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Unfortunately the domain name (www.stormnetball.co.uk) needs re-registering (£96 !) and I just do not have the time to keep the webpage updated and answer all the e-mails I get :-(

It been fun running the web page for the last 5 years, and I hope that it has been of help to as many people as e-mails I have answered !

I will leave all the information here on my NTL account until I need the space for something else.

• Check out 
  Loads of new players in the Playerz4Clubz section, go here at least 50 new players seeking clubs this month
• Please could the clubs update us with their details.  An e-mail address will speed up the whole process, and save a us a huge amount of work sending out phone numbers.

• Want to play in Oxford ? How about Oxford Royals, contact Shirley @ shirleybrunsden@ntlworld.com

In October we have ...

A request !!!

• Sarah is assisting me maintain the Home Of Netball webpage
• Sarah and I are getting inundated with requests for clubs to play for
  We would really like to help everyone, but we can process the 70 enquiries a week that we receive at present.  If you have a general query like "Can you give me a club in North Hampshire", please go here, and contact the AENA county reps direct.  This is all we suggest you do.  Go to County Reps page of then All England Netball Association.
• E-mail address
  We are having trouble with our hotmail account, it has been sending some of your e-mails to the junk folder and ten deleting them after 5 days !  Sorry if we have lost any of your enquiries.  We have switched to an new e-mails address homeofnetball@aol.com
• Please could the clubs update us with their details.  An e-mail address will speed up the whole process, and save a us a huge amount of work sending out phone numbers.

Other stuff

• Croydon Netball League Children In Need Charity Tournament
  Friday 12 November 2004 (junior rally from 16:00, adult rally from 19:30), Crystal Palace National Sports Arena, Adult & Junior Rallies in fancy dress, celebrity appearances, NetballZone UK, merchandise on sale, Men's Match and much much more!
  To enter a team, purchase tickets or find out more information please email
  amy@croydonnetball.co.uk, call 07930 366277 or visit www.croydon-netball.co.uk
  Come and join in and raise money with Pudsey!
• New batch of players in the Players4Clubz list, go here
• Raise money for your club ... 
  Jongleurs Comedy Clubs: Time for Netball Clubs  to laugh all the way to the bank!
  October till November: Social Sponsorship From Jongleurs: Grab up to £10,000 in sponsorship, by simply having a night out. HOW THIS WORKS: Every ticket you buy one will be free, till allocation is used up. NOTE buy 3 and you'll pay for 2, so maybe wise to buy 4 and pay for 2.  To fundraise, everyone pays face value: If you have any queries, please call or e-mail me!  Contact: trytime@trytime.org.uk
• Nottingham Trent University are looking for a coach, if you can help please contact liese_c@yahoo.co.uk
• Check out 
  Loads of new players in the Playerz4Clubz section, go here

In July we have ...

Charity

• Can you help .. Flora Light Challenge for Women
  I work for an overseas development charity called Find Your Feet (FYF). FYF is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to poverty in the developing world. An important element of our work is helping young mothers in India and Africa to set up small businesses so that they can earn enough money to provide their children with food, healthcare, and an education.
  
  We are currently looking for women to join our team in this year's Flora Light Challenge for Women - a 5km run (or walk) for women of all ages that is taking place in Hyde Park on Sunday 5th September. I was wondering if you would be able to help us by forwarding the following details on to members of the Storm Netball Club or by displaying a poster on your notice board. Any help that you can offer us in promoting this event would be greatly appreciated. 
  
  The Flora Light Challenge for Women is a 5k fun run (or walk!) for women of all ages and will take place in Hyde Park, London on Sunday 5th September 2004. Last year, a record number of 25,000 women of all ages and ability took part in the 5k fun run and the atmosphere generated was truly electric.
  
