2019 marks 20th year for Rookies Netball Club
Posted by Jo Gregory on 15 September 2018
Rookies Netball club started 20 years ago, and has gone from strength to strength. Starting as a group of friends who entered a team into the Wisbech Netball League, now boasts 5 senior teams, 5 youth teams and a sucessful partnership with Wisbech Grammar School coaching scheme. Rookies Netball club has 3 level 2 coaches and 2 level 1 coaches,12 umpires, with a number of up and coming coaches and umpiries at beginner level. The sucess of Rookies has grown considerably over the last 5 years mainly due to the determination and passion of club chairman, team manager and head coach, Andrea Eggleton. Andrea Eggleton has coached and played in the first team, seeing winning the wisbech netball league and then over a number of years winning the county premier league. This involved attending a regional play off tournament, which took 2 years for the first team to win succuring promotion to the East Region 3 league. 4 years later the team is starting their first season in Region East 1 league. This has seen a number of new and experienced players join the club and play in the regional team. Andrea Eggleton says' we are looking forward to another sucessful season in Regional 1 and as head coach I am extremely proud of the team and club as as a whole'.
