Winter Season

Welcome to the Grange Uniting Netball Club!

Winter and netball go hand in hand.  This is our season to shine, make friends, keep fit and improve on our skills. Thank you for choosing Grange Uniting Netball Club – we are honoured that you have chosen to join the Grange Netball Club family.

Winter Registrations will open November at some stage (keep an eye on our socials for dates). This date varies as we await SAUCNA link to open registrations. We will first open registrations for existing members first and then to our waitlist. If you wish to join the waitlist, please register via our registration of interest page.

Community
Grange Uniting Netball Club encourages our membership to become involved within our community.  We support campaigns such as Breast Cancer Awareness fundraising held over the Mothers Day Weekend and Umpire Appreciation Day.
Our Club encourages our members to be more than players.  We encourage friendship community awareness and appreciation. During the season we like to bring our netball community together with a social night however we do need helpers, please get in touch. 
We thank you for your support with your child's team and hope you will join us in making Grange Uniting Netball Club a successful and fun netball club for our youth and stars of the future.

All Grange members are bound by a Code of Conduct, as a player and parent of the club, it is important that you are aware that when you join Grange you adhere to these codes. For more information, see here. For Club specific policies, you can also view these here.

Important Dates to Remember:

Grange Dates:

  • Wednesday 29th Jan - Sunday 9th Feb - Club Trials/ Team Selections (see here). It is suggested that all players attend all trials to give selectors the best opportunity to see the skills of every player.
  • Sunday 2nd March -  Meet the Team Day 4-6pm - Grange Lawn Tennis Club. and - Coaches & Managers meeting following straight afterwards.

Season Dates 2025:     

  • Round 1                        29th March 2025                Six Team Grades Play
  • Round 2                       5th April 2025                      All grades play
  • Round 3                       12th April 2025                    All grades play
  • Break                         19th April 2025          Easter & School Holidays No Matches
  • Round 4                       26th April 2025                      All grades play
  • Round 5                       3rd May 2025                         SAUCNA Life Members Day (regrading 4th May)
  • Round 6                       10th May 2025
  • Round 7                       17th May 2025
  • Round 8                       24th May 2025                      Reconciliation Round
  • Round 9                       31st May 2025                        Volunteers Day
  • BYE                            7th June 2025                  Long weekend
  • Round 10                     14th June 2025
  • Round 11                     21st June 2025                       Charity Day
  • Round 12                    28th June 2025
  • Round 13                     5th July 2025
  • BYE                           12th July 2025                    School Holidays
  • Round 14                     19th July 2025
  • Round 15                    26th July 2025                     Umpire Appreciation Day
  • Semi Final             2nd August 2025
  • Prelim Final          9th August 2025              
  • Grand Final            16th August 2025

Played:     Saturdays

Time:     12.00pm, 1.30 pm and 3pm or 5pm

Where:     

  • For Open and U17 teams - games are played at SAUCNA Association Courts located top of Anzac Highway Adelaide
  • For U8's - U15's - games are played on a home and away schedule.

In all age groups there may be a combination of time slots throughout the season.  Before the start of the season each team will receive a draw for the full season.  Please note that there may be changes when re-grading occurs after Round 5.
All divisions have a 3 week finals series (top 4 teams in each division at the end of the minor round). All finals are played at the City Association Courts unless otherwise specified.

Age Groups:     Winter 2025 are based on the player's year of birth as outlined below. Ages are taken at 31st Dec 2025.

  • Under  8's - 2017, 2018
  • Under  9's - 2016
  • Under 11's - 2014, 2015
  • Under 13's  - 2012, 2013
  • Under 15's - 2010, 2011
  • Under 17's - 2009, 2008
  • Opens - 2007 & prior.

Team Selections:                      

  • Team Selections will commence at the end of January/early February.  These will be held at either Jetty St Courts Beach St courts or our new shared facilities at the Grange Lawn Tennis and Grange Netball Club courts
  • To secure your playing position each player must be registered with fees paid in full.
  • Further information including dates and times will be emailed out prior to Team Selections.

Presentation Night:

  • Presentation Night is a special night where parents and players come together as an entire Club to celebrate the season. Here we acknowledge the many teams and players together with Volunteers.
  • The presentation Event will be scheduled as a cocktail function after Grand Final, the date is set for  Saturday 16th August 2025. Details to be finalised.
  • Further information will be made available during the season including prices for parents and children.

Other Important Information:

Training:                   

  • Training is compulsory in winter. Click here for our preferred training night for each age group, however, this is not set in concrete and will be set by the coach.
  • There may be some negotiation however we hope to achieve each age group training within their allocated block for one hour.  All team members will train with their own team.

Fees:                                       

  • Winter Fees for 2025 season have been set at $280 per player.
  • Full payment is required at registration to secure a playing position in the Winter 2025 Season.

Sports Vouchers:                      

  • If you are eligible to use a sports voucher next year you will give this option in the portal when registering and paying.
  • Please choose the voucher option and your fees total will automatically reduce from by $100.
  • Sports Vouchers for 2025 are submitted for assessment by our treasurer when you enter the players medicare card number and reference as part of your registration. You cannot use the sports voucher for more than one sport.

It is important to update any of your details including the players preferred positions, remember, there are always plenty of midcourt player and "Goal Attack's"  and at trials will take some time to get through everyone that wishes to play midcourt and goals, consider a defending position too... we cant have teams full of one position type.

Refunds:                               

Players requesting a refund of fees due to illness, injury or any other reason, will be assessed by the Committee. Please note that full refunds may not always apply as an Administration Fee will be held. Any refund will be at the discretion of the Committee.

Winter Specific: 
Should a player register for the Winter season and withdraw for any reason the following fees apply:

  • Withdrawal before trials begin - 25% admin fee withheld
  • Withdrawal once Club Trails have begun - 50% admin fee is withheld
    (please note "team selection/ trial date" in policy relates to when the club begins trials - individual age groups' trial dates may differ and do not apply to the policy).
  • Withdrawal after team placement is possible, however, no refund is provided one-week post team placement. Any player looking to request a transfer to another SAUCNA club post 'team selection/ trials' no refunds will be given.
  • Any and all refunds will be at the discretion of the Committee.

    Coaching:                                

    Grange Uniting Netball is a volunteer Club.  In order to keep Grange netball thriving it is important that we have parents and community members volunteer their time to help provide children with an affordable place to develop netball skills within their community. Often we are faced with the problem of having more children register than we have teams with coaches. Please consider volunteering your time to be a coach for your team.

    Our mission is to provide an environment where young netball players are guided and inspired to advance their skill level in a friendly inclusive social environment and reach their full potential both on and off the court.

    No previous netball experience is necessary in order to serve as your teams coach; we will share our best practice drills with you and offer trainings and clinics.  We offer support to our coaches and respond quickly whenever you need support guidance or coaching tips. We also have a great source of information and resources available to you online. If you are a parent you will get to spend quality time with your child on the netball courts.  This can be a great time to bond with your child.

    Team Manager:                          

    Each team must have a Team Manager.  Team Managers play a vital role in a team running efficiently.  An organised Team Manager is important to ensure the team runs smoothly throughout the season.

    We like to ensure we spread the love and get each parent involved in their child's match.  Duties that need help each week are scoring timing. Don't worry this isn't a daunting task we will supply a document to help you manage if you haven't managed a team before.

    Your success and your child's enjoyment is our priority. Jump over to our coaches and managers page for more information.