About WHITTON
Whitton Netball Club started up their Junior section in 2003 with the help of the Richmond Sports Development team and the Active Sports programme with the aim of offering girls the opportunity to develop their netball skills and enjoy competitive situations outside the school environment. At that time there were no other junior clubs in the area. From an initial 2 age groups the club has expanded to 7 age groups and over 100 members ranging from 9-16yrs.
Whitton Juniors provides weekly high quality Netball coaching with skills, drills and match play in a friendly, safe and enjoyable environment. All senior coaches are qualified and are DBS checked.
We value the club’s ethos which is to encourage girls of all abilities and backgrounds to enjoy the game to the full and develop to their potential. Once they have been accepted as members of the club we encourage girls to carry on to U16. Our only condition is that they attend regularly, are available for matches and show a positive attitude and willingness to learn. All girls will have the opportunity to play in some fixtures over the season.
Our under 11s all follow the High Five programme as recommended by England Netball. This ensures the girls get a good grounding in all court positions and tactics.
We belong to the Nonsuch League which involves mini- tournaments on 4 Sundays over the year. We welcome the support of parents at these meetings and many have turned their hands to organising and helping with the running of the competitions. Such is the popularity of netball now that the league is full and our club is oversubscribed in some age groups.
Our club has been well represented in the London Youth and Mini games. A number of girls have attended the Satellite Academies and the County Academies and several have gone forward to regional training. We are very proud of ex Whitton Junior Rhea Dixon who progressed to England U21s and currently plays for Surrey Storm.
The social aspect of belonging to a club is important and our well supported annual Awards Evening in May is an opportunity to celebrates the girls’ progress and for the parents to meet each other and the coaches.
Christmas is celebrated with parties for the younger girls and meals out for the older ones.
Great friendships are made with other girls who share a love of netball.
"Great friendships are made with other girls who share a love of netball."
- Maggie Gaunt, Whitton Junior Netball Club
What some happy netball club members say:
"Its amazing the skills my daughter has learnt over the short period of time she has been at Whitton. The knowlege that the coaches have has by far exceeded my expectation."
- Finola P
"My daughter enjoys playing netball and what is better, she is getting the results in a team, and as an individual player that she has never had before. Fun with results"
- Maxine
"What a lovely club to belong to. We have been made to feel like part of a community that supports one another, and that celebrates everyones success together."
- Carly N