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Dear , On behalf of Netball America, I want to thank everyone who was involved with the 2012 CallidusCloud U.S. Open Netball Championships, the 5th Annual Championships. It was a great pleasure to welcome athletes and fans from Netball's global family to fabulous Las Vegas. You can read the official event program and letters of support here. It certainly was an honor to have Belinda Joseph from our Platinum Sponsor CallidusCloud attend this prestigious event. In addition to our platinum sponsor we'd like to thank the following gold sponsors: Knockout Sportswear - for the awesome Team USA, regional rep teams and umpire uniforms; PowerICE - for the low cal, no caffeine, kosher and gluten free frozen hydration ice bars; Advancial Credit Union for all your expatriate banking needs; Vitoria for the game balls and remember you can order your clubs own individual balls here; InteractSport for our real-time tournament results; GARED for the Netball posts; Serevi for their awesome clothing. Our silver sponsors included: GoldenOldies World Netball Festival; CSU Fitness; Fabbolatta and Bedesse Sporting Goods.  | | It was great having Elvis sing the national anthem. |
Be sure to support our event coverage in the Las Vegas Sun by checking out the awesome 25 pages of photos. You can also read the article here. Be sure to like our facebook page and check out all the event photos here. Did you catch the male members from Philadelphia Liberty Bells, Emerald Netball Club and Uncut Diamonds serenade the ladies at the Championship Dinner? If not - catch it here. Stay tuned as other event video footage will be uploaded soon to facebook. Did you miss out on your event souvenier cap, event netball, towel or Netball supporter tshirt? - then read below for more information on how you can get some discounted items - including Netball posts from the event. Also, Serevi has some great items for good holiday gifts!! We also kicked off the PowerICE fundraiser at the Championships, so look out for more information coming your way in the next week as to how you can get started.
It was also announced at the event that our 2013 U.S. Open will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from November 8-10, 2013. So please put these dates in your calendar.
For those in the US have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving long weekend.
Regards
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THANK YOU TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSOR
How exciting it is to have a US public company that was recently named winner in the Software as a Service Category at the 2012 Cloud Awards support the U.S. Open Netball Championships as the sole Platinum Sponsor!!!
CallidusCloud enables organizations to drive performance and productivity across their business with their hiring, learning, marketing and selling clouds. From back office to the field, from desktop to mobile, they ensure organizations have the right tools to be more effective and perform better. The combined power of their clouds, people and partners fuels growth, empowers the work force and delivers real value. CallidusCloud drives performance and productivity for over 1500 leading organizations. Small, medium and large enterprises across multiple industries and geographies rely on CallidusCloud for quicker hiring, simpler learning, better marketing and smarter selling. Also, stay tuned as Netball America will be rolling out one of CallidusCloud training software for our Coaching and Umpiring education curriculums. If you are interested in this software for your own Netball organization please contact us. |
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CALLIDUS CLOUD U.S. OPEN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
What a fantastic championships!! The game of the tournament certainly went to the mixed semi-final between Redballers and Purple Cobras. The whole arena stopped to watch and the game went to Purple Cobras after a very exciting overtime. We certainly appreciated all the teams that travelled to this event and a special mention to the umpires Te Mata and Liz who travelled from NZ and England just to umpire.
Netball America Cup Winners: South-East Strikers
Ladies Results:
1. Brothers Netball Club 8. Las Vegas Devils
2. South-East Strikers 9. San Diego Seals
3. Collegiate Team USA 10. Houston Shooting Stars
4. Lady Bluebirds 11. Santa Monica Spirits
5. Wild Roses 12. Houston Sonics
6. LA Waves 13. Thousand Oak Comets
7. Team Alberta 14. Honolulu Cougars
Mixed Results:
1. Uncut Diamonds 5. Houston Shuttles
2. Purple Cobras 6. Philadelphia Liberty Bells
3. San Mateo Redballers 7. Seattle Needles
4. Emerald Netballers 8. San Diego Sharks
For FINAL US RANKINGS CLICK HERE.
