State glory awaits

THE final squads and teams have been selected for the statewide Loud tournament to be held in Warrnambool on Sunday, May 25. The under 13 squad is Carly Pulling, Rachael Doson, Amanda Gavin, (Koroit); Rebecca Kelly, Angela Meade, Skye Billings, Jordyn Billings (North Warrnambool Eagles); Cheyenne Rowhan (Cobden); Sarah Moroney (Port Fairy); Charlotte Morrison (Terang Mortlake). Sarah Bullen (Camperdown) will be the emergency as she is out of action with a broken arm. Coach Jacqui Smedts feels there is an exciting amount of talent in this team as under 13s is only in its second season in Hampden league.Smedts is hoping her team will finish in the top two of the tournament.THE under 15s will be entering two teams. The A side is Bridget Glennen (Terang Mortlake); Alicia Maloney, Rebecca Moroney (Port Fairy); Marli Boyd (South Warrnambool); Mikaela Gleeson (Warrnambool); Genevieve Darcy (Camperdown); Indi Morrison, Eliza Dwyer, Georgia Martin (North Warrnambool Eagles); Demi Mounsey (Cobden); Hayley O'Grady (Koroit).The under 15 B side is Zoe Bouchier, Emily Maloney (Terang Mortlake); Gina Canfield (Port Fairy); Emily Shanley, Abbi O'Brien (Port Fairy); Emily Allen (Koroit); Cailtin Hickey, Jocelyn McDonald (Camperdown); Amie McGlade, Naomi Sullivan (Cobden).Monique Smith is coaching the A side and Debbie Fitzgibbon will lead the B side. Both coaches are delighted that every club has a representative participating next Sunday.JOINT under 17 coaches Marie Wall and Bev Bourke are looking for big things from their girls.The squad is Sophie Barr, Laura Blackburn, Georgia Muir (North Warrnambool Eagles); Ellen Bowman, Emily-Rose Finnigan, Danielle McLeod, Natalie Saunders, Darcy Saunders (Warrnambool); Chelsea Gunther, Monique Sefton (South Warrnambool).HAMPDEN open squad joint coaches Nicole Dwyer and Emma Beks are yet to finalise their side but have a high quality of players to choose from. The team selected will be required to play in the VCFL Country Championships in Shepparton on the weekend of May 31-June 1 as well as in the Loud tournament. In Shepparton, Hampden is in pool A of the VCFL Country Championships with the Goulburn Valley, Ovens and Murray and Ballarat leagues.It will be difficult for some players to arrange their family and work commitments as the Shepparton trip involves all players to take Friday off work. The squad consists of Marissa Chapman, Jacqui Bowman, Kylie Reus, Casey Owen, (Warrnambool); Sarah Hearn, Emily Batt (Koroit); Kerry McGlade, Emma Beks, Ebony Place, Elyse Howard (Cobden); Sue Flemming (South Warrnambool); Leah Sinnott (Camperdown); Belinda O'Connor, Sioban Sefton, Megan McKenzie (Terang Mortlake); Jo Jenkins (North Warrnambool Eagles); Nicole Dwyer (Port Fairy). A selection panel of five will finalise the team in the coming weeks.THE upcoming Loud tournament is the Western Zone qualifying tournament. By finishing in the top two, a team can go on to play in Melbourne and play-off against five other zones across Victoria to determine the state champion.The Hampden under 15 side is the reigning champion and should automatically receive a wildcard to play in Melbourne. Netball Victoria will have talent scouts at the tournament watching the under 13s, under 15s and bottom age under 17 players who have standout ability to try-out for the state squad.NEW Rule Changes Explained seminar will now be held on Friday, May 16 at 7pm at the Warrnambool Football Club, Cramer Street, Warrnambool.All-Ausralian umpire and State League umpire supervisor Barb Cox will be presenting the evening. It is compulsory for four members from each club to attend. The HFNL strongly encourages all players, coaches and definitely club umpires to attend. The new rules will be aopted on Saturday, May 24.ALL South Warrnambool and North Warrnambool Eagles home netball games will begin play at 9am this Saturday due to uncertainity of court surfaces. Both had a rubber-type surface layed two seasons ago on their main courts and have had troubles with a slippery surface. As weather is too hard to predict for these clubs on a Thursday night, the Hampden league executive made a decision so that all other clubs and umpires know exactly what times games will be played each Saturday.SOUTH Warrnambool Roosters won all six grades of netball last Saturday. Netball co-ordinator Anne-Marie Quinlan asked several long term members of the Roosters how long since this had happened and nobdy could come up with an answer. South has persisted with its juniors over many seasons and hopefully it is on its way back to being a successfull netball club.