Netball Orkney 

Teams & League Formations:

• On a trial basis, members will arrange their own teams to enter for the first half of the season.

• Anyone without a team can register individually and we will pass on your details to teams looking, or you can make up your own team. Therefore being inclusive to all.

• Bibs can be provided from Netball Orkney if teams do not have their own.

• Leagues names will be changed to Divisions 1, 2 and 3.

  • Division 1 will be the ‘performance and development’ league, playing 15 minute quarters

  • Divisions 2 & 3 are recreational, playing 12 minutes quarters

• Seedings will take place to determine who is in which league

• U17s coaches will be entering the District team(s) into the league. Any junior players not in district, or in U18s category, are eligible for selection for your teams. Please contact us for a list of juniors.

Fees:

• As per the Netball Orkney AGM, affiliation fees have returned this season.

• Members will still be required to also affiliate to Netball Scotland

• A team entry fee will apply

• Scratch fee returns

Umpiring & Scoring:

• We will have a bank of badged or working towards C badge umpires available for Teams to contact. Teams are encouraged to provide umpires a nominal fee, decided between the team and the umpire

• We will introduce the INF rolling score sheets this year to assist with scoring accuracy.

• Teams will now provide a scorer for their OWN game, not a game before/after. This is to reduce the time people are required to be ‘out of the house’. This means if a team only have 7 players, they have to play with 6 and 1 score. Scorers do not need to be affiliated to Netball Orkney or Netball Scotland, but do have to have an understanding of the rolling score sheet.

• Timekeeping should be done either by the scorers, or a separate person, this is up to the teams.

Changes to Rules 2024:

• · We recommend all those involved in league to watch the England Netball video of the 2024 Rules Update which will be available online from 12th August. Netball Orkney will publicise the link when it is available. The following is also a useful link detailing and explaining the Rule Changes: Click here

• In line with the new rules, substitutions will be able to be made during the game. Time will not be held for these within our league, and should just happen as quickly as possible. This will however be at the discretion of the umpire.

• NO committee hope to arrange an in person ‘new rules’ workshop which would answer any queries that arise from the England Netball Rules Update Webinar.

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For full information on the league, please click here. 

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Further documentation will follow in due course.