authority that does not affiliate all players, Netball Scotland has been reluctant to support us with this. The Committee have now come to an agreement with Netball Scotland that we will come in line with other areas and affiliate all members to ensure that we receive support from them.

This means that we will require all players that take part in any Netball Orkney activities, senior and junior, to affiliate to Netball Scotland. As this season is now at the half way point, Netball Scotland has agreed to an introductory membership fee of £10 per senior player. This will come in with immediate effect. Players who have not affiliated by 24th January will not be allowed to continue playing in our league. Junior players have already been affiliated and are not required to pay this affiliation, neither do any senior players who have already paid the full affiliation for this year for Scottish Cup.

To make this easy on players for this season Netball Orkney will collate all senior members details and monies of players and forward this to Netball Scotland. Full membership to Netball Scotland will be required from the start of the 2019/2020 season. For further details on the benefits of affiliation to Netball Scotland, please click below.

To ease this process the Committee asks that captains dispense this information to team members before your first league game so that monies for affiliation can be collected during the first week. To affiliate members we would appreciate it if the Team Captains would get each members postal address and collect money from their players, place it in an envelope with the total paid and indicate the players who have completed the payment. Please return your payment and player details to Rebecca Scott – if you would prefer to email the members addresses, please do so to senior.netballorkney@hotmailco.uk. 

We hope you understand and respect our decision to affiliate our members. This decision is to help improve our senior league and have adequate insurance for all members.

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If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Regards

The Netball Orkney Committee

January 09, 2019

Netball Orkney are delighted with the number of teams and players that take part in our leagues each year! The aim of our league is to enable all players to take part in a competitive but enjoyable game each week.

With a large number of teams and players there are sometimes a number of problems that arise. We would like to take this opportunity to remind players of a few important rules and expectations of good sportsmanship.

COORDINATORS ROLES:

• Please make sure your team knows when they are allocated a coordinator role and arrange for a team member/s to be responsible for this. This is stated on the fixtures.

• There should be 1 person allocated to this role, and the scorer should not do it.

• Team coordinators should arrive 10 minutes beforehand to set up.

• They must ensure teams are on court and ready to start on time.

• Time keepers must give teams 30 seconds warning before the time starts. At Picky please make ensure that the far court can hear all communications.

• If for some reason a game is delayed, shorten breaks to help. For the last resort shorten the game that started late so it finishes within its allocated time, do not shorten the game after.

• The bag will be at Stromness for set up, however the coordinators of the last game needs to return this to the NorthLink Ferry Terminal on Monday after the game.

• Please make sure all equipment and score cards are tidied away into bags at the end of the night.

• It has been requested by KGS Sports Centre that players wait in the dining hall to keep the corridor free till the club in the hall beforehand exits the hall.

• Please see attached the coordinator guides for each of the 3 venues. Please ensure the person taking on the role for your team reads this prior to going so they know what to do upon arrival.

UMPIRES:

• All umpires should purchase their own whistles.

• If you need to speak to a player regarding rules or behaviour during an interval, you must approach the captain and communicate through them.

• An umpire has authority of the game and it is their responsibility to keep control of the game and players safe.

• Umpires must check that players hair is tied back and nails are cut short before the game starts.

• Umpires should be aware of sweatbands being worn over fitbits

• FYI - when checking teams nails please make sure they are short by asking the player to hold their hands out nail side up. Umpires must be able to see the whole of the nails.

CODE OF CONDUCT AND SPORTSMANSHIP:

• Players should be mindful of other players and umpires feelings when on court. Disrespectful or derogative comments or looks will not be tolerated.

• Players must control their tempers and avoid behaviour which may inconvenience or upset others.

• Players must co-operate fully, respecting all requests and decisions made by coaches, helpers, officials and administrators.

• Any queries to the umpire can only be made through the captain during an interval. If the query cannot be answered at that time by the umpire, the umpire should approach a more experienced umpire for explanation and clarification.

• Players must treat opponents, team mates and officials with respect at all times - on and off the court.

