THE South Coast Blaze, a new franchise in the Netball NSW Premier League, on Wednesday launched the South Coast Blaze male youth talent program (SCB MY TP) to find future men's Netball NSW (MNNSW) players.
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In partnership with the Shoalhaven Netball Association, Kiama Netball Association and Illawarra District Netball Association, this exciting new program, which involves Shoalhaven's Sean Gray, will provide an opportunity for males aged 14-18, to receive guidance from quality coaches in a high performance netball environment.
This ground-breaking program will also provide pathway opportunities with the elite Men's Netball NSW.
SCB MY TP is available in 2020 to talented male youth athletes with a focus on the NSW South Coast and Far South Coast regions, including Eurobodalla, the Sapphire Coast and Southern Highlands.
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Trials will be held on Saturday, March 28 at Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre.
There are only a limited number of positions available so please register early.
Players who have been successfully selected in the program will be coached by Dennis Napara (South Coast Blaze opens assistant coach and NSW men's reserve player), Gray (Shoalhaven under 17s representative coach and NSW men's reserve player) and Heath Sangster (Illawarra opens representative coach and former NSW men's player).
Blaze opens head coach, Marji Parr, along with Blaze under 23s assistant coach and Australian and NSW men's opens player, Eugene Lee, will be guest coaches.
"I feel so privileged to be involved with a franchise that supports opportunities for all aspiring netball athletes," Napara said.
"Being a male netballer myself, this initiative holds huge significance on a personal level, as it's the first program of its kind at a franchise or club level in NSW to endorse and invest in a pathway for male netball athletes.
"I am extremely excited to launch this program and would like to thank all our partners and the support of men's Netball NSW."
The launch of the male youth talent program, comes days after the trials for the female South Coast Blaze talent identification program, which saw over 60 talented players take the court at Illawarra Sports Stadium this past weekend.
For registration details, visit www.southcoastblaze.com.au.
