Dear Junior Club

The NW regional league U14/16 have decided that for = season 2011/12, we will run the competition from Oct – March and double the number= of entries. Each county will have following entries:

Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire – 4 entries per age group

Merseyside and Cumbria – 2 entries per age group

The dates will be as below and we are planning central venues (this will be confirmed by Mid July):

Sat 15th Oct &nb= sp; Sat 29th Oct

Sat 19th Nov = Sat 3rd Dec

Sat 14th Jan = Sat 21st Jan

Sat 4th Feb = Sat 25th Feb

Sat 3rd March Only 2 courts all day - Leigh OR Wright Robbie

If we play at central venues around the county, we wil= l have 2 per day to accommodate the numbers of hour games I will however schedule = the fixtures such that 2 team clubs will play at the same place. I will also endeavour to keep distances as short as possible. This league will run cash neutral and therefore payment will be required up front by the way of post dated cheques which will be banked monthly. This= will be part of the criteria for entry to the league (note fixtures quoted are b= ased on court hire at £30 per hour and are subject to change).

Payment per club to be banked
Oct	£67.50
Nov	£33.75
Dec	£33.75
Jan	£33.75
Feb	£33.75

Umpires and table officials will be required to be sup= plied by each club however if we play at central venues, I would encourage you to= share umpires and officials alike. At this time, B award umpires will be required= but this is under review and the option for mentored C umpires or C-B umpires m= ay also be an option. Again central venues should give us the opportunity for mentoring, tests etc etc.

This email is to enable counties to gather together the names of the clubs interested in taking part, then the counties can decide if they need a competition to decide on entries. Your county may have some funding available to you but you will have to contact = your county for details.

In the meantime, the NDO’s are checking out dates for = venue availability and cost. So the deadlines are:

End of June Venue Availability – if we can accommodate central venues – NW office will book.<= /span> If we can’t, clubs will be expected to find their own venues but the matches MUST be played on a Saturday.

Mid July = ; All counties take receipt of interested clubs and decision is made if competition required – if competition required this MUST take place before 15^th Sept.

= ; &n= bsp; = ; All counties inform the NW Comp group of entries – either the actual club details OR entries to their competition

End July = ; If all clubs are known, fixtures will be provide= d.

= ; &n= bsp; = ; If not, provisional fixtures will be provided but subject to change

= ; &n= bsp; = ; Rules confirmed

Mid S= ept All fixtures finalised and payments to be received. No payments – no entry.

So after reading all of the above, if you are interested in taking part in the league please email your county rep (copy me ESTELLE.NETBALL@GOOGLEMAIL.C= OM) by 9^th July 2011 with the following information:

· Club name

· Contact name, tel, email

· Age group

· CAPS status

· County affiliated to

· Acceptance of payment terms

Many thanks

Estelle Graham

01925 714178

NW Competition