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Ribble Valley teenage stars picked for Manchester Thunder

21/10/2019

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Anja Haworth, 15, and Eleanor Jorgenson, 17, have been selected for Manchester Thunder Netball Pathway. Haworth will this year play for the under 17s side and she said she’s relishing the chance to shine.
“I’m really excited to be in the squad again. I’ve been playing since I was 14 in the youth academy where it’s only training once a week. Now at under 17s the training has become harder and more regular.”
Jorgenson played for the under 17s side last year and has now moved through to the under 19s and she highlighted how intense the training is this year.
The defender said: “Moving up to the 19’s has meant there’s more training, twice a week, and it really focuses on fitness and strength and conditioning.”
15 year-old Haworth first played for Ribble's senior side when she was just 13 years old, and she still has aspirations to make it to the top.
She said: “One day I would like to play for England at under 17s or under 19s level when I’m older but right now I just want to keep up with my netball.”
The pair have been crucial to Ribble this year despite being two of the youngest on the team.
The East Lancashire side have had a tough start to the season, playing four of the top five teams from the 2018/19 season in their first four league games.
Although results haven’t gone their way, performances, particularly from Haworth and Jorgenson haven’t gone unnoticed.
17 year-old Jorgenson suggested that playing for Thunder over the years has helped her in the physical games for Ribble in the open age league.
She said: “My fitness has definitely improved from last year and it’s made me stronger as a player which helps in the more physical games.”
Head Coach Jane Moodie says the club are very proud of both players saying “They are both exceptionally talented young players and if they continue to work hard and show the same hard working attitude they have so far there is no reason they can't achieve their goals.”
Everyone connected to Ribble Valley will be keeping a close eye on their progress and in the meantime, click here and you can hear from them too.

Article & Interviews by Nathan Bailey

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Nat's back & This time she's coaching

9/10/2019

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England Roses netballer Natalie Haythornthwaite has joined Ribble Valley for a month of coaching.
The wing attack, who has 33 caps for England, joins up with the club where she started her career.
Take a look at how the club revealed the international star on our twitter.
She said: “I’m really excited (to be back). Ribble has a really special place in my heart.
“They’re a really good set of girls. It was amazing to see the under 10’s training when I arrived because that’s the age I started playing.”
Haythornthwaite arrives two games into the season and is looking to turn the club’s fortunes around after a couple of narrow defeats.
Captain Sophie Layfield hopes the move is a way to kick-start the season.
The 24 year old said: “We’ve got a really tough run with the first six games featuring teams from the top five of last year, but I think Nat will hopefully give us that extra push and get our first win of the season on the board.”
This week saw the World Cup bronze medallist take the first training session of her tenure and the players were already feeling the effects of her professional standards.
After training, goal defence Kate Asbridge, 25, said: “I’m going to sleep well tonight. A lot of the drills looked at change of direction and reacting to the ball from turnovers and as a defender I think that’s great for us and something we needed to work on.”
Ribble first team coach Khalia Rocco expects Haythornthwaite to not only help the players, but to take her own coaching to the next level.
Rocco said: “She’s had years of an elite playing career playing across England and Australia, I’m excited for the way she could mentor me and help me.”
When asked about the arrangements, Ribble chair Tim McDermott expressed his excitement for the opportunity and his hopes for the future.
He told UCLANs Nathan Bailey “We are so grateful to Nat for finding the time to commit to this. She's taking a well earned break from playing and could easily have said no but she's spoken about her affinity for the club and it's such a boost to everyone here to see her back in Ribble colours. We wanted to reward our loyal members by giving them exclusive access to her coaching while she's with us and I'm very hopeful that this won't be the last big name we're able to bring in this season”.
Ribble entertain Oldham at Oakhill Leisure this weekend, 12th October, where they will be hoping the return of Haythornthwaite will lead to a first win of the season. Game starts at 12.30pm.

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R.V.N.C.- N.W. Premier League Home Venue Confirmed

18/9/2019

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RVNC are VERY excited to announce a partnership with our good friends at Oakhill Leisure for the forthcoming 2019/20 NW Premier League season as all eleven of our home fixtures will be played at Oakhill’s excellent facilities.

Oakhill is, without question, the best spectator venue in the division and gives netball fans in East Lancashire (and beyond!) a unique opportunity to watch the highest quality netball available in Lancashire from the comfort of a cushioned courtside seat FOR FREE!!

The NW Premier league contains Lancashire’s top senior club sides, RVNC, Blackpool NC and Elysium NC competing against the very best from the around the region. The division is a showcase for young players on the pathway programmes at Manchester Thunder and Leeds Rhinos, has opportunities to watch players with super league experience (last season our 15yr old starlet Anja Haworth faced off at centre against Liana Leota playing for Trafford NC!) and is a chance for young athletes to see just what they can achieve. The vast majority of our squad are home grown talents who have played for Ribble juniors.

We would like to place on record our thank to Oakhill for the opportunity to use this facility. Oakhill and RVNC have an incredible long-standing relationship which we are very hopeful we will be expanding on in the near future. As a leisure facility it is excellent in its own right and now as a community facility via our club we are privileged to have secured the best playing venue in the league.

Our first home NW Premier League game is versus Warrington Netball Club on Saturday 28th September, warm up at 12 noon, first centre at 12:30. Come along and support us !!
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Half Term holiday camps

12/10/2018

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We're moving indoors now the weathers turned a bit grim...
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Tournament Fixtures & Info ONLINE

10/5/2018

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The 2018 Tournament page has been updated with the provisional fixtures and groups for both days plus the info you need to get here and compete. CLICK HERE

Reminder - We have no parking available at the school itself, but we have Marshalled Car Parks nearby only a short walk from the school playing fields, all the details are on the tournament page. Please do not park on the road in front of the school or across drive ways...thanks for your assistance and here's to a great tournament !!!  
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Provisional Tournament Timings

2/5/2018

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Our state of the art fixture generating softwate (Jane) is busy working out how to fit in all the games but in the meantime here are the provisional times for next weekend....

Saturday 8.30am start.
U15 and u12 morning
U13 and u14 afternoon

Sunday 9am start
U11 and u8 morning
U9 and u10 afternoon.

Exact timings will follow as soon as we can finalise them....
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Here comes the Summer....

18/4/2018

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We're pleased to be able to announce that we're bringing you 3 Summer Camps in August. As in previous years they'll be held at Clitheroe Rugby Club and this year will run on the 1st, 8th and 15th of August and will cost £12 for each session. Click here to book your place.


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RVNC Tournament REmINDER.....

8/2/2018

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We just wanted to remind you that our tournament will once again be held at St Cecilia's High School in Longridge (the same venue as last year) over the weekend of the 12th & 13th May.

Clubs : Tournament entry forms will be sent out shortly, if you want to register your interest ahead of then please email Jane via headcoach@ribblevalleynetballclub.com 

Volunteers : As always a succesful tournament is only as good as the help we get to run it, and you've been awesome so far so we need you to keep it up.... so please let your coach know when, or how, you can help us out over the weekend, or contact Adele via volunteer@ribblevalleynetballclub.com .

Looking forward to seeing you all there again and it being a great weekend of netball - The Committee.
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