Trials for all Victorian state netball teams will be held throughout August this year and in response to its increasing competitiveness, there will be a new format.
Open Men’s will kick trials off in the first weekend of August and will trial separately to the other divisions. Juniors, Mixed, U23s and Men’s Reserves will then follow over the next three weekends.
VMNL is also wanting to improve our junior pathways and allow more time for pre-season training and development, therefore trials for all teams will be earlier than in previous years.
Teams selected will compete in the 2018 Australian Men’s and Mixed Netball Championships, to be held in Sydney over Easter, from Sunday 1st to Sunday 8th April, 2018 at the Genea Netball Centre (aka Netball Central), Sydney Olympic Park.
VMNL invites all interested players to attend trials via pre-registering online at the following links for each respective division:
Open Men’s, Mixed, Reserve Men’s and U23s
Each team will be selected by the respective coach and a selection panel. Please do not wear State/Aus representative uniform.
Dates, times and locations for all trials can be found below. Please arrive during the registration time. Triallists are required to attend all selection sessions. If you are not able to attend, you must submit an apology to vmnl.netball@gmail.com
Open Men’s:
- Trial #1: Friday August 4th – Registration @ 6:30pm, Trials 7pm-9pm (Yarra Valley Grammar)
- Trial #2: Sunday August 6th – Registration @ 9:30am, Trials 10am-12pm (Banyule Stadium)
Mixed (Open Mixed and Reserve Mixed):
- Trial #1: Sunday August 13th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #2: Sunday August 20th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #3: Sunday August 27th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
Men’s Reserves (Reserve 1 and Reserve 2) and U23s:
- Trial #1: Sunday August 13th – Registration @ 10:30am, Trials 11am-1pm (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #2: Sunday August 20th – Registration @ 10:30am, Trials 11am-1pm (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #3: Sunday August 27th – Registration @ 10:30am, Trials 11am-1pm (Banyule Stadium)
Juniors (U17s, U20s):
- Trial #1: Sunday August 13th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #2: Sunday August 20th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
- Trial #3: Sunday August 27th – Registration @ 8:30am, Trials 9am-11am (Banyule Stadium)
If you have any queries regarding trials, please email Karen Wild at vmnl.netball@gmail.com
