No training tonight girls due to the bank holiday. See you all next week.

Falcons have been nominated for the ‘Club of the Year' Award
in the 2012 London Sports and Activity Awards.

This is an extremely prestigious accolade as it spans the
whole of the London Region and a wealth of different sports and activity clubs,
not just netball! We are not currently aware of who nominated the Club for the
award but it is a huge boost for the whole club and everything Falcons aims to
be.

The PRO-ACTIVE London Awards celebrate the contribution of thousands
of people, the majority of which are volunteers, who make it possible for
Londoners to take part in sport and activities.

A substantial amount of the praise for this award should go
to club chairperson Gemma Holland who is on a one woman mission to develop and
establish Falcons Netball Club as a leader in our local community. Gemma works
tirelessly to achieve not only success on the netball court, but to develop
each individual player, has established four competitive teams and a new back
to netball session as well as running a highly successful junior section of the
club. She recruits and encourages a wide variety of players, volunteers and
coaches to form the club so deserving of this accolade, and all in 7 short
years! This award just goes further to cement the amazing work she has done so
far to build our club up from scratch to the club of today with a fantastic
reputation in our community!

Whilst we didn't win the award overall, the Club has received
a certificate which will hopefully be visible on the website soon!

Well Done!!

 

** Please note the change to times**

ADULT SQUAD TRIALS 2012

All abilities and players over 16 welcome!

Sunday 29th April 2012

Ryefield Primary School
Ryefield Avenue
Hillingdon UB10 9DE

4.30pm to 6pm
For players currently in squads 3 and 4 and any new players who are beginners or have experience of playing netball at school or equivalent.
Back 2 Netball players also welcome at this time. 

A selection of players from the first session may be invited to stay for the second session.

6pm to 7.30pm 
For players currently in squads 1 and 2 and any new players that have experience of playing a higher level of netball, such as regional or a minimum of a local league's premier division. 

For more information email falconsnetballclub@hotmail.com.

See you there.x

Player of the Month; January 2012

The following squad members have been nominated as Player of the Month for their individual team for January!

The winner will be announced at training on Thursday!!

Congratulations to..........

CLAIRE RICKETTS (First Team)

Claire trains really hard and has really stepped up her performances recently. She has an excellent attitude and commitment, despite netball being her 2nd sport!

ABBIE SPIEGELHALTER (Second Team)

Abbie has really upped her game and her great passing into the semicircle has created some great goals......and wins for the team!

DAXA ODEDRA (Third Team)

Had been a valuable member of the team this year after moving up from the 4th team, she has a fantastic attitude towards the game.

ANGELA MURULI (Fourth Team)

She always makes a difference at centre and is supportive to everyone in training.

Falcons 2nds WIN the plate competition in Middlesex’s 75^thanniversary festival

Falcons 2nds have made their stamp in Middlesex early as they are crowned winners of the plate competition. After a difficult start having been grouped with the county’s top clubs, Falcons were placed in the plate competition. They soon got off to a flying start by beating Palmers Green with the second match against Challoners (having already lost to them once in the group round). The game was very close, with both sides displaying some excellent team spirit. We were definitely watching a stronger, more confident squad than the team who had started the day. Shooters Avis and Nicky grew with strength and confidence. The final result was another loss to Falcons, but they went through to the semi-final as runners-up where they faced Old Actonians.

The game started off very fast and physical with few goals being scored early on. Rosie Dutton made a huge impact throughout the mid-court and turned over a large percentage of the balls. Kerry and Deke combined as an excellent defensive unit and helped to bring the ball up the court as well. The shooting partnership was unstoppable with both Sarah and Megan scoring from all around the semi-circle, including some incredible long range accuracy. Abbie played a crucial part helping drive the ball into the shooters with Rosie Cotton making an impressive appearance at half time. A fresh pair of legs helped unsettle a struggling Old As. Falcons finished as winners and went into the final with confidence. All they had to do was beat a team they had already lost twice to early on in the day!

For the third time that day it was Challoners versus Falcons, but this was different, this time a more physical and passionate Falcons side took to the court and really wanted their silverware.  Once again the girls made crucial interceptions all the way through the court with a superb work ethic from captain Becky. Every player showed great team spirit and didn’t stop fighting until the end. There was great support on the side line as well as some important words of wisdom. The final result stood as 6-5 to Falcons which was a well deserved win. They can now look forward to their new season in the county league.

Elswhere in the competition Falcons 1st finished top of their group and went into the cup competition. They then went on to lose one, draw one and win one which meant third place and not an opportunity to compete any further in the tournament.

Players of the tournament deservedly went to Lisa Chang of the 1st team and Deke Adebambo of the 2nd team. Both defenders had a very impressive tournament and were outstanding in every match.

ADULT SQUAD

Head Coaches: Sue Richardson and Alison Akinrinhola

Assistant Coach: Gemma Holland

JUNIOR SQUAD

Head Coach for the U14s squad: Gemma Holland

Head Coach for the U16s squad: Carmen To

Inspiring quotes

'A team is only as strong as their WD!'

'It's all about the team, not about the individual'

'If you can't spot the weak player, then maybe it's you.' (Well not quite inspiring, more of a reality check!)

'Play the match, not the occasion'