Israeli Team Selected for European Netball Festival in Malta in 2010, November 2009
In November 2009 Israel Netball welcomed England Netball Regional Talent Coach Joan Young, who took responsibility for selecting the Israeli team that will compete in the European Netball Festival to be held in Malta in June 2010.
Over 20 women – representing all of Israel’s netball clubs, including Ra’anana, Jerusalem Merkaz, Jerusalem Ma’aleh Adumim, Modi’in and Tel Aviv – participated in the trials on Saturday evening, 21 November. Led by Joan, the women took part in a range of drills and exercises as well as playing a number of short netball games.
All in all, 12 team members were selected for the squad. This squad will undergo a further trial in February 2010 when the final team of 10 players will be selected.
Israel Netball is sincerely appreciative of Joan's efforts who traveled from England to assist with team selection. It is hoped that she will be able to come to Israel again prior to the tournament to share her vast knowledge of netball with the team and also travel to Malta with them, assisting the players in honing their skills and match play and accompanying them to another international victory.