Emily Cowell Netball Coaching

That’s a wrap. 💙💛

Today officially marks my last day as Head Coach at Canes.

It’s hard to put three years into words, but what a three years it’s been.

Over the last 3 years, we’ve grown from a club just dipping our toes into leagues, into a club competing against some of the best teams in Dubai, expanded our coaching programme, developed an incredible coaching team and, most importantly, helped so many players fall in love with netball.

Thank you to every player, parent, coach, team manager and volunteer.

Thank you for trusting me, supporting my ideas (even the slightly crazy ones 😅), giving up your evenings and weekends, and helping create something we’re all proud of. None of it happens because of one person. It takes a whole team, and I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with such brilliant people.

I’ll leave with so many memories, friendships and lessons that I’ll take with me into whatever comes next.

As for what’s next… 👀

You’ll find out very soon.

For now, thank you, Canes. It’s been a privilege. 💙💛

Tournament season done and dusted!

It’s always a pleasure organising tournaments and seeing players of all ages and abilities access this type of competition. Building on lessons from previous events, we introduced a development tournament this time, aiming to give more players the chance of success and to experience that finals feeling. This was met with so much positivity from clubs and coaches!

Taking over the schedule less than 72 hours before the tournament began certainly tested my patience, resilience, and our tournament system, but we got there, and every team and club had an absolute blast.

The highlight of the weekend was a player walking past my table with her coach saying, “This tournament is so much fun, I’m having the best time.”

A proud club moment to finish - 21 teams competing, with every team performing incredibly in their respective categories.

Time to reflect, learn, build and plan ready for our next one in October!

I asked my Grade 5’s (year 6’s) at NLCS ‘What makes a good team player?’ and this is what they came up with 🤩