As the cool autumn breeze begins to blow in, the Netball season in Switzerland officially kicked off! This season Swiss Netball introduced a new league format whereby all the clubs head to one venue and play their matches on the same day.
The Matterhorn League
Last year we were promoted to the Matterhorn League (yay!), so on the 15th October, we headed down to Lausanne for our first match of the season against last years Matterhorn Division winners: GIN (Geneva International Netball).
We played our hearts out, working together and developing our skills thanks to our brilliant coach Annette. The game finished 55-28, so a huge congratulations to GIN and we can’t wait for our rematch! Our next match is on 3rd of December in Geneva, where we will take on AGNA (Aubonne Girls Netball Association) at 11:30am. Thank you to all our supporters and players in the league game, we hope to see you there!
October trainings saw a big focus this month on DEFENCE! An essential part of the game that is not only the responsibility of the defenders but also for those in attack. From tips to intercepts to body positioning!
Our New Committee
We recently welcomed 3 new committee members to the club:
Leah (WA, GA) will be taking over events for the club. In her role she will be organising all events during and outside of training. So get prepared to get your nerd on a pub quizzes and other amazing social activities!
Emily (GD, GK) is taking on social media and content creation responsibilities for the club, working with Chiara! We look forward to the upcoming posts and creativity she can bring to our platforms.
Lauren (GK, GD) is taking on keeping our website up-to-date and sending out our comms to our lovely members!
Let’s get Spooky
It’s safe to say October has been a great hit and finished off with our Halloween themed training… spooky! Congratulations to Abby, the winner of our best dressed competition – you can find their great costumes on our Instagram page. If you’re looking for a bit more of Zurich Netball and keep up to date with all the news and events, give us a follow on our Instagram @zurichnetball or if you’d like to get involved at our next training session send us a message and show up on Tuesdays at 19:00 at ICS International School Zurich – all are welcome.
What a year 2020 has been! We haven’t been able to play half as much netball as we wanted to and have had to resort to seeing each other on weekly Zoom fitness sessions but we are happy that all our members have stayed healthy and happy throughout the year.
In the middle of December we held our AGM (online, of course!) followed by a Christmas Quiz. This was very different to previous years when were have been able to enjoy a Christmas party in person and enjoy celebrating the end of the year together.
We did keep to our AGM tradition of handing out awards to members who have shown outstanding commitment over the year. This year’s Award Winners were as follows:
Best Attendance – Jointly won by Lorna Rettig and Claudia Almer
Best Newcomer – Emily Bridgman
Quarantine Quizzer – Steffi Zinsser
Most Festive (for best fancy dress at the AGM) – Lyndsay Lomax
The Committee for 2021 was also announced:
President/Coach – Claudia Almer
Treasurer – Jess Brown
Secretary – Abby Clark / Emma Wickens
Event Co-ordinators – Lorna Rettig / Sarah Hannibal
Social Media – Lyndsay Lomax
Coach – Jess Van Rossum
Think Tank – Kim Weber
… And a huge thanks to Emma Schwarzwälder who did a fantastic job as part of the committee in 2020. Emma will be taking a break for netball as she recently became a mum to gorgeous baby Sophie!
Thank you to all our members for continuing to support us through a difficult year. However, it wasn’t all disappointing news as we have now found a permanent new home which we are excited to use once it is safe to do so.
Our Online Zoom fitness sessions will be restarting on 5th January 2021 at 8pm and members will receive the link to the Doodle to sign up over the next few days. Hope to see you there!
All the best for 2021 and we hope (really, really hope) to see you all on a netball court soon!
This week the AGM and Christmas Party for all the members of Zurich Netball Club was held. That means it is almost Christmas (yay!) but there is no more netball this decade (boo!).
It was a great turnout with 20 members of the club coming together to celebrate a great year which included success at two international tournaments, matches against our local rvials in Zug and watching the Netball World Cup in the pub.
The committee revealed their goals for the club for next year which included a strategy to encourage more regular attendance at training and a plan to increase the amount of netball that is played. All members of the club are welcome to share their ideas and thoughts and, if anyone is keen to volunteer to help us reach our goals in 2020, please let a member of the committee know. Teamwork makes the dream work!
The night was rounded off with an awards presentation that was voted for by members. The winners were:
Player of the Year: Joint winners were Claudia and Lorna
Most Improved Player: Kim
Most Consistent Player: Emma S
Best Newcomer: Kiara
Biggest Personality/Biggest Mouth: Jess B
Our amazing coach and President, Claudia said, “I am proud to be president of this wonderful club because of you all, and I look forward to more netball with each and everyone of you next year.”
2019 was a great year but let’s make 2020 even better!
This Sunday is the Peppermill Challenge Tournament, the Annual Swiss Netball Open Championship competition where Netball Clubs from across Switzerland will be competing for the coveted Peppermill Trophy.
Zurich Netball Club are reigning Swiss Champions. Zurich has won the Peppermill Trophy for the last 4 years in a row. Can we make it a 5th?
Be sure to check out the tournament in Geneva on Sunday to support the Zurich team. If previous years are anything to go by, we are sure the final will be a nail-biter!
Swiss Netball Peppermill Challenge Tournament
Sun Nov 27, 2016 10am – 6pm
1256 Troinex; Moillebin et des Sports; Route de Moillebin 20; Salles des Fêtes
Visit the new Zurich Netball League page on our website to view information about Switzerland’s first netball league; including match schedules, team lists (to come before Christmas), results of each match and other general information about the league. You will be able to leave comments about the matches once the league gets going, and we’ll try to get a few action shots too! Watch this space!
Click here to go directly to the Zurich Netball League page.
For those of you who would be interested in attending the World Netball Series in Liverpool, November 19th till 21st 2010 (some of the Stockholm guys and girls will also be there), watching some top notch netball and getting involved in IFNA, Netball England and Netball Europe, please email zurichnetball@gmail.com for more details.
Zurich Netball Club are reigning Swiss Champions. Zurich has won the Peppermill Trophy for the last 4 years in a row. Can we make it a 5th?
Zurich Netball Club 