This page is designed to keep you up to date in respect of any and all news and information relating to the Club and its members. As soon as we have anything to report concerning the Club and its members it will be posted here so keep coming back so that you are always up to date with the latest.
9 March 2008 - Chelmsford League Knockout Cup - Finals Day
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Congratulations
to both teams for reaching the Knockout Cup Finals!
Both teams had very hard matches and all girls played excellently. Robins Aquarius ended up runners up and Robins Scorpio finished Winners. Well done to all - you have again done Robins proud! |
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September 2007 - Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Robins Netball and we hope that, like us, you are well rested and eager to start a new season. The trials have taken place and five squads have been selected for playing in the Basildon League and six for the Chelmsford Junior League (two squads in the following age groups - Yr5/6 and Yr7; one Yr8; and our first Yr8 squad has been entered in the age group above (yr9) for their personal development) . Most of you, in particular the Basildon Squads, will be starting the new season playing with different players and we know that you will enjoy the variety from last season.
5th July 2007 - Fun Session
To finish off the season, for the U14s and below, the Club held a fun session. Every one had a great time (even the coaches) as can be seen in the pictures below! The evening ended with a presentation of trophies to the players who were considered, by the coaches, to be the 'most improved player' and the 'player of the season' in each squad. The presentations were made by one of our England players Amy Fennelly who currently plays in the U17 squad.
The coaching team would like to congratulate all members of the club for their contribution towards Robins having another successful season. Here's to next year!
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29th June - 1st July 2007 - Pontins Weekend
Despite the rain yet again another wonderful weekend was had by Robins Netball Club at Pontins! Congratulations to all our players! Both the Year 6 teams played well with Gemini qualifying for the quarter finals in the Plate Competition, and Scorpio ending the weekend by narrowly losing to Oldham in the Cup Final! Both our U12 and U13 squads qualified for their respective Cup Competitions. The U13s made it through to the quarter finals and the U12s lost to Oldham in the semi finals after extra time! Nail biting stuff! The Coaching Team are proud of all our players who were there representing Robins. You were a credit to the club. Who knows what will happen next year!
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| Under 13s | Under 12s | Under 11s - Scorpio | Under 11s - Gemini |
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Under 11s - Runner Up to Oldham |
10th June 2007 - Under 14 National Club Finals
On a dry and sunny day our U14 squad went to Kent to play the other qualifiers around the country. The girls played really well but only the top two teams of each pool qualified for the play offs and, unfortunately, they narrowly missed this finishing third in their pool.
20th May 2007 - Tegate Invitational Tournament
The weather was a lot better on this day where we attended with one team in both the U12 and U13 groups. Again both teams played very well with the U12s getting to the finals where they met Essex Open and won. The U13s, playing a round robin tournament, also did well finishing in the middle of the group. Well done everyone, again another successful day for Robins!
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Robins Leos - U12s Winners |
18th May 2007 - Chelmsford League Presentation Evening
Representatives of all the teams that played in the league were present to receive their medals. Special mention to Robins Gemini who won the 'Best Defence' trophy, Robins Taurus for winning the 'Best Attack' trophy and Jess Halpin, of Robins Taurus, who picked up the 'Player of the Knockout Cup Final - Year 8'!
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| Taurus & Libra - U13s | Leos - U12s | Aries - U12s | Scorpio - U11s | Gemini - U11s |
Full results can be found on our Achievements Page.
13th May 2007 - Chelmsford & District Junior Netball League - Invitation Tournament
Despite a rain soaked day Robins attended with a team in the U11s, U12s, and U13s. The U11s played very well all day finishing as runners up in their age group. The U12s played excellently and, despite some close games, made it through to the Finals which they won. The U13s also had a successful day and finished the day as semi finalists. Congratulations to all players, and officials, getting such excellent results despite the weather!
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| Leos - Under 12s Winners | Scorpio - Under 11s Runners Up |
11th May 2007 - Basildon League Presentation Disco
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Representatives of Robins Premier, Robins 1, Robins 2, and Robins 3 attended the presentation disco to receive the trophies that each team won by finishing top of their respective divisions. Special Awards were also presented to the following players for being selected into the England Squads for the season 2005-6:- Chantelle Hankin (U19 Squad), Amy Fennelly (U17 Squad), Zoe Murdoch (U17 Squad), and Abigail Ryan (U17 Squad).
