PLC Netball Club Update

Welcome to another season of PLC Netball, yes it will be here before you realise. As the newly elected President, I consider it appropriate to provide you some thoughts on the committee’s perspective as to where PLC Netball fits into the wider educational program at Pacific.

Firstly, I would like to thank the out-going committee for their efforts, as without their dedication and support, we would not have enjoyed the success that we have.

We have enjoyed on court success and are aiming to develop our support structures and connections with the wider College community. My aim as President is to work with the committee and the College to foster an environment where the PLC Netball Club is seen as an integral part of your child’s educational experience. Sport provides a valuable opportunity to develop leadership, confidence, comradery and the life skills of being gracious in victory and having dignity in defeat. I see these attributes as foundation qualities that will enable our daughters to mature into self-assured and confident young women. 

To this end, I see my role as President as fostering the wider principles of the College within the club. This goal will be based on nurturing an environment built on these five core principles:

• Focus - To concentrate on our role within our team and club to contribute to positive outcomes, not just winning;
• Fun - For the parents, siblings and teammates to share in the joy of our children’s development;
• Family - To foster and develop friendships within PLC Netball community that extend into the wider Pacific community;
• Faith - To have faith in our teammates, coaches, managers, parents and the committee; and
• Fitness - To foster healthy bodies and minds.

The PLC Netball Club’s ‘core’ season runs from March to September and is open to students from Year 2 upwards (must be turning eight (8)). Games are held on Saturday mornings and run for one hour at programmed intervals throughout the morning. With warm-up and after match activities, your total commitment is for approximately two hours a week. Games are held at the Caloundra Indoor Sports Centre on North Street. Training is conducted immediately after school on school grounds and is programmed by the team managers on a mutually agreeable basis. Training normally goes for one hour.

Financially, PLC Netball has the lowest fees of the Caloundra based clubs and the committee is dedicated to keeping costs to a minimum. Our commitment is that the cost of our 2017 registration will be cheaper than the 2016 season of $195.00. Including trials, there were 17 rounds during the 2016 season so that works out at approximately $11.50 per game.

As the committee’s first step in reaching out to the community we seek your assistance. Whilst the formal registration process will occur in February 2017, I would ask that if your daughter would like to participate in competitive netball, could you please provide an expression interest via an email to coltont@iinet.net.au or via text to 0409 59 22 39 at the earliest opportunity. Your expression of interest is non-binding, but it would allow the committee to begin planning teams, recruiting players and will provide a means by which we can keep you informed.

For those families who are joining the Pacific community and have children who already play for other clubs, I would ask that you consider joining our netball community. Having recently moved to Pacific myself, the extracurricular activities at the College have provided a wonderful opportunity to assist our transition into the community. I offer the same invitation for past players and families. It would be wonderful to see your smiling faces again.

Finally, for the parents who would like to take a more active role in their children’s development, there are still opportunities to assist either on the committee, as a coach or as a team manager. Any assistance on this front would be greatly appreciated.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask and I look forward to working with you all during the upcoming season.

Mr Trevor Colton, President PLC Netball Club