Bonbeach Football & Netball Club

Bonbeach Netball Club has been a member of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League since 2011. Since starting our netball division within Bonbeach Football Club we have been developing and improving every season and we pride ourselves on being an inclusive family orientated and friendly club.

Bonbeach FNC has established an incredibly positive and inclusive environment which we are extremely proud of. We have many community connections, great social aspects and are committed to making Bonbeach Football Netball Club the only choice for Netballers in the area.

We have huge expectation for our upcoming season in 2017 and are confident it will be our best year yet. We have many new members were welcoming to the club and we are currently more determined and stronger than ever before. We are hoping to become one of the most competitive teams in the league, both on and off court.

The 2016 season saw us grow and implement some magnificent new programs and initiatives. We began our own café, serving coffee and cakes at home games. We purchased a marquee for away games and began partaking in Outside the Locker Room welfare program alongside the football club. These all added to the success of our club in some way and we plan to continue to improve them next year.

To accompany our unique Club, we are excited to welcome all new players who are committed and dedicated to playing competitive, enjoyable Netball and who will complement our enthusiastic committee, coaches and players to continue to develop our culture. Members of our club are willing to assist on and off the court with the requirements of running a successful club. This includes scoring, fundraising and participating in our fun social events. We employ a zero tolerance for anti- social, negative behaviour and attitudes and a strong leadership group who monitor, implement and discipline this to ensure our great culture remains.

In 2016 the Bonbeach Netball Club went through a re-structure and since, has been working hard to achieve a positive cultural change which is now evident throughout the club. The committee and coaches are working collaboratively to produce competitive teams for the 2017 season.

Our coaches are excited to work hard to develop strong, competitive netballers and successful teams and have goals in place to continue growing our supportive, loyal culture and skill standard.

We are committed to training umpires in order to provide the club and the league with umpiring options.

Latest news

Last year we received the very exciting news that the council have approved for two courts to be built at Shark Park! We are hoping for this to be done by the end of the 2017 season.

We have implemented a leadership committee this year. Below is a list of the roles and responsibilities of our leadership committee:

1. Maintain the positive and supportive culture of the club
2. Promotion of social events, team dinners and volunteering duties
3. Reach out to new players ensuring everyone feels welcome, happy and supported
4. Be representatives for any feedback or concerns players may have
5. Set and exemplify club standards regarding appropriate behaviours both on and off the court
6. Encourage, support and build confidence in players
7. Provide feedback and advice where necessary
8. Reach out to players who may require assistance and regularly check in with everyone to see how they are doing
9. Encourage, monitor and model commitment to the club to help build a cohesive team environment
10. Assist Louise with whatever she may need.

Please see the ‘who we are’ part of our site for more information on who the committee consists of.

Games and training

Our compulsory training night is Thursday 6.30 – 8pm.

Game times as follows:

A Grade – 1.30pm
B Grade – 12.15pm
C Grade – 11am
D Grade – 10am

Who are we?

Louise Manders – Head Coach

2017 is Louise’s second year with Bonbeach. Louise has done a magnificent job coaching the A and B Grades and overseeing the coaching of the B and C grades. Louise fits perfectly into our club and aligns her values with ours well. Louise has been playing netball since she was 5 years old and has trained and played with many great people at different levels. Louise currently plays state league in the Div 1 team at Parkville in Melbourne on Tuesday nights for Bayside Netball club. She has played with Bayside for the past 11 years. Louise loves to be fit and healthy and runs her own business as a fitness professional which she has done and loved for the last 10 years. Her hobbies include Netball, gym, training in boxing, stand up paddle boarding and she loves her two pugs Mazda and Snitzel.

Executive Committee

Jessica Grant – President
Amanda McCartney – Vice President
Kirsty Halley – Secretary
Tessa Hogan – Treasurer

General Committee:

Theresa Blauuw
Beatrice Rowsell
Emma Thompson
Michelle Edmundson
Caitlin Batten
Jodie Ades
Alison Tenant
Taela Davis

Leadership Committee

Theresa Blauuw
Georgia Dyer
Luisa DeCampo
Michelle Rickards
Michelle Edmundson
Amanda McCartney

Sponsorship and Fundraising

This year the Bonbeach Netball Club have a fantastic player sponsorship option for any Business or individual wishing to become involved in a vibrant, progressive football club.

Please see below our player sponsors;

Player Sponsor

Hannah Vos Robinson – Vos Partners
Jodie Ades – DJ Ades Plumbing Solutions
Kirsty Halley – John Cunningham
Michelle Edmondson – Tessa Hogan
Michelle Rickards – Sheldon Price
Tessa Hogan – Peter Hogan

Major Sponsors

We have some exciting sponsorship packages on offer this year; please don’t hesitate to contact a committee member if you are interested in seeing our sponsorship packages. We have some exciting announcements regarding sponsorships to come so WATCH THIS SPACE!

Fundraising

The Netball Club will again this year be running a Sharks Café service with coffee and sweet treats at all home games. The netballers will be running a series of BBQs in order to raise funds for improving and developing our club and strengthening our opportunities. We hold an annual Village Cinemas movie screening, this year being extremely successful with us having a whole cinema filled. We run a chocolate drive annually also. If you or anyone you know would be interested in supporting the Netballers by assisting at fundraising evets or donating or sponsoring us, please contact a committee member.

Contact

Bonbeah Netball Club entered the MPFNL in 2010 and has been developing since. After struggling to get wins on the board, we undertook a re-structure in 2015 which has resulted in a vast improvement in our results, player number and retention and growth and development.

As a club, our aim is to continue to expand and work further towards our goal of becoming a serious league competitor. To achieve this, we are increasing our squad and in 2018 and will field five teams. Four teams will compete in the MPNFL, and one team will compete at the Frankston District Netball Association (FDNA). This is a great step towards our club’s growth, and a necessary step towards promoting and developing a higher level of competitiveness in the MPFNL home and away season.

We are proud to offer many wonderful opportunities to our members:

We have an umpire development squad, which includes the training and badging of umpires.

We offer a cafe service at home games and encourage all our members and players to assist with its running.

We have experienced and dedicated coaches that work hard to improve the skill level and competitiveness of all members.

We also have amazing, modern facilities and we are excited to continue to grow and develop all aspects of our club.

In 2018, we welcome back Louise Manders as our head coach. We are also excited to welcome Theresa Blaauw and Sarah Gales to our coaching team; both passionate dedicated and experienced netballers.

In other news, we are incredibly excited to announce that we have received a grant to build two new outdoor courts. These are scheduled to be ready before the start of the season (end of March 2018).

We would like to acknowledge our coaches, umpires, players, past-players, friends, family and volunteers, who have all contributed to the successful club that we are today, and we are looking forward to a great year in 2018.