Summer Season

Welcome to Summer Netball!

Summer Season is played from October through to March. No games are played during the Christmas/New Year school holidays.

Game Times & Age Groups

  • Monday
    • Ages Under 15's
    • 6:30pm & 7:40pm
    • Quarters 12mins,  2, 3, 2 minute breaks between quarters
  • Tuesday
    • Ages Under 17's & Under 13's
    • 6pm, 7:10pm, 8:20pm
    • Quarters 12mins,  2, 3, 2 minute breaks between quarters
  • Thursday
    • Ages Under 11's
    • 6pm & 7:10pm
    • Quarters 12mins,  2, 3, 2 minute breaks between quarters
  • Friday
    • Ages Under 8's & Under 9's
    • 6pm & 7pm
    • Quarters 10mins,  2, 3, 2 minute breaks between quarters
  • Wednesday
    • Opens Age Group
    • 6:20pm & 7:30pm & 8:40pm
    • Quarters 12mins,  2, 3, 2 minute breaks between quarters

Where

SAUCNA Association Courts - Corner Greenhill Rd and Anzac Hwy in the parklands.

Summer Dates:
The season is split into two halves, with everyone having a well-earned break over the summer school holidays.  The season concludes with two weeks of finals 

Dates for 2023/24 Summer Season.
All dates below are the Monday night of the week commencing

Round 1 - 9th October 2023 - Six team grades play (School Holidays)
Round 2 - 16th October 2023 - All grades play 
Round 3 - 23rd October 2023
Round 4 - 30th October 2023
Round 5 - 6th November 2023
Round 6 - 13th November 2023
Round 7 - 20th November 2023
Round 8 - 27th November 2023
Round 9 - 4th December 2023
Round 10 - 11th December 2023

Break for School Holidays & Christmas

Round 11 - 29th January 2024
Round 12 - 5th February 2024
Round 13 - 12th February 2024
Round 14 - 19th February 2024
Round 15 - 26th February 2024

Semi-Final - 4th March 2024
Grand Final - 11th March 2024

Grange Uniting Summer Fees
Fees for the Summer season are determined by the Grange Committee before the close of the Winter Season.
For the 2023/2024 it has been agreed that our fees will be (To be determined at our next committee meeting $(pls check back for amount) per player.
The cost incorporates the SAUCNA registration fee/insurance and team bag including balls, first aid etc. This cost does not include an umpire. It will be the team's responsibility to source and pay for the umpire, please see below.

Umpires
Each team will need to arrange their own umpire. The going rate is noted on the Paid Umpiring Tab. 

Teams
Teams are friendship based. If you are new to the club or are not part of a team, please join our Summer Facebook Group 'Summer Facebook Group here'.

Uniforms
Same uniform as winter. To order, click here
As required by SAUCNA, jewellery is to be REMOVED - not covered.
Uniforms to be longer than any bike pants worn.

Managers and/or Coach
Each team must have a committed manager who is prepared to be responsible for the team and putting players on court each week. Training is optional and not expected.

As a Team Manager/coach, you will be required to register your team, then the players are required to accept the invitation to join.

Players Accepting Invitation
When you receive an email invitation from the team organiser/ manager. You can then accept the invitation which will take you directly to the link to  pay your fees.

** Your team is not considered fully registered until all of your nominated players have registered and paid online. We require a minimum of 7 players registered and paid for in each team by 19 September 2023.

Score Cards
As a team manager you must ensure your team follows the SAUNCA requirements below;

  • Each team collects its own scorecard from the clubrooms.
  • The first named team (white) second named team (blue)
  • Each team will be required to enter their scores and team players on Results Vault.

A scorer is a person over 14 years of age. Where players are over the age of 14 as a scorer is not provided, a player will need to be taken off if no scorer is supplied for your team.

    Car parking at SAUCNA Courts
    Car Parking is permitted in the car park adjacent to the courts. Enter via Anzac Highway or  Goodwood Road, Parking within the designated areas only.

    No parking is allowed along the fence adjacent to the court area.
    No parking is permitted near the courts or clubrooms unless with an ACC permit. Disable parking with a permit is allowed on the northern side of the clubrooms (only if the permit applies to the driver).

    Cars may be driven in to pick up injured players.

    Pole Covers 

    • The home team of the first match of each night needs to make sure that the pole covers are collected from the Clubrooms and put on each pole
    • The home team of the last match of the night needs to do the opposite (that’s right - put them away)
    • A fine of $55 will be imposed if pole covers are not returned to the clubrooms.

    Extreme Weather Policy 

    Matches for the night will be cancelled if the temperature is considered too hot, or the weather too severe, for safe play, it will be announced on Facebook and our website by 4.30 pm on the day of matches.

    The summer competition is to build skills and have fun, there is no guarantee that a place will be made in a winter team, please see our winter page for more information on the winter season.  Thanks for your understanding. We hope you have a fabulous season.

    If you have any issues with this please email grangenetball@gmail.com