West Yorkshire County Performance Trials for 2023-24 Season
The WY Performance team are inviting athletes in current school years 4 to year 9 to trial for the Performance Pathway for the 2023-24 season.
These county performance trials are part of the England Netball Performance Pathway for U15’s, which we are responsible for and we will be working in conjunction with Leeds Rhinos Netball to develop future athletes to move through the county programme and into the Superleague franchise. The county performance pathway is the ONLY pathway to be able to progress into the Leeds Rhinos franchise as we have to nominate athletes.
Trials will follow the same format as last year with a first stage in July and a second stage in September. There will be no late trials this year.
To trial, athletes MUST have a nomination from a coach/teacher which has to be given on the form, along with a contact email address of the coach/teacher supporting the application which will be checked. Athletes must also be competing at club level and be affiliated to West Yorkshire from September.
The first stage of trials will take place over the weekend of Saturday 8th July for u13s and Sunday 9th of July for u15s at Bradford College, BD5 0JD, between 8am and 6pm, so please ensure your daughter is available over this weekend in order to trial. An exact trial date and time will be sent to you via the email address you provide by the 30th June. Please note, we are unable to take specific requests for days and times due to the large number of applications we receive. If an athlete is unable to trial on this date, then you MUST complete the application form and in the box at the end, explain why they are unable to attend. Each individual athlete will be considered and an email will be sent with confirmation as to the next steps.
The outcome of the first trial will be emailed by Sunday 23rd July. If the athlete is successful on their first trial, they will be invited to a second trial which will take place over the weekend of Saturday 9th September for u13s and Sunday 10th September for u15s at Bradford College, BD5 OJD, between 8am and 6pm. Again, please ensure that your daughter is available to trial over this weekend if they are successful on their first trial. An exact trial time will be sent to you via the email address you provided by the end of August.
Please note: Unfortunately due to the large number of athletes trialling (last year we had 325), we are unable to give specific feedback to any athlete. Each athlete will be selected based on what we as selectors see on the day. Athletes that have already been in the programme, are not guaranteed a place for this next year.
The performance programme for the 2023-24 season will take place at Bradford College on Mondays or Tuesdays with the earliest start time of 6pm and the latest finish time of 9.30pm. If your daughter is successful, she will be allocated a place in a group on one of these nights. Please be aware that due to the number of trialists and athletes we have, we will be unable to accommodate any specific requests for trial days or training days.
When completing the form, please can we ask that you check the contact details carefully and your email address is correct as this is what will be used for future correspondence. You will also need to provide the name of a teacher/coach to support with the trial application along with a contact email address for them as they will be contacted to confirm this nomination.
The cost for trials this year are £10 and payment details are on the trial form. Please quote REF: WYT*name* (e.g. Athlete A Smith = WYTASmith). :: CLICK HERE to complete the Trials Form ::
Trial applications will open on Monday 15th May at 9am and the closing date for trials will be Monday 5th June at 9pm.
Stage 1 Trials – Sat 2nd/ Sun 3rd July – Bradford College
Stage 2 Trials – Sat 17th/ Sun 18th September – Bradford College
Summer Pre-Trial Performance Sessions
The WY Performance team are inviting athletes in current school years 4 to year 9 the opportunity to take part in some pre-trial performance sessions in preparation and ahead of the first trials for the performance pathway 2023-24 season. We have a limited number of places for each pre-trial session so please can we ask that dates are checked and athletes are able to commit and attend, as once they are full, we are unable to take any more athletes.
These sessions will focus on key skills such as footwork, passing, defending stages, fitness and then match play to support with athlete development.
Sessions will take place at Bradford College, BD5 OJD. The cost of the sessions are £20.
Pre-Trial Sessions Choices - £20 per session:
Trial applications with the pre trial sessions on will open on Monday 15th May at 9am and the closing date for trials will be Monday 5th June at 9pm.
Please ensure that payment is made for any sessions and the trial together when the application form is completed.
On behalf of the performance team, we wish all athletes good luck with their netball trial.
