Llanelli netball club gets national accolade
A community netball club started on the school yard has received a glowing endorsement from the sport’s governing body. The Llanelli Blues Netball Club has come runner-up in the Community Club of the Year category at the recent Welsh Netball awards night in Cardiff. It has been an amazing rise for the club, which only started when a group of pupils formed a netball section in their 5x60 sport sessions at St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School. Linking with Carmarthenshire Sports Development’s 5x60 scheme, the club began taster sessions on the outdoor court at Parc Y Scarlets to give the community element a try. In September 2012, with Sport Wales national lottery community chest funding, the club started up under 13 and under 15 sections. But with mentoring from Carmarthenshire's Welsh Netball community coach, demand quickly grew to such an extent that they added a under 11 age group section. Gracielle Fontarum, Year 9 pupil at St John Lloyd’s said: “We decided to take o...