Flames News

20th October 2023 – training cancelled

by | 20 October 2023 |

We have made the decision to cancel all netball training sessions for tonight Friday 20th October 2023 due to the heavy rain making some local roads dangerous. We would rather cancel the sessions now rather than cancel later at the last minute. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

England Netball Fees payable via ENgage

by | 11 September 2023 |

It was great to see so many returning faces at the first training session last night; we hope that those who came enjoyed themselves.

Thank you to everyone who has made their payment to England Netball for this season’s membership. I know that a few of you are in the process of making this payment but may need to speak to England Netball first – they can be contacted on 01509 277850 (office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm).

Do call them if you are struggling as they are really helpful. 

Next Saturday (16th September), Sophie will be advising the league as to which teams we will be entering for matches this season. This is the league’s deadline day. Sophie will only enter teams where she knows that we can get at least 8 players to play regularly.

We have to work from the ENgage list as this shows us who has paid their membership for the coming season. Only England Netball affiliated players can play on Sundays and the league look at the list to check players are affiliated. 

So if you would like your child to play in a team this season and you haven’t yet sorted this payment, please make it by next Friday evening (15th). 

If your child has decided that they do not wish to re-join us this season, we will be really sorry to see them go, but we appreciate that there are so many other experiences out there and it is great to pursue something new. However, please let us know if that is the case so that we can update our database and also arrange for the return of dresses loaned to you.

Issues with England Netball affiliation fees – now resolved

by | 15 August 2023 |

Thank you for your patience with the issues we have had around payments for England Netball membership and insurance fees. After a bit of head scratching, England Netball have worked out why our memberships were not showing up on our members’ pages and have corrected things from their end.  

We have now looked at a player in every age group and it all seems ok, so please feel free to make these payments from today.

Please note:

  • To buy the England Netball membership for a child, the parent needs to log into their own ENgage account first (https://engage.englandnetball.co.uk/EnglandNetball) and then select the child from their page to make the membership payment. This is a safeguarding precaution introduced this year. If you log in through your child’s ENgage account, you will NOT be able to make the payment as you will not be able to ‘see’ it. 
  • If you are a parent and DO NOT have your own ENgage account, please follow this guidance on how to create one and link your child to your account: https://englandnetball.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360015647059-How-do-I-buy-my-child-a-full-membership-
  • Please make sure you purchase the 2023/2024 fee (it will be the slightly more expensive one!) See below:

Any problems, please call England Netball on 01509 277850. They are very helpful and happy to talk you through the payment system.

Details of how to make the separate Flames Membership fee payment are available on the recent club newsletter which can be found here: https://flamesnetball.co.uk/july-newsletter/.

July Newsletter

by | 2 August 2023 |

Our latest newsletter is now available here – it’s quite long, but does contain some useful and important information for the coming season (membership, fees and payments, training dates and times). If you have any queries, please contact us!

End of season Presentation Evening – 23rd June 2023

by | 5 June 2023 |

All players, family and friends are warmly invited to attend our end of season presentation evening where we will be celebrating another fantastic year of Flames Netball:

Friday 23rd June, 5.30 – 7.30pm at Dorrington Village Hall.

The evening will feature a recap of the last year, some awards, photos, and a talk and Q&A session from our special guest, former Team GB hammer thrower and current England Athletics Team Coach, Katie Lambert:

Tea, coffee, and squash will be provided but we are asking for donations of cake please. Refreshments will be free of charge, but we will be holding a raffle to raise money for club funds.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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