The WY Performance Team
These county performance trials are part of the England Netball Performance Pathway for U15’s, which we are responsible for and we will be working in conjunction with Leeds Rhinos Netball to develop future athletes to move through the county programme and into the Superleague franchise. The county performance pathway is the ONLY pathway to be able to progress into the Leeds Rhinos franchise as we have to nominate athletes.
Trials will follow the same format as last year with a first stage in July and a second stage in September. There will be no late trials this year.
To trial, athletes MUST have a nomination from a coach/teacher which has to be given on the form, along with a contact email address of the coach/teacher supporting the application which will be checked. Athletes must also be competing at club level and be affiliated to West Yorkshire from September.
The first stage of trials will take place over the weekend of Saturday 8th July for u13s and Sunday 9th of July for u15s at Bradford College, BD5 0JD, between 8am and 6pm, so please ensure your daughter is available over this weekend in order to trial. An exact trial date and time will be sent to you via the email address you provide by the 30th June. Please note, we are unable to take specific requests for days and times due to the large number of applications we receive. If an athlete is unable to trial on this date, then you MUST complete the application form and in the box at the end, explain why they are unable to attend. Each individual athlete will be considered and an email will be sent with confirmation as to the next steps.
The outcome of the first trial will be emailed by Sunday 23rd July. If the athlete is successful on their first trial, they will be invited to a second trial which will take place over the weekend of Saturday 9th September for u13s and Sunday 10th September for u15s at Bradford College, BD5 OJD, between 8am and 6pm. Again, please ensure that your daughter is available to trial over this weekend if they are successful on their first trial. An exact trial time will be sent to you via the email address you provided by the end of August.
Please note: Unfortunately due to the large number of athletes trialling (last year we had 325), we are unable to give specific feedback to any athlete. Each athlete will be selected based on what we as selectors see on the day. Athletes that have already been in the programme, are not guaranteed a place for this next year.
The performance programme for the 2023-24 season will take place at Bradford College on Mondays or Tuesdays with the earliest start time of 6pm and the latest finish time of 9.30pm. If your daughter is successful, she will be allocated a place in a group on one of these nights. Please be aware that due to the number of trialists and athletes we have, we will be unable to accommodate any specific requests for trial days or training days.
When completing the form, please can we ask that you check the contact details carefully and your email address is correct as this is what will be used for future correspondence. You will also need to provide the name of a teacher/coach to support with the trial application along with a contact email address for them as they will be contacted to confirm this nomination.
The cost for trials this year are £10 and payment details are on the trial form. Please quote REF: WYT*name* (e.g. Athlete A Smith = WYTASmith). :: CLICK HERE to complete the Trials Form ::
Trial applications will open on Monday 15th May at 9am and the closing date for trials will be Monday 5th June at 9pm.
Stage 1 Trials – Sat 2nd/ Sun 3rd July – Bradford College
Stage 2 Trials – Sat 17th/ Sun 18th September – Bradford College
Summer Pre-Trial Performance Sessions
The WY Performance team are inviting athletes in current school years 4 to year 9 the opportunity to take part in some pre-trial performance sessions in preparation and ahead of the first trials for the performance pathway 2023-24 season. We have a limited number of places for each pre-trial session so please can we ask that dates are checked and athletes are able to commit and attend, as once they are full, we are unable to take any more athletes.
These sessions will focus on key skills such as footwork, passing, defending stages, fitness and then match play to support with athlete development.
Sessions will take place at Bradford College, BD5 OJD. The cost of the sessions are £20.
Pre-Trial Sessions Choices - £20 per session:
- Session 1 – Saturday 17th June - 8.45am – 12pm (60 places)
- Session 2 – Monday 19th June – 6.15pm – 9pm (60 places)
- Session 3 – Tuesday 20th June – 6pm – 9pm (30 places)
- Session 4 – Saturday 24th June – 8.45am – 12pm (60 places)
- Session 5 – Monday 26th June – 6.15pm – 9pm (60 places)
- Session 6 – Tuesday 27th June – 6 – 9pm (30 places)
Trial applications with the pre trial sessions on will open on Monday 15th May at 9am and the closing date for trials will be Monday 5th June at 9pm.
Please ensure that payment is made for any sessions and the trial together when the application form is completed.
On behalf of the performance team, we wish all athletes good luck with their netball trial.
The WY Performance Team