Yes, we are still here!

I know it has been a while since we posted anything, but we have been very busy recently.

Busy with what you ask. Well, netball season is fast approaching so once again every spare moment is taken with training, playing or discussing netball which is why I am writing this instead of Angela!

This season there is plenty happening on the netball front. We are all very proud of Ang passing her umpiring exam. This year the umpires are much more organised, but this also means more meetings, learning the rules and even some fitness training! So Wednesday night is umpiring night. Ang is still running the USP team. This year the boys have also decided to enter a team so as well training the girls’ team she also has to try to teach the boys the basics of netball. No easy task! So Tuesday night is USP netball night. Of course we are both still playing for Hyundai, which means training on Mondays and Thursdays. By the time we play on Saturday then wash all the sweaty netball gear on Sunday there isn’t a day in the week that doesn’t involve netball!

On top of all this Angela has also taken on organising a Samoan Universities netball team to participate in the University Games in Toowoomba, Queensland in July. This is proving to be a big job, but she is getting stuck into it. Last weekend she ran trials so that she could select the team. 26 keen students/netball players came along to try out, and she had to make some tough decisions to narrow it down to the final 12. But that is where the fun began. She now has to organise visas, flights, accommodation, uniforms etc for 12 students. Just getting them all to turn up to a meeting is proving to be difficult! I am sure it will all come together in the end, but I get the feeling there will be a few stressful moments before they finally get on the plane! (By the way - funding is still a major issue, so if anyone out there is able to assist with sponsorship the team would be very grateful!)

One last piece of news – we are off to Brisbane to celebrate Lincoln’s 1st birthday next week. We are looking forward to catching up with the family – and Angela has promised to make the birthday cake. I will post an update and some pictures as soon as we get back!