Gladstone Netball Association

🏐💙💛 GRAND FINAL TIME! 💛💙🏐

This is it — the final night of our 2026 season! 🙌

Our Grand Finals will be played Tuesday 8th September, with teams across our Junior, Cadet and Senior grades battling it out for the title. 🏆

Juniors- 4.30pm
Cadets- 6.00pm
Srniors - 7.30pm

Congratulations to all teams who have made it through to the Grand Finals — a fantastic achievement and a credit to the hard work, commitment and effort shown throughout the season. 👏💙💛

To every player, coach, manager, umpire, volunteer and supporter — thank you for an incredible season, and best of luck to all our Grand Finalists!

Come down, bring the noise and help us finish the season with a huge night of netball! 💙💛

One day. One goal. Champions. 🏆

Balls are back in stock!!
Be quick- dont miss out 😀

🏐 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER… THEY’VE FINALLY BOUNCED IN!

Our First Nations Carnival netballs have officially arrived — and they were definitely worth the wait! 💙💛

Featuring our stunning carnival artwork, these special-edition balls are available for $25 each.

Pick yours up from the GNA canteen on Tuesday nights.

Don’t miss your chance to take home a special piece of our First Nations Carnival! 🖤💙💛

🏐 WEEK 2 FINALS RUN SHEET 💙💛

We’re looking forward to another exciting night of finals netball!

Junior Preliminary Finals begin at 4.15pm, followed by the GNA Trophy Presentations and Mini Netters Presentations.

We encourage our GNA community to come along as we recognise and thank the wonderful people who have generously given their time, dedication and support to GNA throughout the season. 🏆💙💛

Please join us to celebrate these deserving trophy recipients and our Mini Netters!

6.00pm – Cadet Preliminary Finals
7.30pm – Senior Preliminary Finals

Best of luck to all teams competing in Week 2 of Finals! 🙌

🏐💙💛 FINALS REMINDER 💛💙🏐

If scores are level at the end of a finals match:

⏱️ Teams will play an additional 5 minutes each way, timed by the scorers.

🏐 If the scores are still level, play will continue until one team gets 2 goals in front.

Please remember:

🔹 There is no injury time during Weeks 1 and 2 of finals.

🔹 Injury time will apply during the Grand Final only.

Best of luck to all teams competing in the finals! Play hard, play fair and support one another. 💙💛

PLAYER ATTENDANCE – WEEK 2 FINALS 💙💛

As per the reminder issued last week, and over the weekend,.player attendance must be marked in Netball Connect before the start of each game.

⚠️ If attendance is not recorded, the game will be forfeited.

✅ GNA recommends that coaches and managers complete attendance.

❌ Please do not rely on your scorer, as not all scorers are familiar with the attendance process.

If a player cannot be added through Netball Connect after the game has started, their name must be recorded on a paper scoresheet and submitted to the GNA Clubhouse before the end of the fixture night.

Please refer to GNA Competitions Policy 9.2 – Player Attendance Requirements for full details.

Good luck to all teams competing in Week 2! 💙💛

🏐 FINALS REMINDER 💙💛

A reminder that all requests for injury players and substitute players must be submitted to your club by 5:00 pm Monday with all required information.

⚠️ Requests must be submitted through your club.

Emails sent directly to GNA will be considered non-compliant and the request will be denied.

Please also ensure you are familiar with all finals requirements relating to player attendance and uniforms.

Full policies and procedures can be found here:
https://netballgladstone.wixsite.com/gladstone-netball-as/policies-procedures

PLAYER ATTENDANCE – WEEK 2 FINALS 💙💛

As per the reminder issued last week, player attendance must be marked in Netball Connect before the start of each game.

⚠️ If attendance is not recorded, the game will be forfeited.

✅ GNA recommends that coaches and managers complete attendance.

❌ Please do not rely on your scorer, as not all scorers are familiar with the attendance process.

If a player cannot be added through Netball Connect after the game has started, their name must be recorded on a paper scoresheet and submitted to the GNA Clubhouse before the end of the fixture night.

Please refer to GNA Competitions Policy 9.2 – Player Attendance Requirements for full details.

Good luck to all teams competing in Week 2! 💙💛

Watch this space....

Exciting news for our 2027 representative program will be coming out shortly...

In the meantime - a quick update on accommodation for 2027 :)

🏆 GNA PERPETUAL TROPHIES – PLEASE RETURN ASAP 🏆

We are asking for the return of all Gladstone Netball Association perpetual trophies as soon as possible.

We would love to have these ready to present to our 2026 recipients next week! 🏐💙💛

If you currently have a perpetual trophy, please contact us via:

📩 Facebook Messenger
📧 [email protected]

Please let us know when you are able to return it so we can make arrangements.
Thank you for helping us get these back in time to celebrate our 2026 award recipients! 💙💛

Lets get a Mixed Social Comp happening this off season!