• It is a players responsibility to ensure they remove all jewellery, watches and fit bits before playing. Finger nails cut short and hair tied back no sweatbands to be worn over fitbits.

Finally, there is a copy of the league rules, coordinator roles, code of conduct and the 2018 INF umpiring books in a folder in the bag at each venue, therefore is there is a query please refer to these in the first instance. If the query is unresolved please email netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Regards,

The Netball Orkney Committee

January 09, 2019

Team captains and vice captains have received two emails regarding the Ortak League. The fixtures and updated coordinator guides have been updated on the website to download. 

December 13, 2018

The league table and results for December is now on the website. 

December 06, 2018

The Minehowe league finished tonight after a great few months of games.  Phoenix secured the trophy which they haven't won since 2013/14. Well done! 

November 04, 2018

Our senior squad travelled to Edinburgh to take part in the Netball Scotland Scottish Cup Tournament today.

The team came away with 2 wins against Avon and Dunedin 2 and a loss against Caley 1; finishing second in their group and progressing into the cup stages.

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Final scores: 
Orkney 15 - 13 Avon 
Orkney 20 - 10 Dunedin 2
Orkney 10 - 24 Caley 1

October 12, 2018

Really good session with the seniors last night - great to see new and familiar faces attending.

Due to the high numbers, please email us at senior.netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk if you intend to come to future sessions by Wednesday 17th October 5pm. 

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The cost of the 8 weeks training is £20 and will be collected at training Thursday 18th October. 

September 30, 2018

This training is open to all netball players aged 16+

Training Commences Friday 12 October 2018.

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Training Dates: 

Friday 12 October, 6:30-8:30pm at KGS

Thursday 18 October, 6:00-7:30pm at Picky 

Thursday 25 October, 6:00-7:30pm at Picky 

Friday 2 November, 8:00-10:00pm at Picky 

Friday 9 November, 6:30-8:00pm at KGS

Friday 16 November, 6:30-8:00pm at KGS

Friday 23 November, 6:30-8:00pm at KGS

Friday 30 November, 6:30-8:00pm at KGS

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Competition Dates: 

Scottish Cup: Sunday 4 November (Edinburgh)

Senior Inter County: Saturday 23 March 2019 (Orkney)

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If you have any questions regarding training, competitions, etc. please get in touch by messaging us on Facebook or emailing senior.netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk

September 01, 2018

Open to all girls in S1/2/3, sign up should be done by 16th September using the link https://s.surveyplanet.com/LvZj0GOF8 

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League commences on Sunday 7th October 2018. 

August 19, 2018

Fixtures for the 2018-19 Howe League is now available to download online. 

August 19, 2018

For more information on the training times and starting dates, please click below. 

August 06, 2018

Team registration forms are now available to complete and return with the names of the players by Monday 13th August, with team payment and affiliations only being required by Thursday 23rd August. 

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The committee have once again struggled with court time, and have had so secure court time in Stromness for a Monday night for part of the Season.  If 20 enters the league we will not require to play in Stromness, however should 21 teams enter as per last year then this will be required. 

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Team Entry fee is £390

Senior Affiliation is £20

Junior / Student (under 18 or in full-time education) affiliation fee: £15 for the first child in the household, and £10 for the second child in the household.

PLEASE NOTE: Junior affiliation and parental consent forms should only be paid and completed by those under the age of 18 who are NOT attending junior training. Those attending junior training should make this payable to the team manager at their training session

March 03, 2018

The NorthLink Ferries Primary Netball League came to a close last Saturday in a day full of surprises.

In the Hamnavoe league, Papdale Strawberries won their first game of the league over schoolmates Pineapples. Evie Kittens won all their games which secured them runners up. Firth Vikings confidently took home the trophy as unbeaten winners in this league.

