30 June 2025 MBNC Committee Meeting Minutes

MARSFIELD BLUEBELLES NETBALL CLUB

MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING DATED 24 JUNE 2025 held at Eastwood Heights PS.

Meeting Opened: at 8pm.

Attendees: Lila Larsen, Nerida Larsen (zoom), Jess Cirene, Jon Robinson, Cheryl Osborne, Nikki Wilson, Caitlin Gerard.

Apologies: Ella Cirene

Minutes from Previous meeting. These were of the meeting 11 March 2025.

Motion: to accept the minutes. Moved: Cheryl  2nd: Lila CARRIED

Business arising from the minutes. The Vested official program has begun at Meadowbank with 1 member from each Club required to be the main contact for any issues/ information during the morning sessions at Meadowbank. Mixed reaction/success; some people take advantage of the “power” of a vested official and others take the “care of others” attitude. 

Reports. Registrar – Lila

The Club has ground duty at Meadowbank this weekend, Saturday 28 June. Require 4 people for Canteen, 7.30 till finish, 1 @ scoresheet table 7.15 till finish and 1 @ umpire table 7.45 till finish. Canteen can be paid @ $25 per hour. All duty to be spread amongst teams other than Canteen. 4 more people still required in the canteen between 3 and finish at this stage.

Regrading occurred at the end of round 1. There was a late submission for consideration to regrade our 12/2’s and 14/15 1”s, which was denied. All up 19 teams were regraded from the total number of 241 teams. Nearly every grade was affected. In terms of Bluebelles teams moving, B1’s stayed, C4 moved to C5, 14/15 1”s stayed,13’s stayed and 12’s stayed. Other teams moved in and out of these grades.

Saturday 28 June is Crazy Hair and Sock day. Please donate to the Kids Cancer Project if possible.

ERNA Council meeting Monday 30 June. Information to be given about the progress of the new courts; what we can expect, where its up to etc. The building footings are in and the frame up. Could require a May start to the season in 2026.

Coaching. Nikki. Nothing to report, no coaching information has been passed on from ERNA.

Umpiring. Caitlin. Umpire payments ready to be made. 3 invoices from other Clubs received, Woolwich, WRR, NER. 2 more expected.

2 completed UDP and are going well. Confirming umpire pay rates. B badge $35, C badge $30, ERNA badge $25, unbadged $20.

Bluebelles umpires to be paid; Jacqui, Caitlin and Holly. Invoices to be generated and go to OLMC, Alexanders, Comets and St Gerards. Lynda Calder to be paid for Brush Farm games, need her bank details. ACTION: CAITLIN Lynda's bank dtls.

With the change of grades for C4 into C5 impacts umpire roster.

Treasurer. Jon.

Bendigo balance $6, 668.57 plus approx. $12,000 still in Comm Bank account, still to be moved. ACTION: CHERYL AND LILA to move $ from Comm bank

Jon to set up Bluebelles umpire payments for approval and create invoices to send out. Invoices received from Woolwich, NER and WRR have been approved. Cheryl to send them out when they’re done.

Uniform. Jess.

All ordered uniforms have been collected. Another stocktake to take place.

With the C4’s moving into C5, one of these teams will require a set of orange patches. C5 to take. Ella also requires an orange set for her team.

Equipment. Nerida. Require another 2 or 3 of the Gilbert balls. Size 5’s purchase from Rebel, approx. $30 each.

Publicity. Ella.

Doing a good job posting photos and relevant info on the Clubs website and social media, raising our profile and giving current members access to more info.

General Business.

Cheryl to send Ella a wrap up of the new facility after the ERNA meeting so it can be published on the Clubs website and social media..

Next meeting in August. Date to be confirmed. The 5th august????

Meeting closed 9pm.

INFORMATION ON THE NEW FACILITY FROM THE ERNA MEETING.

The new building is well underway with earthworks complete and the building frame erected. Currently on track and on time for next season. ERNA doing a walkaround with the builder on 31 July. The court people only need 1 month after the complex completion to install the court surfaces. 

Currently there are 4  grass courts, but discussion underway to have these tarred or made hardcourt in some way. They are not currently included in the main court coverage due to a lack of funding for these extra courts. There are 33 courts in total and while the timeslots may change slightly, it is anticipated that the 2026 comp will start in May, due to the disruption of school holidays, Easter and ANZAC Day. It will also give a bigger time buffer in case the project runs late for any reason, bad weather included. Brush Farm courts will no longer be required as all ages and grades can be accommodated at the new facility, with ERNA proposing to hand its occupancy back to Council.

Parking. There will be 96 spaces under the 4 indoor courts, with 300 in total, then street parking.

There will not be a canteen as such, but an external run café instead.