Full results can be found on our Achievements Page.
6th May 2007 - U14 Regional Netball Festival 2007
Robins NC attended the above Festival held at Stanborough School in Wellwyn Garden City to compete against other teams in the Eastern Region and qualify for the Finals to be held in June. It was a rather chilly, breezy day but some good netball was played. After a long day Robins finished 4th overall and, therefore, will be attending the Final. Well done to all the girls in the U14 squad you all played excellently!
30th April 2007 - U16 Regional League
Our U16 Regional Squad qualified in December as the representatives of the East Essex Area and entered a League playing the winners of the other six areas within the Eastern Region, involved them in games against teams from as far as Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire. Unfortunately they finished in second place so were unable to progress further and represent the Eastern Region. All the girls played well and enjoyed some close games. If you would like to see how we did follow the links on our Fixtures and Results Page. Good luck Turnford, from Hertfordshire, who finished winners and will represent the Eastern Region in Sheffield!
26th April 2007 - Congratulations!
Tonight was the Basildon League AGM and during the evening awards are presented. Congratulations go to our very own Head Coach Jane Milbourn who was presented with a special Long Service Award.
22nd April 2007 - East Essex Pre-screening Day
Congratulations to the following girls who attending the pre-screening on 22nd April 2007 and were selected to attend the screening day on 20th May 2007:-
Mikki Austin, Jessica Halpin, Marina Mensah-Afoakwah, Ashleigh Munns, Megan Pleva, and Kirsty Wood
21st April 2007 - Manor NC - Invitational Tournament
Whilst Robins Aries and Libra were playing in the Chelmsford Plate Competition both Robins Scorpio and Robins Leo went to Manor to compete in their Invitational Tournament. It was a great day and both teams were victorious, winning their respective age groups. Well done girls!
21st April 2007 - Chelmsford Plate Competition
Both Robins Aries and Robins Libra qualified for this knockout competition held by the Chelmsford & District Junior Netball Association. It was a lovely sunny day and both teams played well and reached the finals in their respective age groups. Robins Aries finished as runners up and Robins Libra won ending their game on a 'golden goal'! Well done girls!
21st April 2007 - Chelmsford & District Junior League
Well the end of another successful season for Robins NC. Well done to all the girls who have played in the above League. Congratulations to Robins Taurus, Robins Leo, Robins Scorpio, and Robins Gemini who all won their respective divisions. See you at the Presentation Disco on Friday 18th May 2007.
31st March 2007 - Basildon & District Netball League
The Winter League is over! Congratulations to Robins Premier, Robins 1, Robins 2, and Robins 3 who all won their respective divisions! Well done also to Robins 4 who came a very credible fourth against some stiff opposition. See you at the Presentation evening on Friday 11th May 2007.
25 Mar 2007 - Chelmsford Knockout Cup Competition Finals
Another successful day for Robins NC! Congratulations to Robins Taurus, Robins Leo, and Robins Scorpio who all won their Finals.
26th January 2007 - ENGLAND "CALL UPS"
Players successful at the selections weekend! Report from our Head Coach Jane Milbourn
"After lots of intensive training weekends, selections were made last weekend for the FENA England netball squads.
I am very proud to announce that ROBINS Netball Club currently have FIVE England players. Congratulations go to:-
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| England Under 19s - Chantelle Hankin | |
| Abigail Ryan | |
| England FENA Open - Monique Wood |
Well done to all!
We have a great team and a great structure within the Club which allows our players to develop to all levels.
Once again, Congratulations!"
Jane Milbourn, Head Coach, Robins Netball Club
9th December 2006 - 2006/2007 REGIONAL COMPETITION Under 16s
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to our Under 16s who have won the local East Essex League and were
unbeaten. They are now progressing to the East Region League as the
representatives for East Essex. GOOD LUCK!
