2025 SEASON INFORMATION

Welcome to Parklands United Netball for the 2025 Season!

Registrations for the 2025 Netball season are now open online. Information on the opportunities available at Parklands United Netball can be found below.

Netball Grades

At Parklands United, we provide options for players in each of the following age groups:

  • Fun Ferns - 3-6 yr olds
  • Future Ferns - school years 3-8
  • U14's, U15's & U17's
  • U19's, U21's
  • Senior 
    • Competitive
    • Social 

Netball Subscriptions

Our subscriptions for the 2025 season are outlined below. 

  • Fun Ferns - $50.00
  • Future Ferns (year 3&4) - $145
  • Future Ferns (year 5&6) - $160
  • Future Ferns (year 7&8) - $195
  • U14's - $195
  • U15's & U17's - $200
  • U19's & U21 - Playing Senior - $200.00 
  • Senior (competitive & social) - $230.00

Subscriptions can be paid into Westpac 03-1597-0013393-00, please use Name and Grade as a reference. ​​​​​​​Subs must be paid in full by 30th April 2025 to confirm your place in a team.

​​​​​​​If you are unable to do this please contact our Treasurer Nick James at acountspusc@gmail.com to make alternative arrangements.

Netball Uniforms

All Future Ferns and U14 to U17 are required to have their own Parklands United playing shirt. For returning players from 2024 these remain the same. New players, and players requiring new shirts, will be required to purchase a playing shirt.

New shirts will be available to purchase at the Shirt Allocation Days (dates tbc).

Families are welcome to also purchase 2nd hand playing shirts off other families wishing to sell off their former shirts.

The club provides playing skirts that are returned at the end of the season.

2025 season dates:

Christchurch Netball Centre has confirmed that the 2025 season start dates are:

  • Senior Competitive - Closed Grade (Nga Puna Wai) – Monday, 14 April 2025 (Challenge game)
  • Senior Competitive - Open Grade (Nga Puna Wai) – Wednesday, 7 May 2025
  • Senior Social - Open Grade (Hagley) – Saturday, 3 May 2025
  • U15 (Nga Puna Wai) – Saturday, 3 May 2025
  • U14 (Hagley) – Saturday, 3 May 2025
  • Future Ferns - years 3-8 (Hagley) – Saturday, 3 May 2025
  • Future Ferns - years 5&6 (Rawhiti) – Friday, 2 May 2025
  • Future Ferns - years 3&4 (Celebration Centre) – Friday, 2 May 2025
  • Fun Ferns (Parklands Community Centre) – Friday, 2 May 2025

  • Jellybean Tournament - Sunday, 3 May 2025
  • Y9 Tournament - Sunday, 22 June 2025
  • Rainbow Tournament - Sunday, 3 August 2025
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  • No games will occur on Kings Birthday weekend (30/31 May), Matariki (20/21 June) or in the middle week of the school holidays (4/5 July).
  • Season grades end for most teams 15/16 August 2025 subject to Finals.

Structure:

Fun Ferns

  • Players learn ball skills, develop fundamental skills and have mini games in a fun environment. This is a great introduction to Netball for the younger ages. 
  • Starts 2 May and finishes 15 August at Parklands Community Centre, 75 Queenspark Drive, every Friday 3:30-4:15pm.​​​​​​​

Future Ferns - Year 3 to 6

  • Christchurch Netball Centre run the Future Ferns Programme run across Thursday, Friday & Saturday competitions. Options available to register a team on any day depending on numbers.

  • Year 3 & 4 play a modified 5v5 game whereas Years 5 & 6 play a modified 6v6 game.

    ​​​​​​​More information on the junior competition structure can be found on the Christchurch Netball Website:     https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=6fbdbb40-00f5-4dd4-bcd1-9d8a9c92e72f

    Teams generally train and play a game once per week. Practises are held once a week at the Queenspark School courts. 

Years 7, 8 & U14 

  • Parklands United Netball intends to register teams for all options where numbers permit for Year 7, 8 & U14's.

  • All games are on Saturday mornings at the Hagley Park Courts.  Practises are held at the Queenspark School courts.

  • From Year 7 teams move to 7 a-side competition where the teams change ends at each quarter.

  • Boys are able to play in teams up to Under 15 grade. 

U15 & U17 

  • Parklands United Netball intends to register teams for all options where numbers permit from U15 to U17.

  • All games are on Saturday mornings at the Nga Puna Wai Indoor Courts.  Practises are held at the Queenspark School courts.

Seniors 

  • In 2025 Parklands United Netball will be introducing Senior Competitive and Social options.

  • Our competitive teams will play at Nga Puna Wai with the Senior A looking to challenge to enter the Closed grade on a Saturday and the Senior B the Open grade on a Wednesday evening.

  • Trials will be held for the competitive teams on Wednesday 12 February and Saturday 15 February at Queenspark Courts.

  • Social Netball will continue to play at Hagley Park Courts on a Saturday.

  • U17's and U19's may play at Senior level.

Training

Most teams train once a week at the Queenspark School courts.  Your coach will let you know the day and time for your team’s training.  We ask that players and their families support your coaches in any way you can, the coaches spend a lot of their own time preparing training, making sure all the players get their fair share of time on the court, learning drills and ways to make training more fun, and much more.

Please make sure your child attends practice even if it is cold, netball is a winter game and they will be playing in the cold so need to practise in the cold also. Make sure your child is at the game in time to warm up with the team at the time their coach has asked them to be there. If your child is unable to make a game or practice, give the coach as much notice as possible as this can change the whole practice the coach has planned if one person is missing.

Umpiring

Up to & including Yr6 - It is encouraged that a willing parent steps up to act as the umpire to allow the coach to focus on the game. Free training sessions and information are supplied by CNC, additional training course fees will be covered by Parklands United Sports Club as required.

Year 7 upwards CNC provided whistlers/umpires may be provided should numbers allow - Parklands United supports any players, parents or siblings to register as part of the whistler / umpire training programmes offered by Christchurch Netball.

All senior teams must provide one umpire per week to umpire a game that is not their own. This will be allocated by Christchurch Netball Centre and is generally on the same day a team plays, but sometimes it can differ.

If available, there are a number of club umpires - weekly fees of $15-25 (dependent upon age group) are paid directly by the team on game day. On days a Christchurch Netball or Parklands United club umpire cannot make the game either the coach or a parent is expected to umpire the game.

General Enquiries

If you have a specific question or enquiry on our Netball programmes, please contact our Netball Convenor, on parklandsunitednetball@gmail.com