In the Hrossey league, the day started with an exciting 4-4 draw between Dounby Dragonflies and St Andrews Leopards. St Andrews Dolphins and Dounby Diamonds were chasing the lead with both teams needing to win all their games. Sanday Selkies put this to spoils with an outstanding performance to win all their games confidently against; Dolphins, Sparklers & Dragonflies. To conclude the Hrossey league Dounby Diamonds met St Andrews Dolphins in an very exciting and evenly fought match. After an end to end game, Diamonds managed to edge a 5-4 win, which crowned them winners of the Hrossey league with St Andrews Dolphins closely behind as runners up.

In the Hjaltland league, Hup Lasses won all 3 of their games, beating both Lightning and Eagles whom both were in running for the cup. The Stenness team played some lovely passages of play against Papdale Lightning, the small Stenness GS had a fantastic goal right from the edge of the circle! Although Stenness worked hard to fight back, Papdale kept their cool to secure a 5-4 win. Stromness Smashers also had lovely passages of play, demonstrated by steady and confident movement through court, they also won all their games to secure 4th overall. St Andrews Eagles and Papdale Lightning met in a league decider for the Hjaltland cup. The game was very evenly match with lots of end to end play, ending 1 all at half time. In the second half of the game both teams were still working hard to create opportunities for goal. St Andrews defence worked hard intercepting overhead passes, which were reward with goals. Despite the effort and the steady passages of play through court, Papdale were unable get ahead. St Andrews Eagles retain the Hjaltland cup with Papdale Lightning runners up.

Netball Orkney would like to thank NorthLink Ferries for their continued sponsorship of our primary league. A huge thank you to all the volunteers, coaches and parents who all support and contribute to the running of the primary league.

The next primary competitions will be the P4/5 tournament on Saturday 5th May followed by the Peedie Schools Shield on Saturday 12th May.

December 28, 2017

Fixtures for the Ortak Cup along with all documentation on the league coordinator rules have been updated in the senior section. 

December 21, 2017

Congratulations to Mustangs on winning the Minehowe league; Dolly Mixtures for winning the Midhow League and Starlings for winning the Maeshow League! 

December 07, 2017

Following the earlier decision to cancel tonight (7th December) fixtures. 

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We have been very lucky to have received the Under 15s court time at KGS on Wednesday 20th December from 6.30 to 9.30pm which has allowed us to fit everything in.  We therefore the next two weeks venues will be as follows: 

• Wednesday 13th in Stromness; and Thursday 14th in Picky/Stromness

• Wesdnesday 20th in KGS; Thursday 21st in Picky/Stromness

Please double check ALL the remaining fixtures for changes to times and officiating duties. The new dates may mean that you play two nights in a row. 

December 07, 2017

Due to the police warning for this evening, the decision has been made to cancel this evenings senior league games and reschedule. We will update when we have further information. 

November 04, 2017

The Senior Scottish Cup team took to the court at The Oriam, Herriot-Watt Uni, Edinburgh on Saturday 4th November for the opening games of the tournament. They did well with 2 wins against Caledonian 2 and Rebound and 1 loss against Edinburgh Uni 1. 

October 11, 2017

We would like to thank NorthLink Ferries very much for their continued sponsorship towards Netball Orkney! They have kindly sponsored the new Orkney dresses for all our age groups - under 13s, under 15s, under 17s and Seniors. James Linklater from NorthLink presented Julie Munro from the club with the new kit last night at KGS with representation from all our age groups.

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This sponsorship from NorthLink is in addition to the discounted travel they also provide all age groups for attending training and competitions south, and being the main sponsor of our Primary League. Without such generous sponsorship it would make it harder for the club to continue to operate, so we would like to thank them VERY much.

October 03, 2017

Fixtures available until 19th November. 

October 01, 2017

The committee listened to recent feedback from members about getting more umpiring courses in place to improve the quality of umpiring to in turn make matches fairer. We received an overwhelming response for those wishing to do the courses, however despite this, uptake for the first course has been poor.

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We require 6 more people to put their name forward for the course in order for it to run. Please message us ASAP to put your name down.

