Pine Hills Netball Club

As a team manager, you are responsible for ensuring information from the Pine Hills Netball Club Committee and your coach is communicated in a timely way to parents and players as well as bringing information back to the Coach and Committee (if necessary) from players and parents. 

We recommend that most communication to your team be managed via the team page located on our website. Your team page is only accessible by your team and has a “Team Messages” section for relevant communication. Your team players and parents contact details are also available on this page.

Managers should organise and communicate a scoring and fruit roster at the beginning of the season. If you are asking parents to take a turn at washing bibs this can also be done on the same roster.  Please note our bibs and patches need to be washed with care as they are expensive to replace.

If any concerns among the team arise, the Manager should be the point of contact and if necessary, bring the issue to the attention of a committee member.

We would also encourage Managers to attend our Pine Hills Netball Club committee meetings to improve the communication between the committee, managers and teams.  

On game day, our Managers are responsible for:

• Player uniforms - ensuring players are dressed in their full Pine Hills uniform (club dress and socks are the mandatory items).
• Nails and jewellery - ensuring that players have their nails are trimmed and that all jewellery and adornments have been removed.  Player ARE NOT permitted to tape earrings and other piercings. They must be removed before a player takes the court. There are no exceptions to this rule. (Nail clippers are included in each team bag).
• Registration and score cards - that a parent has been rostered to score and ensure the registration card is signed by players (for 10s and competitive teams), and that this parent understands how to correctly complete the score card and registration card.
• Parents and spectators - Managers are also required to ensure parents and spectators are positioned accordingly (at the ends of courts - with the exception of Court 17 - see Downey Park map 'safe spectator zones') for player and umpire safety.  Parents and spectators should refrain from coaching players from the sidelines and be respectful at all times of players, coaches, umpires and other spectators (of all teams).  
• Wet and hot weather - communicating with the team and coaches if there are any changes or cancellations to your team's game due to wet weather or hot weather.  Please do not call DPNA for wet weather information.  The DPNA Facebook page is updated very promptly on wet weather mornings and DPNA will assess the weather and the need to cancel on a Round by Round basis unless otherwise advised.  

Managers must ensure that registration cards are completed correctly at the start of the season and that registration cards and score cards are completed correctly every game by the parent who is responsible for scoring on a particular week. 

General information about registration cards and score cards

• Registration and score cards can be found in plastic sleeves labelled with the team’s relevant game time, within the black clipboard on each court. The plastic sleeves with the scorecard and registration cards can only be collected at game breaks.
• At the end of the game, the two teams’ registration cards and the scorecard should be placed in the plastic sleeve and be returned to the control desk (for Courts 1-9) or the box beside the First Aid tent on the Jackie O’Meara courts (for Courts 10-37) by the winning team. 
• For non-competitive teams (where there isn’t a ‘winner’), the first team named returns the plastic sleave to the control desk (for Courts 1-9) or beside the First Aid tent on the Jackie O’Meara courts (Courts 10-37).

Registration Cards - 10s and Competitive Teams 

• Registration cards must be signed by each player on the first game. Players should also initial beside their name under the Round 1 game date.
• Registration cards must then be initialled by each player at each subsequent game.
• No person other than a player should sign the registration card in the place of that player. Penalty: loss of game points by the offending team. If a player is absent or does not take the court, the manager/scorer must write “DNP” (Did Not Play) in the appropriate column. An example Registration Card is included below.

Registration Cards – 7,8 and 9 Non-Competitive Teams

• Non-competitive 7, 8 and 9 players DO NOT need to initial their Registration Card each week of the winter season.  
• Any players playing their first game after the first week must report to the control desk to sign the registration card before they take the court. 

Here is an example Registration Card.

Score Cards - 10s and Competitive Teams 

• Scorers should use a biro only on the score sheet, preferably in blue or black – NO felt pens, gel pens or pencils. Players are not required to sign the score sheet. The person signing in the manager’s spot is responsible for the scorecard and registration card for that fixture week, confirming that both score sheet and registration cards are correct. 
• The black clipboard is to be left in the centre circle of the court, unless the game was the last scheduled match for that court for the day. If so, the winning team must return the clipboard, scorecards and registration card to the DPNA Control Desk. The second named team on the score sheet is to bring in the post pads.
• Any errors noticed in the uploading of scores to the DPNA website should be raised with DPNA via email.

Here is an example 10s and Competitive Scorecard.

Score Cards – Non-Competitive 7,8 and 9s Teams 

• Scorers should use a biro only on the score sheet, preferably in blue or black – NO felt pens, gel pens or pencils to be used.
• Players are not required to sign the score sheet. All players must sign the registration card at their first game. The registration card will be kept at the Control Desk.
• The game time should be evenly distributed among all players. Each player should experience all positions over the course of the season. Playing positions will be collated by DPNA over the season and teams not adhering to the positional rotation policy will be notified. Teams with 7 to 9 players should have each player play each position 6 – 8 times over the season. Teams with 10 to 12 players should have each player play each position 4 – 6 times over the season.
• The first named team’s manager is to collect the game score sheet, place it back into the plastic sleeve provided and return it to the relevant black crate (at the control desk for Courts 1-9 or beside the First Aid tent on the Jackie O’Meara courts for Courts 10-37).
• The black clipboard should remain at the appropriate court until the last round being played on that court that day. The first team on the scorecard is responsible for returning the black clipboard and score sheets to DPNA Control Desk. The second named team is responsible for bringing in the post pads.

Here is an example Non-Competitive 7,8 and 9s Scorecard.

Please remind your team of weekly training and any special training that may be arranged.  Ask players and parents to let you know in advance if they are unable to attend training so that you can inform the coach in advance.  

If equipment is used during training sessions, please ensure it is returned to the shed at the end of the session (including post pads).  

If your team is the last to finish training, please ensure the toilet block is locked, the shed door is locked and the lights tot the courts are turned off. Please ensure the front gate is also locked. All coaches have keys to the sheds, toilets and and courts. 

During Training

• There is a First Aid kit located in the equipment shed for any injuries sustained at training. When items are used from the kit, the Equipment Convenor is to be notified to organise replacements. 
  
• The Pine Hills website has an “Injury Report” tab located on the Home page that must be completed if an injury occurs. Please also notify the President of any injuries.

• The coach is not allowed on court during this time. The players are not allowed to leave the court unless they are the player coming off due to injury.
  
• A small medical kit is included in the team bag for all to use.

Early Forfeit

If your team is expected to be unable to field the minimum 5 players for a game then you must email our club Secretary by 9:00am on the Friday before the match, at the latest. Failure to do this may result in a fine issued by DPNA which will be collected from the team. A team notified by DPNA that its opponent has given notice of its intention to forfeit shall receive a win by forfeit without any members of the team having to sign the match scorecard. In the event both teams give notice in writing of an intention to forfeit a match, neither team shall receive any points for the match.

Late Forfeit

A forfeit may otherwise be claimed if the opposition cannot fill the minimum team of 5 players within 5 minutes of the starting signal being given, providing at least 5 members of the team claiming the forfeit have signed the score sheet and returned it to the DPNA control point. Late forfeits will result in a fine which will be collected from the team.

The DPNA Management Committee retains the discretion to waive the penalty if in the opinion of the committee the circumstances justify such a penalty being waived.