THE Torquay Netball Club has started its 2022 campaign with a bang after opening Round 1 against Ocean Grove and a fruitful team building event providing a service to the region.<\/p>\n
All six of the Torquay senior netball sides took part in numerous team-based activities prior to the start of the season, organised by new head coach Sonia Harris and ran by an external company.<\/p>\n
Tigers players constructed bikes in teams which were then presented to kids from high-risk homes, kids who have never had the chance of owning a bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of these kids when they were pulled out of homes would have had nothing except whatever was in a plastic bag,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, for us to be able to build these bikes and then present them to the kids was absolutely fantastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girls got a lot out of that in recognising the privileges they have and where they play and live.\u201d<\/p>\n
The idea to hold the pre-season event arose from an array of reasons, primarily the mixture of a bunch of new players and the lack of social team events over the past two years.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 has made the two last Bellarine Netball League seasons a logistical nightmare evidenced by the fact a premier has not been crowned since 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really wanted our squads to get to know one another and bond ahead of the season,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt might sound silly, but we just wanted to get some fun back into the group.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel a lot of people probably felt just a bit hesitant to get back into a routine, because we have all been doing our own thing over COVID.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to remind our players why we play. The communal, fun and achievement parts of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris drew the details of the pre-season event from her time coaching Victorian Netball League side City West Falcons.<\/p>\n
The Falcons host numerous camps enforcing notions of teamwork, leadership and resilience, all traits Torquay\u2019s new head coach aims to preach in 2022.<\/p>\n
Torquay\u2019s senior netball and football sides conduct their respective home openers this Saturday when Barwon Heads comes into town.<\/p>\n
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THE Torquay Netball Club has started its 2022 campaign with a bang after opening Round 1 against Ocean Grove and a fruitful team building event providing a service to the region. All six of the Torquay senior netball sides took part in numerous team-based activities prior to the start of the season, organised by new […]<\/p>\n