February Secondary Schools Update 2025
Kia ora tātou,
Welcome to 2025! We hope you enjoyed a well-deserved break and are feeling refreshed and ready to take on 2025!
If you have had any changes to sports coordinators/ netball convenors, please let me know so we can ensure the information is getting to the right people in your schools.
I will be going on maternity leave mid-March but leave you in the trusted hands of Sandra (Centre Manager) and Tracey (Competitions) who will deliver the school competitions for the 2025 season. I will be back on board in August/September. You will be able to reach Tracey on this email and Sandra on manager@netballhuttvalley.co.nz.
Below is an update of what to expect in the coming months:
Selecting workshop
The first session available for professional development this season is the selecting workshop being held on Monday 10th February 6.30pm online. Registrations can be completed here. This is targeted towards coaches, but also useless for new & returning selectors/convenors ahead of the 2025 season.
Community Coaching Awards
We are onto cohort two of our Emerging Coaches cohort and are excited for the season ahead. We encourage all senior and junior A coaches to be engaged in this programme to help build connections within our community and to ensure that our coaches are delivering quality opportunities to our rangatahi when they engage in netball. Senior and Junior A coaches are also invited to attend our dynamic coaching sessions which are led by John Atkins - Emerging Talent Lead at Netball Central Zone and will cover topics such as planning for your campaign, team talks, debriefs and effective substitutions. For more information on coach development see here.
Secondary school competition
Dates are live on our website here. Team registrations can be completed through Team Builder on Sporty. Team registrations will close off Friday 4 April.
Netball Smart have released a revamp of the warmup which is available on their website here. Please share links to videos and the resources to all your coaches to ensure that players are warming up efficiently at training and games to help reduce the risks of serious injuries.
Constitution meeting
7 pm 24th Feb, NHV Pavilion, a meeting is planned to discuss proposed updates and changes to the NHV constitution. A new constitution is required due to the new Inc. Societies Act, our draft constitution will be shared next week, the meeting is open to all and aims to discuss any queries and gain feedback on the draft constitution. After consultation and feedback we hope to be able to present the constitution to the AGM for approval. Please RSVP if you or any of your members are attending on 24th Feb.
The AGM is set for 6 pm, 24 March at NHV, official notice of meeting will be sent in a few weeks, following our consultation meeting, and further discussion, we aim to be able to present the proposed new constitution at the AGM for approval.
2025 Programmes for Secondary Schools players
Pre-season: Year 7&8 and Year 9 to 13 programmes will run in March.
Registrations close Monday 10th February: Twilight Competition: Year 5 & 6, Year 7&8, Youth and Senior grades available. Information can be found on our website here.
Atiawa Toa FM Tournament will be on Saturday 12 April, registration cut-off Friday 28th March. Information can be found on our website here. You are now able to enter teams via Team Builder.
Year 7&8 McDonald's Hutt Valley Monarch's Birthday Weekend tournament: Saturday 31 May. Information can be found on our website here.
Representative programme: Under 16 & 18 information can be found here.
Pre-trial positional workshops and fitness testing will be offered for under 16 & 18 representative trialists in the April school holidays. More information can be found here.
Player registration forms
All parents/players are required to complete their individual forms on sporty. A link to the forms is available on our website.
Schools can send out a magic link to all past participants to re-register for the following season *given the individual had completed their details the year before.
Sporty has created the individual player registration forms and they are live as at 2nd December. Please note Netball NZ have made the individual player address (street, suburb, town and postcode) a mandatory field in 2025 due to the incorporated societies act changes coming into effect.
Schools can edit their forms from the online registrations portal on the dashboard to include any information you may require.
To edit your form see below
Login to your school Sporty admin portal
Click on the online registration button
Select 2025 from tabs on the left side of your screen
Select Netball
Click the edit button (looks like a pen) on the Netball Registration form
Scroll to the bottom and select save.
Team Builder process (setting up your teams in the competition & adding players to your teams)
Once players have completed the player registration form, they will appear in your Team Builder list for the 2025 netball registrations.
For a tutorial on creating and editing your teams in Team Builder see here.
To add players to a team, see here. This tutorial will explain how to add multiple people to a team at once, and how to add a person to multiple teams (I.e. play in one team and coach another).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Ngā mihi
Jaimee Bialy
Community Development Officer
(04) 567 5971
027 960 2290
Please note my hours vary during the off-season so responses may be slower than usual.
I work part time, but will do my best to get back to you in a timely manner.
My usual contactable hours are between 10am and 2pm Monday to Thursday.
Article added: Friday 07 February 2025