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Course will take place on Sunday 29th October in KGS from 10am til 4pm. Netball Orkney is subsidising the cost to make it just £35pp. 

September 29, 2017

Today saw the start of the Primary Netball Season sponsored by NorthLink Ferries. 20 teams took part in the Fun 5z Knockout for the Royal Bank of Scotland Quaich. It was a fun day with lots of competitive matches.

The winners were Papdale Lightning, who secured a 5-4 win over the Hup Lasses in a very exciting final match!

We look forward to seeing everybody on the 4th November for the start of the league.

September 24, 2017

Trials for anyone wishing to take part in Scottish Cup (playing against teams south, competing starting Saturday 4th November) or Senior Inter County (held in Shetland on Saturday 24th March 2018) should attend trials at the Picky Centre on: 

• Monday 2nd October 7-8:30pm 

• Monday 9th October 7-8:30pm 

• Friday 13th October 8-9:30pm

£3 per trial, and trialists must be 16 as of 31 December 2018. ​

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If you are interested but unable to attend these dates, please contact us via Facebook or by email to netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk. 

September 20, 2017

S1, S2 & S3 League starts Sunday 1st October at the Picky Centre, 4-6pm. Please email netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk with your name, school and year by 6pm on Monday 25th September to be entered. 

August 27, 2017

We held an EGM on Monday 28 August 2017 following the resignation of Laura McLennan as Chair and Janice Muir as Secretary, however we failed to fill these required positions. To allow Netball Orkney to continue in the interim, Catherine Johnston has taken on the post of temporary Chair and Cheryl Kelday as temporary Secretary, until another EGM date is announced, advertised and held. If you know anyone who would be suitable for either of these positions or would like further details on the responsibilities, please get in touch.

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The running of our organisation is solely dependent on our brilliant volunteers - if you would be interested in volunteering to assist with anything, however small, please get in touch - many hands make light work! We have lots of small roles which don't require you being committed to the committee, just assisting.  

For a full list of committe members, please click below. 

August 23, 2017

Senior League Fixtures are now available to download!

August 01, 2017

We have called an EGM on Monday 28th August to fill the position of Chair. We thank Laura for all her hard work in the last few months, and welcome anyone who would like to join the committee or volunteer for the role, please come along. 

August 22, 2017

Times for our Under 13s, 15s and 17s are now available! 

July 11, 2017

Registration for Winter League is now open, and will close on Monday 31st July. To find out more info, click below. 

June 28, 2017

Following feedback from members, we are looking to offer coaching and umpiring courses at the start of the season. Anyone who would be interested in signing up or finding out more about these, please click here to register bit.ly/2tnHisW.

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Please note: we will be expecting team entering the 2017/18 Senior League to have at least 2 willing/confident umpires per team, so please bear this in mind.

June 02, 2017

The Junior Inter County girls came away with a convincing win over Shetland today with a win of 42-23 which pulled Orkney back into the chance of winning the Stuart Cup! 

April 10, 2017

League will run a little earlier this year due to court time blocks available, starting Thursday 27th April at Picky. Players should enter individually and will be placed into teams for the league. All abilities and new members welcome!

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Click here to sign up: http://bit.ly/2owBoCK closing date for entries Tuesday 18th April.

March 29, 2017

After some closely fought out games, we have our winners! 

Ortak Quaich - Mustangs 

Ortak Cup - Olympians

Ortak Plate - Mavericks 

Shield - Firth Frisbees

February 02, 2017

Tickets are now on sale for our Awards Night on Saturday 1st April! It will once again take place in the Harray Hall, with a sit down meal, awards and dance to The Cartel. Tickets are £25 and if you require a bus home tickets can be pre purchased for £3 each. Please speak to your team captain or email netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk for more information. 

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Awards to vote for are: Player's Player and Most Improved in your teams.

December 23, 2016

All team captains will have received the fixtures for the Ortak Leagues which commences on Thursday 5th January. 

