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Jo Monaghan May 14th 2008 9:28 am

Netball in Calgary
 
For those of you who play, or used to play back in the UK and are interested The Alberta Netball Association is hosting the 34th Canadian National Championships this weekend at SAIT. Teams from QC, ON, BC, AB, NB will be competing in the Main Gymnasium on Saturday and Sunday.

See www.albertanetball.com for more details.

mandymoochops May 14th 2008 10:00 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 
Oh wow didn't even know the game was big here!

Used to play for county for a long time and even dare I say it had England trials at Lilleshall - didn't make it by a mile but was probably one of the proudest moments in my life!


(Mind you that was back in the day when the game was played in 2 halfs etc! and I couldn't run a bath now let alone a netball court!)

Thanks for that it has made my day! :thumbsup:

Coffeepot May 15th 2008 12:24 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 6351594)
Oh wow didn't even know the game was big here!

Used to play for county for a long time and even dare I say it had England trials at Lilleshall - didn't make it by a mile but was probably one of the proudest moments in my life!


(Mind you that was back in the day when the game was played in 2 halfs etc! and I couldn't run a bath now let alone a netball court!)

Thanks for that it has made my day! :thumbsup:

I was always GA because of my height i assume that was back in school in the dark ages, don't they still play in 2 halfs then ;)

do they do Zimmer netball there then ?

wonderwoman May 15th 2008 3:53 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by Coffeepot (Post 6354051)
I was always GA because of my height i assume that was back in school in the dark ages, don't they still play in 2 halfs then ;)

do they do Zimmer netball there then ?

I would have been marking you then!! always GD as i was tall :)

Coffeepot May 15th 2008 4:01 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by wonderwoman (Post 6355291)
I would have been marking you then!! always GD as i was tall :)

:thumbsup: You didn't break a tall blondes fingers during a match did you your names not Elsie is it ? :rofl:

mandymoochops May 15th 2008 4:46 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 
You have a slightly shorter 5ft 5 GS here - however my strength was not so much leaping above some of these wallopping great defenders more so the ability to get the ball on the edge of the D, lean way back and pop em in from miles away!!!!!

You can lean as much as you like but if its going in its going in!!!!:thumbsup:

God I miss playing :(

Coffeepot May 15th 2008 4:58 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 6355504)
You have a slightly shorter 5ft 5 GS here - however my strength was not so much leaping above some of these wallopping great defenders more so the ability to get the ball on the edge of the D, lean way back and pop em in from miles away!!!!!

You can lean as much as you like but if its going in its going in!!!!:thumbsup:
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

God I miss playing :(

never to late MMC get out there and start playing, :thumbsup:

mandymoochops May 15th 2008 6:21 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 
lol I did think about joining a - ahem - seniors team not long before we decided to come to Canada.

Then one day was pi****g about with Mr MMC and we were throwing a ball back and forth (I was trying to get him to do an over head pass to see if I still had the whole jump / catch / turn / running pass ability)

Turns out I didn't and needed to go for a sit down, ciggie and a rum and coke :rofl::rofl: Spent the rest of the day lamenting that "In my day I was actually quite good - y'know" He just looked at me with that "yeah whatever darling" look :rofl:

Coffeepot May 15th 2008 6:35 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 6355855)
lol I did think about joining a - ahem - seniors team not long before we decided to come to Canada.

Then one day was pi****g about with Mr MMC and we were throwing a ball back and forth (I was trying to get him to do an over head pass to see if I still had the whole jump / catch / turn / running pass ability)

Turns out I didn't and needed to go for a sit down, ciggie and a rum and coke :rofl::rofl: Spent the rest of the day lamenting that "In my day I was actually quite good - y'know" He just looked at me with that "yeah whatever darling" look :rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

mandymoochops May 15th 2008 6:48 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by Coffeepot (Post 6355917)
:rofl::rofl::rofl:


You can bloody laugh I was mortified :( lol

Coffeepot May 15th 2008 7:08 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 6355976)
You can bloody laugh I was mortified :( lol

so no netball on our road trip then eh :rofl:

in the chat room hun if you want bet you are at work though ?

wonderwoman May 16th 2008 7:42 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by Coffeepot (Post 6355339)
:thumbsup: You didn't break a tall blondes fingers during a match did you your names not Elsie is it ? :rofl:

:rofl: No, not guilty! knocked a few people over, but never broke any bones!

Coffeepot May 17th 2008 1:51 am

Re: Netball in Calgary
 

Originally Posted by wonderwoman (Post 6360189)
:rofl: No, not guilty! knocked a few people over, but never broke any bones!

Let you off then :rofl:


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