  Find Your Feet, an overseas development charity dedicated to creating lasting solutions to poverty in India and Africa, is looking for people to join their team in this year's event. To find out more about running for Find Your Feet, please call Gila on 020 7326 4601 or email gila@fyf.org.uk. To find out more about Find Your Feet's work, please visit: www.fyf.org.uk.  Gila Orkin gila@fyf.org.uk Fundraising & Communications Assistant, Find Your Feet (FYF), Unit 316, Bon Marche Centre
  241-251 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8BJ Tel: 020 7326 4601; Fax: 020 7733 8848

Tournaments

• DURHAM COUNTY JUNIOR NETBALL TOURNAMENT 2004
  Date: Sunday 5th September 
  Where: South Shields
  Cost: £25 per team
  Competitions: U12, U14, U16 and U18
  Contact: Lisa at BRAMLEY752@aol.com

• South Birmingham Netball Club Tournament
  Date: - 19th September 2004
  Venue: - Stockland Green Leisure Centre, Birmingham
  Age Groups: - U12's to U16's
  Cost:- £20 per team and £20 holding fee per team.
  Contact: - suekellet1@hotmail.com

• Would your netball team like a weekend away in JERSEY playing Netball????
  For the third year running the Modern Hotels/Jersey Netball Association event will be taking place in February of next year indoors at Fort Regent in St Helier.  Friday 18th February to Monday 21st staying at 
  The Mayfair Hotel in St Helier 3 nights half board £199 per person, £60 reduction for those wishing to travel by fast seacat from Weymouth
  
  The price includes: Flights from Southampton, Gatwick, Southampton, Coventry, Bristol or Plymouth. Transfers from the airport to the hotel and return. Full English Breakfast and 4 course evening meal. Transfers from the hotel to the venue. Free use of the hotels indoor health complex and pool.
  
  The event will be limited to 12 teams from England plus 6 from Jersey so will be on a first come first served basis.  To make your booking or for further details call now on 01534 759529 or jbfitzs@modernjersey.fsnet.co.uk

• THE CELEBRITY NETBALL SEVENS
  When: 3rd October 2004
  Cup Promotions would like to invite you to take part in its 8th annual Celebrity Netball Sevens tournament which is taking place at Crystal Palace National Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday 3rd October 2004. Staged every year in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the event has had over 150 celebrities from the world of show biz, TV, music, entertainment and sport involved since its inception. Thousands of pounds have been raised for breast cancer charities with incalculable awareness achieved and this year the event will be supporting the Charities Trust. 
  
  This year we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the Junior Sevens (under 14) and the Mini Sevens (under 12) competitions which, supported by England Netball will showcase the best that junior netball has to offer. The competitions will comprise of a tournament held on Saturday 2nd October 2004 held either on the outdoor courts at Crystal Palace or at another venue in close proximity (depending on number of entries). Here the group stages of the Junior Sevens and Mini Sevens will take place to produce semi finalists. On Sunday 3rd October 2004 at the Celebrity Netball Sevens the semi finals and finals of both competitions will take place in front of the packed crowd at the Crystal Palace Indoor Arena to produce the Junior Sevens and Mini Sevens Champions 2004. However for those who don’t make it to the semi finals the fun doesn’t just stop on the Saturday as all players receive free tickets to the Celebrity Netball Sevens on Sunday 3rd October to not only watch the Celebrities in action but to take part in the Junior Sevens and Mini Sevens Parades where all teams receive certificates from celebrities. Check out the photo below from 2003 where all teams were presented with their certificates by D-Side and the lucky Manor team even had their photo taken with the boys and their trophy!!!
  
  As you can imagine this is a fantastic opportunity for your girls with the chance to not only play against the best of their age group and make friends, but to compete alongside celebrities. With the support of England Netball we hope to establish the Celebrity Netball Sevens as the premier junior netball event in the country. 
  
  The Celebrity Netball Sevens 2003 saw its biggest crowd and participation numbers ever! The stars were out in force to provide entertainment for the hoards of spectators who descended upon Crystal Palace National Indoor Sports Centre for the 7th Celebrity Netball Sevens. Netball fans were treated to some real quality netball with the Junior and Mini Sevens Finals held alongside the celebrity matches for the first time ever.
  