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When we had the pre-season mini league, we received positive feedback on the smaller, more competitive groups; so we have decided to trial it on a larger scale for the Ortak Leagues this time. The groupings are based on the final placings from the previous league, and games will be 4x 10 minute quarters. We again have a shortage of court time, but in order to give every team a decent number of games over the 3 month period, less weeks off, and avoid some teams having to play 2 games in an evening, we have utilised spare court time (at KGS & Picky) from other sections on Wednesdays and Sundays at the end of the league in March which also accommodates for Senior Inter County (Saturday 18th March). With 3 months advanced notice, we hope this gives everyone enough time to plan ahead for this.

After much deliberation, we have gone back to having named teams to source umpires, and please note teams may have more than one officiating duty in one night, so please check the fixtures carefully.  When sourcing someone (for any role), it doesn't have to just be someone in your team, you can ask another team to help out, or even offer to swap a scoring slot with an umpiring slot for example to share the officiating duties equally. There are 114 willing umpires on the list and 240 slots to fill, so we hope everyone will take a couple of turns and it won't always have to fall to the same people each week. The umpire list is on a tab on the spreadsheet for easy reference, as well as on the 'Netball Orkney Team White' Facebook Group. We are still looking into the umpiring courses and will keep you updated when we have further information on those. 

December 12, 2016

We are looking to gain feedback from all our senior league players to assist with planning for future leagues and opportunities. We have compiled a short survey and would really appreciate if you could spare 5 minutes to respond with your thoughts - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PTJH7X9 - and would ask if you could respond by Thursday 5th January.

November 18, 2016

Trials to be part of this year’s netball JIC squad will take place on the following dates -

Sunday 27th November 6-8pm – KGS

Sunday 4th December 6-8pm – KGS

Sunday 11th December 6-8pm – KGS

£2 per trial.  Players should be S4 or above and under 18 by 31st December 2016. Any players under S4 will be by invitation only.  Anyone interested in trialling please submit names to netballorkney@hotmail.co.uk

November 17, 2016

The draw was made live on today for the next round of the Quaich. 

November 07, 2016

Orkney competed in the Scottish Cup qualifiers on Saturday in Edinburgh. They won one game and lost two games, which means they will be entered into the Evelyn Beatie Quach.  Draws for the next round will be made in the next couple of weeks. 

November 01, 2016

The S1 to S3 leauge starts Sunday 6th November.

October 25, 2016

We had to make a couple of amendment to fixtures for after the October Break. As you can imagine with the number of teams entering the league this year doing the fixtures in the time we have been giving has been quite complicated to get it perfect.  We have noticed that some teams have had more than their fair share of 9 o'clock slots therefore we have made a few amendments to the rest of the fixtures. We apologise if this causes any inconvenience to your team but we need to try to keep everything fair for all players. 

The netball league cannot happen without volunteer umpires and we really appreciate each and every one of you who take a whistle.  However there continue to be issues with umpiring and we apologise to any of your umpires/players who have been on the receiving end of this.  We endeavour to alleviate as much of these problems as we can but we are a small committee and depend on the good will of people to help with the officiating of games.  We have received a number of concerns over the past weeks with regards to umpiring therefore when we were amending the fixtures we have decided to look at ways to hopefully strengthen umpiring across the leagues, in particular close or league deciding matches. This has also meant moving the times of some games in order to utilise umpires.  We are also looking at organising a umpiring course and hope that all players that are umpiring will be interested in attending?  This will help educate and build the confidence in umpires and help strengthen our league.

PLEASE NOTE: In some cases we have not named a particular person but have named the team.  We ask that  your team decides on your member that is most comfortable/suitable for the game in question. Alternatively your team may source someone from another team to cover this slot for you but it is your teams responsibility to cover the slot! The ‘Netball Orkney Team White’ Facebook group should assist with this. There are teams off each week now until Christmas so potentially someone may be willing to assist. 

Please read the fixtures carefully.  Amendments are marked in bold font and a different colour game.  Due to these changes, we will now be publishing the fixtures on our Facebook page weekly.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.