By Tara Murray
Take two has been successful for Wyndhamvale in the Western Netball League.
After having a team in 2021, the Falcons didn’t have a side again until last season when they had three teams.
They’ve been able to sustain three teams this season.
Falcons head of netball Dana Hanmer said it had been really good having netball back at the club.
“It was up and running in 2021 and it wasn’t a great season,” she said. “We launched again last season.
“It went really great and we were stoked with how it went. We had three teams, after having only one the first time.”
The Falcons had sides in division 1, 2 and 4 last season.
After a number of departures in the off season, the club has division 3, 6 and 7 sides.
While they dropped grades, Hanmer said they’d been able to keep the momentum going as they aim to have a sustainable program.
“We had some good quality players in division 1, but they moved on to bigger and better things,” she said. “Some at state and country level.
“It hasn’t altered us to having three teams. We have a lot of younger girls, who are 14 to 17, and are the next generation.
“They are in rep squads at different associations. There’s some good quality talent at the club.”
Hanmer said for many of the younger girls it was their first time playing senior netball and they wanted to give them the chance to thrive.
She said they were hoping to progress through the divisions in the next few years.
“It would be good to keep everyone around and keep some development,” she said.
The club also has a number of local players and partners of the footy players.
She said the rest of the club had really got behind them.
“The club has given a lot of support and is really exciting to see how it goes,” she said.
“The boys come down and support the girls.”