Looks like our Under 16s are trying to copy the Under 19s! |
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4th November 2006 - 2006/2007 NATIONAL YOUTH Under 19s
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WINNERS! |
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| Our U19 Squad - Chantelle Hankin, Monique Wood, Zoe Murdoch, Claire Jackson, Abbie Cullen, Danielle Dornan, Lauren King, | |||||
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| Head Coach - Jane Milbourn | |||||
| Team Coach - Rose St Louis | |||||
| Starting Line Up - Chantelle Hankin, Monique Wood, Claire Jackson, Danielle Dornan, Lauren King, Amy Fennelly, Abigail Ryan | |||||
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the Robins Netball Club was founded in 1998 by Jane Milbourn who would
have thought that some of the original 13 girls who started training at
Runwell Park, Wickford at the beginning would be in the Squad for the U19
Nationals 8 years later! Jane
will tell you that one of her main goals when she first perceived the idea
of founding a junior netball club was that she would one day win a
National Tournament and this, 8 years later, has been achieved!
Another of her goals was to bring netball to the local girls of
Wickford and then, with the move to Gloucester Park, Basildon, to the
girls in Basildon and beyond. This
has also come true when you consider that the club now boasts a membership
of over 120 girls, from 8 to 18 years old. These girls are not only local but come from as far a field
as Harold Wood, Chelmsford, and Southend.
On 4th November 2006 the U19 squad of Robins Junior Netball Club travelled to Bournemouth to compete in the National Youth Championship 2006/2007 (sponsored by the Royal Air Force), having qualified on 1st October 2006 at Bedford unbeaten in the prelims. To say that the squad members were ready was an understatement and in the officials camp there was a feeling that this year was the year, although past experience showed that you can never take anything for granted! |
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The games were 7 minutes each way and the first game was against Hucclecote. We knew that this was going to be a hard game and it was. We ended up winning by just 1 goal with the final score being 9-8. Wins then followed against Cranfield Nomads, Lincoln City, Leyland, Eagles, New Cambell, Peeks, Team Northumbria, and Ingrebourne. This resulted in Robins qualifying for the quarter final playoffs as leaders of Group A. |
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As winners of their group Robins played the Ampthill Astros in the quarter finals, who had finished fourth in Group B. This was a close game going goal for goal up to the last few minutes when Robins streamed ahead finally winning 12-8. |
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| In the semi finals Robins found themselves against YWCA Bury who had earlier beaten Oldham, Cliftonettes, Parkside, Essex Open, Telstars, Woodley, and Jersey Utd in the group stages and only being beaten by Ampthill Astros. When Robins went down immediately 0-5 some may have thought that this was it. However, the girls did not and after clawing their way back to 5-5 at half time they streamed ahead winning 15-10. | |||||
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So this
was it, Oldham in the Finals! This was
not the first time that Robins had encountered Oldham in the final stages
of a national competition and on each of the previous occasions Oldham had
won. These meetings were in
the younger National Competitions and as a young club Robins learnt from
all these experiences. With
regard to the Final Robins Netball Club would like to quote from the press
release (by Rona Hunnisett) on the England Netball web site (www.englandnetball.co.uk)
as it says it all:-
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This
win is a tremendous achievement and is against a club who won all four
(U19, U16, U14, and U13) National Competitions last year. The Presentations! |
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The Officials of Robins Netball Club would like to say:-“Well done girls! We know just how hard you have worked to gain this achievement and we are tremendously proud of you all!” |
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4th November 2006 - National Youth U19 Championship Finals 2006/2007
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CONGRATULATIONS
GIRLS!!
WHAT A DAY!! OFFICIALS SPEECHLESS!! FULL REPORT WILL FOLLOW!! |
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CHAMPIONSHIP
WINNERS! |
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Our U19 Squad – Chantelle Hankin. Monique Wood, Zoe Murdoch, Claire Jackson, Abbie Cullen, Danielle Dornan, Lauren King, Micha Dornan, Amy Fennelly, Abigail Ryan. Head Coach – Jane Milbourn, Team Coach - Rose St Louis |
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Starting Line Up - GS - Chantelle Hankin,. GA - Monique Wood, WA - Claire Jackson, C - Danielle Dornan, WD - Lauren King, GD - Amy Fennelly, GK - Abigail Ryan. |
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15th October 2006 - Thurrock Rally
The weather, although cold, was sunny and dry. We entered one team in each of the following age groups:- Under 11, Under 12, and Under 13. The Under 11s were in a round robin playing all the teams in their group and the other two teams were in groups with semi finals and finals at the end. All teams played well! The Under 13s finished the day as Semi Finalists; the Under 12s finished Runners Up; the Under 11s finished Winners and were unbeaten on the day. Congratulations to you all!
