With the Zurich International Netball Tournament coming up on September 1 and the Peppermill Challenge in Lausanne on September 30, it was time to sort our every-growing club into three teams. Our club is now large enough to be able to form an A, B and C team, which we can all be very proud of! Wednesday evening’s selections involved some very difficult decisions from our club president, Jenny, and our Netball Switzerland representative, Peta. Considering the scorching heat, all players played exceptionally well, and there was much talk of how the overall standard has improved dramatically since just a few months ago.

Some difficult decisions had to be made in order to create the best combinations of players. Congratulations to the team captains, Mollie, Deborah and Christine – we all know you  will represent your teams and our club like the superstars that you are!

Our next couple of training sessions before the Zurich International Netball Tournament will be held as three separate squads, allowing each to focus on match skills, set plays and training specific to the team’s needs.

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It’s that time of year again when we move from indoors to outdoors for more netball fun! Despite the storm clouds, Zurich Netball Club had the first outdoor netball session of 2012. Same location as normal, up at the Intercommunity School in Zumikon, but outdoors in the evening sunshine!

Sadly, the weather was not so well behaved when Zurich Netball Club took three teams down to Lausanne for the annual Swiss Netball Championships hosted by Netball Switzerland on 12th May.  Only a couple of the games were managed before the tournament was called off due to torrential downpours.  The three Zurich teams had enjoyed success and some high levels of netball until the rain came, but luckily the journey was not wasted, and we stayed and played some friendly matches indoors in Lausanne instead.  So we still got to show off our brand new kit, freshly delivered. The Swiss tournament will be moved to the date of the netball festival in September, also in Lausanne.

It was the first time that Zurich Netball Club had taken three teams to to the event… at the rate we’re growing now, maybe we can enter four teams by September!

Sunday 13th May saw three Zurich Netball players stay in Lausanne for training with the Swiss Open Netball squad, in preparation for the Netball Europe tournament in Gibraltar in June, and also other members of the club stayed to lead the junior umpiring course, and to take part in the coaching course. All in all a fun weekend of netball, despite the weather!

And to round up, some news from closer to home…. Zurich Netball Club’s second edition of the Lion’s League kick started on Wednesday 16th May, with last league champions Matterhorn taking on Eiger. Final score 37 – 18 to Matterhorn, who are clearly still on their winning streak… some great netball, some great competition! More to follow! The second edition of the Lion’s League has four teams, so we welcome ‘Rigi’ to the competition. Watch this space for updates from the matches.

If you’re still thinking of joining the club, then it’s not too late to get in touch!

CCC girls looking great after an awesome evening of netball in the latest Lion’s League fixture, with Eiger just nipping CCC past the post to a final score of 26 – 22.

You’ll find the league table here, and more photos have been uploaded on our League Mini-Site.

Matterhorn vs. Eiger

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Wednesday saw the first league night in Switzerland’s first netball league get off to a good start with Matterhorn vs. Eiger. Final score Matterhorn 38 Eiger 18, and it was a fantastic game! Don’t forget to get along to the league minisite for match reports and more photos!

http://zurichnetballleague.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/matterhorn-beats-eiger-38-18-in-first-league-match/

A small selection of our best pictures from an awesome year of netball in 2011, in Switzerland and further afield!

The team in Paris in Spring

Looking photogenic in Paris

Some of the Zurich Club representing Switzerland in Brussels in May 2011

The Zurich lot, with their Swiss colleagues and the tough opposition in Brussels 2011

Supporting the Swiss team (with its many Zurich Netball players) in the final in the Brussels International Netball Tournament

In action in the autumn sunshine in Lausanne, October 2011

More action in Lausanne, October 2011

Lorna puts some pressure on the shooting opposition in Lausanne

The teams in the friendly tournament in October in Lausanne

More action from centre court in Lausanne