BRIEF HISTORY

St Austell Netball Club is one of the longest established netball clubs in Cornwall. In nearly 40 years of playing the club has had great successes both in League wins and in developing talented players and coaches.

It is a Gold Caps club; an accolade England Netball has awarded it for its achievements in good practice and forward thinking development plans. It is the only Cornish club to achieve this Gold standard so far.

The club changed venues 3 years ago to take advantage of the brand new facility at Truro College. The college is a Regional Talent and Performance Centre for Netball where the most talented of the County’s young netball players receive top level coaching. The move has proven to be a successful one as the club now attracts players from a wider area and has grown in numbers.

St Austell Netball Club is committed to quality training and giving each player the opportunity for a quality Netball experience. There are 5 senior teams, which cater for players aged 14 to veteran.

The 1st team plays in Division 1 of the South West Regional league

The 2nd and 3rd teams are in Division 1 of the Cornwall league –

The 4th team are in Division 2 of the Cornwall league.

The 5th team is in Division 4 of the Cornwall league

All teams continue to achieve great success; the 2nd team won Division 1 of the County 1st Division, which they have achieved for many years previously.

JUNIOR SQUADS

St Austell runs junior squads in U12 U14 and U16 age groups in the County Junior league. The U14 and U16 squads were successful in winning their respective leagues in the league in 2008-9. The U12s won the award for the most Sporting Team.

The club also has representation in the U16 Regional League and U14 Regional Tournament. The U16 squad won the Regional League South Area and went to regional finals in Bath, finishing 4th in the Region.

The U14s went one better having won the South area tournament they went to regional finals finishing 2nd and then went to National Semi Finals finishing 4th in their group

CLUB COACHES

St Austell has a host of qualified coaches who assist with training and squads.

Head coach is Jean Davies, who is an Advanced Coach. She over sees both Senior and Junior Training.

Jean is an ex England U17 and U19 coach and has recently retired from

Coaching Team Bath National Talent League Squad. She was involved with the Team Bath Superleague Squads for over 7 years. Jean has just taken up a new position as Regional Talent Development Coach. Her role involves working with the talented players and coaches in the Regional Talent Programme.

Each squad has its own qualified coach and St Austell has a wealth of Level 2 and Level 1 coaches as well as one Level 3 coach

PLAYERS

St Austell has produced a whole host of national players who have represented England at U17 U19 U21and Senior Level. Most recently Becky Cantin represented England U19s in 2009 and has been reselected for the squad this season. Lottie Richardson has excelled by being one of the youngest players ever to be selected for and England squad. At just 14 Lottie has been selected for the England U17s for the 2009-2010 season.

In the 2008-9 season these two players from St Austell represented Team Bath U19 National Talent League Squad. One of the club’s best-known players is Jo Binns, who plays for Team Bath Superleague Squad. She has recently stepped down from being an England Senior player, so that she can concentrate on her coaching role as Netball South West Regional Talent Coach.

TRAINING

Summer training start on Tuesday July 29th.

5-7pm Junior training

7-9pm Senior training

Venue - Lynher Sports Hall Truro College

Training will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings during the season.

Home matches are played on Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings

TRIALS

Trials for the 1st team squad is on Wednesday Sept 2nd 7-9pm

Remaining senior trials are Sunday Sept 13th 12-4pm and Tuesday Sept 15th 7-10pm

All players are welcome

CLUB FEES

£157 for Senior Players

£137 for U18s

All players pay their affiliation fee prior to trials

£37 for seniors

£32 for U18s

Then 2 instalments payable by Sept 29th and Jan 6th

Seniors £60 x 2

U18s 1 x £55 1 x £50

There is a reduced fee for any Truro College Students as the club is sponsored by Truro College

Contact Club Secretary Penny Taylor 01637 830103

Mobile 07875486192 E mail pennytaylor02@hotmail.com