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Ladies Champions: Brothers Netball Club from Rockhampton, Australia |
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Mixed Champions: Uncut Diamonds from Brisbane, Australia |
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South-East Strikers from Georgia take home the members trophy (for highest ranked member team) - The Netball America Cup! |
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OTHER AWARDS FROM THE CALLIDUSCLOUD U.S. OPEN
Team Sportsmanship Award
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Ladies: YMSC Lady Bluebirds, Bermuda
Mixed: Tie between Seattle Needles and Emerald Netballers
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Emerald City Netball Club with their Team Sportsmanship Award |
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Lady Bluebirds from Bermuda with their Team Sportsmanship Plaque |
Regional Representative Winners
Team USA defeated Team Alberta, Canada.
South-East Strikers defeated West Coast Lightning
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Umpire Award
Even though his background is AFL umpiring, he certainly showed he's got what it takes to be a Netball umpire. Congratulations to Jeff Perrson from Nasvhille Kangaroos for taking home the Umpires Award as well as joining the ranks as a B Badge national umpire!!
Netball America Appreciation Award 2012
In recognition of continued commitment and support of Netball America.
Awarded to: Los Angeles Waves Netball Club. Netball America will celebrate their 5 year anniversary next year and in doing so we wanted to recognize the LA Waves Netball Club not only for being our first members but for supporting us over the years to get where we are today.
Making the Difference Award
Opportunity presents itself as a door to a new level of success. One can knock and knock and nevery get through. Congratulations to Mitzie P. Batchan and Opal Hill from Georgia for being key to unlocking new opportunities and taking us to new places. Your contributions to the success of Netball America have truly made a difference.
First Netball Trophy Award
A big thank you to our special guest World Series Champion / Major League Baseball player Brian Anderson for being a true advocate of Netball and also being the PowerICE represenative. I know he was able to talk with a lot of you and was able to experience his first Netball match. He really did love his Netball trophy and you will be able to find it on a wall in New York City at his bar SNAP!! Thank you also to Brian for donating a special edition bottle of Chandon to the Netball America Cup winners. |
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THANK YOU TO EVENT OFFICIALS
The tournament wouldn't have run so smoothly without all the qualified event officials. So a big thank you. The national umpire pool is growing every year and thank you to Australian National Umpire Kerry Toohill for leading the charge over the event. We also had various umpire practical tests being completed and congratulations to our new umpires added to the national pool: B Badge: Hyacinth Douglas, Karen Getten-Powell, Ava Hector, Jeff Persson. C Badge: Ursula Grobler, Melissa Medeiros, Carrie Kennedy.
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Tournament Pool of Umpires (Back Row L to R: Jeff Perrson, Melissa Medeiros, Ava Hector, Jo O'Key, Anthony Watego, Liz Barton-Jones, Roz Day, Te Mata McArthur, Sonya Ottaway. Front Row L to R: Karen Getten-Powell, Ursula Grobler, Kerry Toohill, Carrie Kennedy, Diane Le). Missing from photo - Chrissy Campbell, Hyacinth Douglas and Heather Jackson. |
A big thank you to our full time scorers and timekeepers who made things run smoothly and relieved the pressure off teams from having to supply officials.
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EVENT MERCHANDISE
Forgot your souvenir tshirt, hat, towell or game ball. If so, you can get the following from 20-50% off. Click here for the items and below are the special discounted prices (excludes shipping and until stock lasts):
Item 102 - Championships Game Ball $20 (a $5 saving)
Item 310 Caps (Red or White only with the championships logo) - $15 (a $10 saving)
Item 311 Ladies Army Fatigue Cap (Bone or Dark Green only with the championships logo) - $15 (a $10 saving)
Item 321 Embroided towel with championships logo (available in red, white or blue) - $8 (a $7 saving)
Item 8415 Portable Posts used first time at event - $125 plus shipping of $30. (savings of $50)
Item 8440 Post pad covers used at event - $70 ($30 saving)
Serevi Items - Remember that 30% of all sales get donated back to Netball America.
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Rugby socks - $15 |
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$20 womens tee |
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$20 womens tee |
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Tshirt $20. Also avail in black |
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Hoodi $65 |
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Training Shirt $70. Also avail in white |
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OTHER EVENT HAPPENINGS
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Gold Medalist - USA Women's WaterPolo Coach Vaune stopped in and gave Team USA some tips during their training session. |
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Great defense by Purple Cobras in the finals |
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Team lineup at Opening of Championships |
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Ladies final saw some tough plays |
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