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Robins Under 12s - Runners Up |
1st October 2006 - Under 19 National Clubs - Heats
The venue was The David Bunyan Centre, Bedford. It was damp and threatening rain. Those that went will not forget that the M25 was closed because of an accident and so the tournament was delayed by half an hour to allow those players caught in it to arrive. A further delay took place two rounds later when it was agreed that the courts were slippery and so to prevent injury the tournament was to continue indoors. Despite all these disruptions the girls played excellently and finished the day unbeaten! Well done to you all and see you at the Finals on 4th November 2006 in Bournemouth!
September 2006 - Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Robins Netball and we hope that, like us, you are well rested and eager to start a new season. The trials have taken place and five squads have been selected for playing in the Basildon League and six (two squads in the following age groups - Yr5/6, Y7, and Y8) for the Chelmsford Junior League. Most of you, in particular the Basildon Squads, will be starting the new season playing with different players and we know that you will enjoy the variety from last season.
18th July 2006 - Congratulations Jane!
With Mavericks taking over from County in the England set up Jane Milbourn, our Head Coach, has been approached to be one of three assistant coaches to Kendra Slawinski OBE who is to head the Talent Squad coaching team. This is a tremendous achievement and all of us at Robins Netball Club offer our congratulations to Jane for receiving this appointment.
7th July 2006 - Robins Fun Night/Presentation Evening
With very short notice the Officials of the Club decided to deviate from the normal end of season Presentation Evening by holding a Role Reversal Tournament instead. The format for the evening was that the parents of each team would play in a Round Robin Tournament with their daughters watching and supporting from the side line, followed by the Presentation bit for the player of the year and most improved player per squad. Because of the short notice only the younger teams were involved and our thanks to all the parents who participated. Everyone, officials included, enjoyed themselves and although a few were threatened with the 'sin bin' no one was actually sent there! With the evening being so successful the plan is to expand on this for next year.
Click on Gallery to view the pictures taken during the evening.
30th June - 2nd July 2006 - Pontins Weekend
Yet again a wonderful weekend was had by Robins Netball Club at Pontins! Congratulations to all our teams! Both the Year 6 teams, and Aquarius qualified for the Cup Competition on Sunday along with the Year 7 squad which was a mixture of both teams! Virgo qualified for the Plate Competition. The Coaching Team are proud of all our players who were there representing Robins. You are a credit to the club. Both Aquarius and Virgo lost in their respective semi finals with the Year 7s finishing third in their group. Leos finished second in their group and Aries finished third in their group. Who knows what will happen next year!
10th June 2006 - National Junior Championship Finals 2005/2006
Robins NC had both their Under 14s and Under 13s qualify for this back in March. The weather was hot and sunny, a change from previous weekends! Despite some tough opposition both teams played very well. The Under 14s just failed to qualify for the knockout stage and the Under 13s, having qualified, met Oldham in the quarter finals. This was a brilliant game but as always there has to be a winner and this time it was not us. Despite the results on the day both teams enjoyed themselves playing clubs that they do not usually meet.
21st May 2006 - Tegate Tournament
Today saw Robins in Harlow, Essex, at Tegate. The weather started dry but when the rain started it did not stop! Despite this all the girls played well. Robins Virgo (Under 13), Libra (Under 12), and Aries (Under 11) all played well in their groups and Aries just missed getting into the semi finals! Robins Taurus (Under 12) and Aquarius (Under 13) qualified for their respective Final. Aquarius won theirs and Taurus finished as runners up going down by one goal after extra time! Well done to everyone, you all played excellently!
7th May 2006 - Chelmsford League Tournament
Robins Leo (Under 11), Robins Taurus (Under 12), and Robins Aquarius (Under 13) all attended the Chelmsford League Tournament. Despite the weather being very changeable all the teams played well and each finished in their respective Finals. Aquarius and Taurus both won their finals and Leos just narrowly missed joining them, finishing the day as runners up. Well done to all the girls. You all played excellently!
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23rd April 2006 - Hertford Hornets Tournament
The Under 14 National Squad went to Hertford and had an enjoyable Tournament, despite the weather which was overcast and drizzly at times. The tournament was a Round Robin and the girls played well finishing third behind Turnford and Cheshunt, the only two teams t
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