Titans Netball Club

November 2014 - TITANS ANNUAL AWARDS   2013/14 SEASON

PLAYERS PLAYER

Pluto - Jen Burnett

Voyager - Katy Douglas

Jupiter - Amy Johnston

Neptune - Michelle Sampson

Apollo - Katie Jeffery

MOST IMPROVED

Pluto - Poppy Price

Voyager - Kayleigh Bromell

Jupiter - Sarah Durrant

Neptune - Hannah Little

Apollo - Nicola Hinton

OVERALL PLAYERS PLAYER - Michelle Sampson

JUNIOR PLAYER - Millie White

SENIOR PLAYER - Paula Young

FAIR PLAYER - Georgia Morris

SOUTH WEST REGIONAL PLAYER - Ruth Chamings

UMPIRE - Mel Barnard

CLUB PERSON - Lorraine Beel

November 2014 -    GEORGIA MORRIS

What a week for Georgia Morris.

Georgia was short listed for the Sports Officials UK Awards (for all sports) in the Young Official of the Year category.  England Netball nominated Georgia for this award for her dedication and commitment to umpiring at a tender age. Several Titans members travelled to Daventry (30th Oct) to attend the awards ceremony, where we mixed with the officiating celebrities.

Georgia did not actually win the award, but only 3 officials were short listed for this category, so, we are mighty proud of Georgia's achievement.

In the same week, Georgia also passed her Level One Award in coaching.

FABULOUS ACHIEVEMENT!!!!   

2nd November 2014 - Well done to Sarah Durrant on passing your Level One in Coaching Award with flying colours.

Sarah is actively coaching our U12 section, and will pass on her knowledge and skills to excel this group.

2nd November 2014 - Many congratulations to Rebecca Manley on successfully passing her 'A' award in umpiring, with flying colours. Rebecca has shown true grit and determination to fulfil her goals, after passing on the 3rd attempt. She has put in 8 years of effort to achieve her goal, and today, finally succeeded. Titans NC are very proud of her achievement, and especially Lorraine Beel, of whom has worked alongside Rebecca to achieve this status.

Rebecca is the first umpire of the South West Talented Youth Umpiring Programme to achieve their 'A' award status!

Well done Becks!!!!!!!

11th October 2014 - North Devon Netball League Awards 2013/14 - RESULTS

JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

DIVISION 2 - Winner - Millie White

DIVISION 1 - Winner - Nicole Lathwell

CLASSIC CUP (over 40) PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

DIVISION 2 - Winner - Lorraine Beel

DIVISION 1 - Winner - Louise Lathwell

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

DIVISION 2 - Runner Up - Heloise Johnson

SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

DIVISION 1 - Runner Up - Paula Young

PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

DIVISION 2 - Winner - Millie White

MOST IMPROVED UMPIRE OF THE YEAR:

Runner Up - Hannah Little

UMPIRE OF THE YEAR:

Winner - Mel Barnard

PLAYERS UMPIRE OF THE YEAR:

Winner - Lorraine Beel

CHARLOTTE SHAW MEMORIAL CUP - Contribution for a Newcomer to the League

Winner - Millie White;     Runner Up - Sarah Durrant

October 2014 - Many Congratulations to Georgia Morris - Short listed for 'Young Official of the Year' at the SOUK awards (Sports Officials UK). This is a massive achievement, as England Netball only nominated 4 members throughout the country, and Georgia was short listed for this event.

Georgia will now travel to Daventry in early November for the ceremony.

Wishing Georgia the best of luck

A winner already in Titans eyes.

16.05.2014   16 year old Georgia Morris wins 'Young Volunteer of the Year' at the Devon Active Sports Awards. Georgia has shown amazing commitment to netball over the last season, with over 100 hours logged on her 'Pass On Your Passion' scheme. Always on hand to coach or umpire within our club.

WELL DONE GEORGIA

She has also won an Award at the Torridge Community Action Through Sports Awards (CATS), and will be attending an awards ceremony in early June to receive her prize.