  Catalina Guirado’s Babes in Black were the first to arrive in their team ‘Babe Bus’ and headed straight to the changing rooms where they began to discuss team tactics. This team, the bookies favourites because of their distinct height advantage, deployed star shooter Catalina in their first match and swiftly dispatched the Blue Birds who included Meera Syal at goal shooter who lacked the service that her accuracy of shooting deserved. CBBC’s Kirsten O’Brien made some vital interceptions which sparked a Blue Birds comeback in the second half of the game, but this last push wasn’t enough to win the match, with The Babes in Black coming out as 9-5 winners. 
  
  This first match set the tone for the rest of the day with the Babes in Black beating all teams that stood in their path to the Celebrity Netball Sevens Final. The Pure Whites team consisting of Jordan, the Fame Academy girls and the Fast Food Rockers never really got it together and even with the invention of the self titled ‘Power Lob’ by Jordan (a two armed vertical throw) they failed to muster a win all day. 
  
  This year is set to be even bigger and better with team supporters battling it out to win the Superfans Trophy! Last year all team supporters got involved, with balloons, banners, hooters, pom poms and posters, but this year with a trophy up for grabs the atmosphere in the stands may be as electric as the atmosphere on the court!!
  
  Teams in the Junior Sevens and Mini Sevens must be next seasons under 14’s and under 12’s i.e. under 12/14 on September 1st 2004, and squads can consist of up to 12 players. Entry to the competition will cost £50 per team which will include:
  
  Entry to the Junior/Mini Sevens 
  Free tickets to all players and the team coach for the Celebrity Netball Sevens 
  Certificates to all players 
  Medals to winners and runners up 
  Trophy for each winning team 
  Entry for spectators into the Superfans competition 
  
  Last year clubs including Oldham, Manor, Turnford, Parkside, Oaksway and Hertford Hornets all took part, with many taking the opportunity to make a weekend of it and see the sights of London, for example last year the Oldham girls went to see David Blaine in his Glass Box! 
  
  GO ON… BE A PLAYER!!!!
  
  Teams will need to provide one qualified umpire per team.
  
  Tickets for the Celebrity Netball Sevens are on sale now!!! at www.seetickets.com or on 08712200260.
  
  Charlotte O'Neill, Suite 14 - 16, Marlborough BC, 96 George Lane, South Woodford, E18 1AD
  Tel: 020 8989 2237
  Fax: 020 8989 2219
  www.cup.uk.com

This service allows players over 18 to advertise their availability to play netball (over 18 s only please).  Just e-mail your name, email address, town and county to get listed.

Players4Clubz go here

National Club Directory go here

Find yourself a club

Clubs:

1. Please keep your entry up to date
2. Please supply an e-mail address where possible
3. To add an entry to the database go here and tell me the club name, area, county, contact e-mail (and phone number - not for publication), training/club day, training location, games days

Players:

1. I get 150 enquiries a month, I am sorry I can no longer answer general questions
2. Please use the club e-mail facility where possible, just click on the e-mail address to send message
3. Please ask for the name of the specific club or clubs that you require the telephone number
4. If there is no e-mail and no message to contact me for phone number, I don't know it, see item 5 below
5. If there is no club available please contact the AENA county representative at the top of the page (its all I will direct you to if you send me an e-mail)
6. This web page is not a dating agency or lost persons bureau, I will NOT answer any e-mails requesting information about people, only clubs

Thanks
Malcolm

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11th January 2003
If you need some new players to boost your team ... use the database of players looking for teams to join ... go here

I have sent a questionnaire to all the people who have asked for club details in the last 4 months.  So far ....

285 questionnaires  were sent out, 62 (22%) have replied
60% have found clubs using the STORM web page
40% from telephone numbers I have given out
42% have been contacted via their e-mails on the Playerz4Clubz web page

Month

2003

2004

January

10,065

9,592

February

8,738

March

12,132

April

3,355

9,360

May

7,505

8,690

June

7,638

8,201

July

8,170

9,220

August

7,527

11,598

September

9,983

14,673

October

10,930

est 11,390

November

9,471

December

5,676

total

77,787

80,320

103,594

grand total

77,787

158,107

261,701

e-mail:

Malcolm

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