About Us

ORIGINS OF BLUE JAYS NETBALL CLUB


Blue Jays was born in 1977 when the "Mums + 1" from the Wilson Grange U16A team decided to give netball a go themselves. Not wanting to play on Saturdays, they cast around and settled on BNA's Wednesday night competition. Blue Jays has been a presence at Bradbury Park since that first season.

From those humble beginnings, Blue Jays has grown to be one of the largest clubs playing fixtures at Bradbury Park. This gives us the ability to cater for players wishing to play more social as well as the senior and junior players wishing to push themselves in a more competitive environment.

We strongly encourage our players, parents and supporters to get involved and will assist prospective coaches and umpires to gain accreditation to further develop the quality of netball for us all.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY


Blue Jays acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, for both games and training at BNA, and pay our respects to the their Elders past, present and emerging. We extend that respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples of our club.


Blue Jays uniform features Indigenous artwork designed by Ambrose Killian. More of Ambrose's work can be found on his instagram, amiwarre.

"This artwork represents community, connection to country and the landscapes around the Yugerra / Turrbal region. Each community circle represents the diversity within the team / club, each connected through the land and water ways. Whilst there are many sub-communities in the artwork, they all contribute to make up the entirety of the presented piece, meaning every individual contributes to the greater story"

We are privileged enough to own the rights to this artwork and thank Ambrose for being able to bring to life what our club represents.

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BLUE JAYS NETBALL CONSTITUTION


Blue Jays Netball Constitution (Last Updated 2022)

Blue Jays Netball Constitution

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS - AGM 19.01.25


Netball is a great team sport. Netball is a staple in our lives, not only individually, but as a family, it gives us something to bond over and brings us all together. Initially, you play with your friends and as you develop you move into different teams and meet new people and develop new relationships. Both parents can be involved. You have opportunities to play, umpire, coach and manage. Netball is family friendly and a bonus with school holidays off! The sport goes all year round, so helps with their activity levels.

Netball is a grassroots sports as anyone can play it. Regardless of whether you start netball from NetSet or you start playing when you're 15, it gives everyone the opportunity to have fun, develop skills and build friendships. It's low cost in respect to other sports. Our Blue Jays community work to get all players to and from training and matches to give everyone a go. 

I am very grateful for the wonderful committee, coaches, managers and umpires in Blue Jays who have helped our three girls develop as players and people, and seen them have opportunities in both club and representative netball. As our girls are growing up, we've been instilling in them to give back to the community, which has seen them take on umpiring and coaching to raise other people's little champions too and give them the opportunities that are available. Our girls were raised playing netball and have had so many opportunities that have made them grow, without the endless support from all their previous coaches, managers, teammates and many others, they would not be where they are today.

It takes a village to raise a champion, and we are utilising each others' skill sets to advance the skills of our teams, while working collaboratively. It is fantastic seeing the Blue Jays players start their journey and wondering where it might take them. We need your support and involvement as part of the committee, coaching staff or manager roles.

These wonderful people all have their own families, real jobs and life away from the netball courts, but they always come back and give tirelessly of themselves. We have been working in the off-season to prepare for registrations, trials, training, developing coaches and umpires, equipment and clothing needs. We need you to volunteer and become involved in our Blue Jays community and join our family and continue to create our wonderful village.

Thank you,

Greg

Blue Jays Netball Club