Tungamah recruits Jhett Cooper, Sam Ferguson and Josh Chapman join coach Xavier Stevenson (second from left) at training before the first bounce of 2022.
Tungamah are gearing up and raring to go for their round one clash against Katandra this weekend with the club hoping they can get through this season without Covid rearing its ugly head again.
Senior coach Xav Stevenson has been busy during the off season securing a number of recruits including new assistant coach Sam Ferguson from Congupna.
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The Bears will also welcome Jhett Cooper, Josh Chapman, Brett Smith, Cam Tregenza and Daniel Cossar to the club for the first time. It is also great to get a couple of local juniors in Liam Connell and James Lawless back to the club.
“We welcome all past and new players as well as families and hope they enjoy their time at our great club,” Tungamah Football Netball Club President Josh Buerckner said.
“With fantastic numbers across all grades, we are looking forward to the season with great optimism and anticipation.”
With a really successful preseason and trials, which saw over 60 senior netballers try out, Tungamah netball is ready for the 2022 season to kick off this week.
The Bears have welcomed back regular faces with a lot of new faces being added to the mix this year.
The girls are hoping to have four very competitive netball teams in the senior netball grades.
Having only lost a few from the 2021 A grade team, the Bears are welcoming some new faces, Marissa Thomas, Chloe Lawless and Tahnee Pearce into the team this year.
The junior netball sides are also seeing great numbers at trainings and can’t wait to get back to playing with their friends and they too look like they will be hard to beat this season.
On the sidelines the Bears also have an exciting line up of coaches with most returning and a few new faces stepping into the roles.
The 2022 senior coaches are A grade - Jayanna Sharp, B grade - Claire Dawson and Maddie Hocking, C grade - Jenny Buerckner and C Res - Sally Eales.
Tungamah’s A Grade netball squad Chloe Elliot, Keely Holcombe, Annie Seccull, Chelsea Sidebottom, Tahnee Pearce and Chloe Lawless are raring to go for season 2022.
Junior coaches are Under 17s- Jorja Goldman and Grace Whitelock, Under 15s Penny Thompson and Ally Cooper, Under 13s Jenny Buerckner, Under 11s Mellissa Cummins and for another year the club is really excited to have an Under 9s side, learning all things netball and have had Danielle Sidebottom step into this mentor/coaching role.
“We have had a few intraclub matches along with practices matches with Mulwala and we were really keen with what we are seeing from these matches,” Bridget Saunders said.
“It’s looking like the Bear pit netballers will be competitive and strong across all grades.
“With our final season in 2021 cut short due to covid we are ready to hit the ground running this season.
“We look forward to another great year ahead and are ready to take on Katandra Football Netball Club this Saturday at our home courts at Jubilee Park.”
