A Club for the Community
Currently the Magnet Netball Club has teams representing the club in the following leagues:
Teams are first entered into the Junior Berkshire Netball League as U12's in Yr 7. All matches are played indoors on Sundays with the U12's playing at 9:00am and the older yr groups playing later games with the last games being played at approx 3pm. All games have 4 quarters with the U12's playing 4 x 12 mins and by the time they are 14 they play 4 x 15 mins. Matches are approx once to twice a month depending on the schedule.
The South Region Netball league in Berkshire is a competitive league structure run by Netball South, covering counties including Berkshire, Hampshire, and Oxfordshire. It provides a pathway for local clubs to compete at regional level in senior (Open) and junior (U13, U14, U16, U19) divisions.
When you are 14 years old you are eligible to play in adult netball leagues. MDNL play on three nights at Braywick Park. Mon (Prem & 1st Div), Tues (2nd Div) and Wed (3rd Div). As there are no recreational sessions offered by the Magnet Netball Club for Yr 10 and above we encourage our members to play on a Wednesday night starting in Div 3. After Easter, in Yr 9, we invite girls to form a team so that they get a whole term of practice together and in May we start to play them in the Summer League against adult teams. Being part of a team does mean regular commitment to play on Wednesday nights for one hour either at 7.30pm or 8.30pm, depending on the schedule. It usually costs approx £60 - 70 a year to play from Sept to end March, this covers court/umpire fees to MDNL. If you then enter the Summer League there will additional fees.
Each player also needs to purchase yearly insurance called England Netball Membership via the ENGAGE system.
Teams are normally managed by a parent and the Magnet Netball Club do their best to provide a coach but it is not a guarantee.