16th to 18th May 2014 -    Titans Netball Club take 3 teams to Pontins at Burnham on Sea for a weekend of netball, fun and frolics. A cracking weekend, including Penguins and a Polar Bear and plenty of sunshine.

28.04.2014

Titans Apollo retain the Champions Title for Division One in the North Devon Senior League for 2013/14. Such a fantastic achievement for all their hard efforts over the last 12 months. It was certainly a thriller for all the spectators for the finale match of the season, taking on local rivals Carol Anne Diamonds. Knowing that we could afford to lose by the smallest of margins, of up to 5 goals, we were just pipped of having an unbeaten record for the season, when Diamonds edged the match in the last 2 minutes, to win by 2 goals (41-39). The match was certainly there for the taking, and everyone on court played their part to retain the title. Player of the match plaudits went to Rebecca Manley at wing attack, for her timing on the ball, and giving options to her team mates.

Team line up (left to right): Lorraine Cleverdon, Kellie Finney, Paula Young, Ruth Chamings, Rebecca Manley, Clare Aldrich, Katie Jeffery and Louise Lathwell.  Missing from photo: Nicola Hinton.

01.04.2014      UMPIRING COURSES

'B' AWARD COURSE

DATE: 13th April 2013 - Millfield School, Street, Somerset  £45

'C' AWARD COURSE

Date: Sunday 22nd June - Venue to be confirmed (in Bude)  £30

Any one wishing to participate on these courses, then please speak to Lorraine Beel

01.04.2014     COACHING COURSES

 LEVEL ONE COACHING COURSE

DATES: 22nd June and 20th July 2014 - Truro School Prep, Highertown, Truro TR1 3QN  £150  (9am to 6pm)

OR

DATES: 19th July and 17th August 2014 - UWE - Frenchay Campus, Britsol BS16 1QY £150 (9am to 6pm)

LEVEL TWO COACHING COURSE

DATES: 7th & 8th June, 5th & 6th July and 16th August 2014 - Somerset College of Arts & Technology, Taunton

TA1 5AX £360 (9am to 6pm on all 5 days)

LEVEL TWO CONVERSION COACHING COURSE

DATES: 27th July, 6th Aug (only evening) and 7th Sept 2014 - Calne Leisure Centre, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0SP  £170

Any one wishing to participate on these courses, then please speak to Lorraine Beel

31.03.2014   Emily Armitage passes her Beginners Award in umpiring in the North Devon League.  

And Millie White at the tender age of 14 years old, passes her 'C' Award.

Well Done

30.03.2014     TITANS CAKE STALL 

Titans Cake Stall was a fantastic success. A whooping £146 was raised.

These monies will go towards the Titans U14 team that have been competing at the Devon County Finals / South West (South) Regional Finals and also the South West Regional Finals.

Thank you to all the lovely cakes that were baked, and for all the money given to purchase cakes.

A big thank you to helpers Glenda Tucker and Harriet Lawrence for manning the stall, along with support from other parents.

WELL DONE

Plus, a massive thank you to Melissa Barnard for baking the Prize Winning Titans Cake!!

24.03.2014  16 Year old Georgia Morris has received notification that she is a finalist in The Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards 2014, in the category of Young Volunteer of the Year. A massive well done to Georgia. So truly deserved for all her countless hours of volunteering. Enthusiasm and dedication of commitment to the club on all levels, whether it is as a Assistant Coach, Umpire, Team Manager, Captain or a player.  Awards ceremony in May.  Good Luck

24.03.2014  16 Year old Lucy Burnett passes her 'C' award in umpiring.  Lucy now tallies the Plutos team with a large host of umpires. With 8 players regularly playing for Plutos, they have their pick of umpires, with 1 'A' award (Lorraine Beel), 4 x 'C' award (Georgia Morris, Emily Risdon, Lucy and Jen Burnett). Only Millie White to gain another spot, when she takes her test at the end of this month.

