NETBALL

The Greater Bank WRAS Netball program provides high performance coaching and training opportunities to up-skill athletes and assist them in progressing to higher representation within the sport of netball.

The program is endorsed by Netball NSW and provides talented netballers the opportunity to grow as netballers and people within the Netball NSW Athlete Pathway Framework

The program sits between local representative netball and higher-order representation such as NSW state team selection.

The 2023 netball program will run from February 2023 to September 2023. Trials for the program will be held in November 2022.

TRIAL INFORMATION

Nominations for the 2023 netball program have now closed. To register your interest for 2024 please click here.

ELIGIBILITY & SELECTION PROCESS

To be eligible for selection in the 2023 program athletes must:

be turning 15 or 16 years old in 2023
be living or attending school in the WRAS catchment area
be a current financial member of their local association and Netball NSW
submit a nomination form before the closing date and attend the trial.

To be eligible for selection in the 2023 umpire program athletes must:

be turning 14-18 years old in 2023
be living or attending school in the WRAS catchment area
be a current financial member of their local association and Netball NSW
submit a nomination form before the closing date and attend the trial.

The following selection criteria may be taken into consideration during the selection process:

Physical attributes and capabilities
Technical competence
Tactical awareness
Potential to improve
Competitive ability
Individual application
Performance and results at specific events
Coachability and behaviour

ATHLETE BENEFITS

Intensive training sessions by local elite coaches
Skill development
Inter-Academy Development camps
Strength and conditioning/Injury prevention screenings and programs
Sports science fitness testing
Educational seminars
Opportunities to compete in elite events such as the Your Local Club Academy Games

2023 PROGRAM STAFF

Netball Head Coach
Nardia Macdonald

Netball Assistant Coaches
Karen Weekes
Emily Williams

Umpire Head Coaches
Michelle Ensor
Shelley Hutchinson

Squad Manager
Kylie Tzavaras

2023 ATHLETES

Athletes
Marley Aplin (Orange)
Jorja Bennetts (Mudgee)
Elsie Callaway (Orange)
Grace Dunford (Parkes)
Emily Fairman (Dubbo)
Samantha Hanrahan (Bathurst)
Emily Hines (Dubbo)
Adeline Hollingworth (Orange)
Millicent Hollingworth (Orange)
Freya Keegan (Orange)
Ella Kilby (Cowra)
Isabel Marchant (Dubbo)
Rachel Marshall (Mudgee)
Milla Nelson (Bathurst)
Malia Nicol (Orange)
Talia Opetaia (Orange)
Tilly Redfern (Orange)
Grace Simpson (Orange)
Isla Stringer (Orange)
Emily Turner (Orange)
Lily-Louise Walker (Narromine)
Lucy Wilson (Orange)