Page 18 - Oundle Life September 2021

NEED FOR
NETBALL?
Let’s get together
Thanks to the new Oundle
School Sports Centre we
now have access to 14
exclusive outdoor netball
courts with sunken posts and two indoor courts with sprung wooden floor.
The town is in need of a netball club!
Oundle Town Netball Club will launch on 18/19th Sept 2021 – the brainchild of former International Netballer – Alex Wood-Davis (known in the netball world as Alex Astle) with the assistance of Head of Netball at Oundle School, Bev Burnham.
Alex gained 48 international caps for England, went to two World Netball Championships (gaining a bronze medal at the 1999 World Netball champs) and competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. She also played in the first ever world team against New Zealand in 2000. Standing at just under 6'3" tall, you may have seen her around town!
Both Alex and Bev have links with National Super league side Loughborough Lightning and
The Sports Centre are arranging a ‘Back to Netball’ programme which aims to provide an opportunity for players who have perhaps been out of the game due to having children, haven’t played since school, or may be completely new to the game. The club will then provide an outlet to those players who want to continue to play
a wealth of experience at all levels of the sport, that they are keen to share with the community of Oundle and Surrounding villages!
We want to run a mixed league next spring
once the programme ends.
The launch event in September aims
to involve a mini mixed tournament each day for local teams to attend and ‘have a go’!
“We will have lots of information available to show our plans and an
“We have wide ranging plans for
the club, from developing junior and
grass roots, back to netball to develop
a strong community side, both junior and adult teams and leagues based in Oundle and ultimately to become a performance club to develop elite players.” States Alex.
The club are currently recruiting committee members and establishing their status through England Netball.
opportunity to join the club but there’s nothing like playing to demonstrate what a great game netball is! We want to run a mixed league
next spring but we have decided to invite local businesses to enter mixed teams (teams should aim to have ten players – seven on court with three substitutions; three men and four women
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