24.03.2014  Katie Jeffery successfully passes her 'C' award in umpiring. Well done

CAKE STALL FOR TITANS NETBALL CLUB

NORTH DEVON NETBALL LEAGUE JUNIOR TOURNAMENT / PRESENTATIONS

FOR ALL AGE LEVELS - U11's/U12's/U14's/U16's

SUNDAY 30TH MARCH - AT PARK SCHOOL

9.45AM TO MIDDAY

GET BAKING

17.03.2014 Jen Burnett (pictured on the right) passed her 'C' award in umpiring with flying colours. Another successful umpire within the Titans mist.

10.03.2014  Many congratulations to 15 year Emily Risdon for passing her 'C' award in umpiring. A cracking display of umpiring.

09.03.2014  Titans coaches - Chris Farr and Lorraine Beel retained their Level 2 Coaching award in Taunton today. After 6 weeks of intense session planing, evaluating and form filling, both coaches are pleased that they were successful on completion of their practical assessment. 

09.03.2014  Baking skills were on a supreme high for the Titans U14's team competing at the U14 South West Regional Finals. A winning attempt of baking for a winning team.

GREAT SKILLS  - (I'm awaiting for a Tiger Beel one (Gluten Free of course!)

04.03.2014   6 Members of Titans with their Gold Medals for winning the North Devon High Fives Schools tournament. 18 schools competed at this event, and Landkey went undefeated. Showing great team display of skills, especially in the footwork and shooting dept. A true credit to the dedication of hours of coaching from our volunteers at Titans. WELL DONE

Team: Poppy Phillips, Abigail Piper, Callum Davey, Truesanna Cooper, Emma Grant and Henry Wilton.

With coaches Kim Davey and Liz Wilton, and umpire Lorraine Beel

03.03.2014    Congratulations to Sarah Durrant. Passing her Beginners Award in umpiring.

Getting top marks in her written paper, with a scoreline of 50 out of 50.

WELL DONE

16.12.2013

Hannah Little has successfully passed her 'C' award in umpiring. Only having picked up the whistle in the last few months, Hannah has shown everyone, her ability to excel on the umpiring pathway in such a short period of time. One of her key strengths noted, as speed, drive and hold, with her positioning and timing on court. Well done Hannah.

15.12.2013  Exciting News for 'Up and Coming' umpiring star of Titans, as Rebecca Manley is invited for the 2nd time, to umpire at the Inter Golf Tournament in Bahrain, in March 2014.  Well Done Rebecca.

01.12.2013 Titans (combined with players from Venners NC) started their campaign in the South West Regional U16 League strongly, with a convincing win over Bridgwater 43 - 17. Everyone played their part, with fine interceptions, tips and positive shooting.  They certainly looked smart, and played smart, with the added bonus of their lovely new kit, kindly sponsor by Richard Brend (of Taw Ford Garages).

Player of the match went to Heloise Johnson in defence.

Line Up: Back Row (l to r): Lucy Burnett, Lizzie Nicholas, Emily Risdon, Heloise Johnson, Christina Brend. Front Row: Helena Sarney, Georgia Morris (captain), Millie Wilton and Jo Nancekivell.

November 2013 - 15 year old Georgia Morris having successfully passed her 'C' award earlier this month, will now join the Talented Youth Umpiring Programme (TYUP) for the South West Region. Having had a truly fantastic season of umpiring, Georgia not only picked up Titans Umpire of the Year, but also the North Devon Netball League Umpire of the Year.

Georgia is excelling on the umpiring circuit, and will now have her first workshop on the TYUP on 8th December 2013, in Bristol. She will be listening to the best in the umpiring world, with tutor, the one and only, England Netball's Sheelagh Redpath.

We wish Georgia well in her umpiring career, along side her mentor Lorraine Beel, I'm sure she will go far.

20.10.2013 Congratulations to Rebecca Manley on passing her practical pre-assessment for her 'A' award umpiring. Rebecca travelled to Southampton for her assessment, to umpire a South Region fixture between Vipers and Just Ahead. Rebecca got positive feedback, and is now awaiting for her 'A' award test (hopefully before the year is out).

Fingers and toes crossed, as she is part of the TYUP. (Talented Youth Umpiring Programme) that was set up in the South West region a few years ago, with the aim to progress our young and talented umpires.

