North East Blaze VNL

                                      

   

VICTORIAN NETBALL LEAGUE - 2009 and Beyond

VNL what does it mean – this stands for the Victorian Netball League, this is the
competition that Netball Victoria has implemented to replace State League beyond
2009. The new concept involved Netball Clubs/Groups from around Victoria submitting
a detailed application to Netball Victoria, to secure one of the Ten (10) licences on
offer to be part of the Victorian Netball League in 2009 and beyond.  All VNL licensees
will field teams in Championship Division, Division 1 and 19&Under Division. Looking
towards this Banyule & Diamond Creek Netball Associations had lengthy discussions throughout the year, with both committees voting and agreeing to be the key
foundation partners for a new Club, North East Alliance.  After a lot of  hard work
and long hours, North East Alliance, submitted a detailed application for the VNL.
On July 21, Netball Victoria announced that we were one of the Ten (10) groups to
be granted a  Licence for the new VNL – How happy do you think we all were, words
could not explain it. 

What does it mean to you the Clubs & Players – it means that you are now a
member of one of the foundation partners of one of the new VNL Clubs, who will
provide the final step in our current development pathway, all the way to VNL. 
With the Kestrels and Pheonix now gone and the Vixens competing in the new ANZ Championship, Trans Tasman Competion, the VNL is a key part of the Victorian
pathway, towards that goal of playing for your State or Country. 

How it will work – BDNA & DCFNA will continue to operate as their own entities
for everything,   we will still run our own competitions, run our own Rep Teams,
enter teams into Parkville, etc.   As a foundation partner of the new VNL Club,
which is a separate entity, “North East Blaze Netball Club”, we will receive benefits
in the short and long term.  Details are currently being finalised. 

“North East Blaze” will have a new committee, new coaches, a new uniform, and
will train up  to 5 times a week, which includes strength and conditioning sessions. 
In their inaugural season,  “North East Blaze” are hoping Netball Victoria will fixture
them to play at least one Home Game,   here at Banyule Stadium.  “North East Blaze”
will also run a Talent Identification and Development  program,  looking for and
developing up and coming players from the North East area of Melbourne.

The BDNA board (committee) will be regularly updated by “Blaze”, (we have three
members on   the “Blaze” committee) and will always put forward the BDNA’s best
interests and philosophies.   This is a fantastic new opportunity for BDNA.  You
should now all break out a bottle of Champagne  and celebrate as “North East
Blaze”  is for you the players, you can now say that BDNA is part of   the pathway
to the “North East Blaze”. 

If anyone has questions you can speak to Chris, who will  be happy to answer them.   
The “Blaze” already have a brand new website, will all the latest news,
so check it out at www.northeastblazenetball.com.au