21.09.2013 Titans take a vast amount of silverware at the Annual North Devon Netball League Awards evening.

Winter 2012/13

Division 1 - League  WINNERS - Apollo

Division 3 - Junior Player RUNNER UP - Georgia Morris

Division 2 - Junior Player WINNER - Nicole Lathwell

Division 1 - Classic Cup WINNER - Louise Lathwell

Division 3 - Most Improved WINNER - Lucy Burnett

Division 1 - Senior Player WINNER - Clare Aldrich (photo attached)

Division 1 - Senior Player RUNNER UP - Lorraine Cleverdon

Charlotte Shaw Memorial Cup - Newcomer Contribution  WINNER - Georgia Morris

Umpire of the Year - WINNER - Georgia Morris

Summer 2013

Division 4 - League RUNNERS UP - Jupiter

                                                                                          Division 1 - League RUNNERS UP - Apollo

                                                                                          Division 4 - Fair Play Player WINNER - Steph Hammett

                                                                                          Division 3 - Fair Play Player WINNER - Lucy Burnett

08.09.2013  Titans Regional Squad take 4th spot out of 13 teams at the South West Regional League Pre Season Tournament at Exeter University. Starting the day with a great win over Hucclecote Comets 11 - 7. They then took on the tournament winners of the day (div 1 side) Exeter. With only 2 minutes on the clock, Titans had a 4 goal lead, but this dwindled down to level with 20 seconds remaining on the clock, and somehow we managed to keep her wits about us, to secure the draw of 8 all. (We were the only team to score points on the winners of the day, so, very pleased with this result)

We then took on the experienced Cornish side of Saints (Div 1 champions last season). This was certainly a challenge, and all players in the team got to take to the court, to experience the play of these strong, well drilled players. We came off with a hefty defeat of 16 - 4. Next challenge was our local rivals of Carol Anne Diamonds. We dominated from the first whistle and were always in full control, coming away with a fine victory 12 - 10. 

Our last 2 matches in this pool, were against Old Chelts (winning 18 - 4), and Devizes (winning 13 -8). Our new regional players to the squad, Nicole Lathwell and Mel Barnard slotting well into the game.  Since Cornish side Saints had lost to Exeter and Hucclecote, Titans then secured the runners up spot for this group. We then had to take on the Division 1 experienced side of Crossbow from Bristol in the Semi final. We started well and matched possession on the court. Coming in at half time the score line was 3 goals to 1 in Crossbow's favour.  We fought hard for the second period, but our long range shots didn't find the net, as in previous games, and we lost the battle 9 - 6.  For our final game for 3rd/4th place standings, we took on Hucclecote Stars. The young side started well, and intercepted many a passes, making Titans creep a few unforced errors into the game. At half time the score line was 6 - 2 to Hucclecote.  For the last half, we continued to battle, but tiredness crept in, and Hucclecote pulled away to take the game 11 - 3. On a positive note, Titans were very pleased to take 4th spot for the tournament, and lots of combinations of players were used on court. Considering new players into the team today, Titans took on board their roles to play, and this makes for an exciting regional season ahead of us.  WELL DONE.

Players: Back row (l tor): Katrina Venner, Louise Lincoln, Paula Young, Nicola Hinton, Ruth Chamings, Clare Aldrich, Front row: Louise Lathwell, Nicole Lathwell, Mel Barnard and Rebecca Manley.

19.05.2013  Another successful week for the mighty Titans!!

Winners of the South West Regional Play Offs, beating the following teams:

Old Chelts 14 - 3

Penryn 17 - 4

Trident 15 - 8

Totem Angels 18 - 4

Abbey Meads 9 - 8

Team Bath 13 - 8

Roman Glass 9 - 8

Bournemouth 13 - 7

We will now be playing in the South West Regional League Division 2 for the forthcoming 2013/14 season.

Well Played: Paula Young, Louise Lincoln, Nicola Hinton, Lorraine Cleverdon, Ruth Chamings, Louise Lathwell, Clare Aldrich, Rebecca Manley and Katie Jeffery.