Dust 2 dust..ashes 2 ashes!

Westbury Cemetery

Westbury Road

St.Michael,

Dear BNA,

We  wish  to inform you that your request to visit the Netball Stadium for the period 2012-2014 cannot be granted. In your earlier correspondence to the ball-bearers ( clubs) you had asked for   two years  hoping to bring the state of the game out of the coma of the previous administration.

However within less than a year in office, your lack of knowledge,numerous shortcomings and blatant lies have brought death quicker than expected.

With this in mind, we have been left with no choice  but to inform our investors on the negativity which permeates Waterford on playing nights and ask that you return any and all plans of staying on the earth.

You are asked to report to Tonbra's Funeral Home,Don't Care Avenue,Fibbing Street,St.Michael for viewing of the body. The cortege will then proceed to the Westbury Cemetery,Westbury Road,St.Michael.

Hoping to greet you soon,

Don't pass GO,don't collect ANY commonsense.

Pinocchio in the BNA !

The recent reversal of the anticipated playoff format by the Barbados Netball Association is another sign of a Board not willing to embrace change,telling lies and holding to the status quo. It's also another example of the BIG TWO making decisions that are best suited to them.

At the preseason meeting when this format was revealed,the Chairperson of the League Committee explained to clubs the outline and purpose behind the new playoff format. From all understanding there was the belief that it was good for the game and a chance for one of the other clubs in that division to challenge the BIG TWO. It was not to be !

A liar has to have a good memory or be consistent with the lies told. When it was first revealed that there was a change in consideration, the Chairperson of the League Committee on being approached was quick to defend herself by saying that it was the President who had given the decision to revert to what is the norm. Said President was quicker on her response in stating emphatically that she knew nothing of what was said.

Faster than Usain Bolt in a 100m,a letter was sent to member clubs signed by the Asst Sect/Treasurer hoping to explain why the old format would be used. Paragraph two of said letter reads," However,this playoff format was not received by membership in general. In Barbados we are accustomed to a playoff format where the team that qualifies first plays the team that qualifies fourth,while the team that qualifies second plays the team that qualifies third. This concern was addressed and the latter format was used in the revised fixture for June."

Under the proposed format which is used by the TOP TWO playing netball nations in the world ( Australia and New Zealand) in their ANZ Championships, the leader after a cutoff date would play the second placed team. Ironically at this stage it will be Pine Hill St Barnabas  ( 1st) v COW Rangers(2nd) , while Spooners Hill ( 3rd) will play Pride of Villa (4th). The winner advances directly to the final while the loser plays the winner of 3rd v 4th  to meet the finalist.

Albert Einstein didn't have to be brought back from the dead to realise that because of this, it would be absolute panic in the CHURCHYARD knowing that the MOVE THE EARTH team would be their opponents.

Unless I have understood how the  the final placings in netball were determined, there has never been a playoff as stated above at any time. If what is commonly called a ROUND-ROBIN is akin to a  playoff, then my knowledge is limited. Not even in the Barbados Netball Association's Competition Rules 2013 book is there any mention of what the Asst Sect/Treasurer has inferred. Interesting that the single publication governing the rules doesn't support this blatant lie....DOES IT ??

Reaping fruits!!!!!

When the head coach of  the Spooners Hill Netball Club voiced his concern about the lack of respect shown by the present Vice President of the Barbados Netball Association and the poor level of umpiring shown by her, he drew the ire of everyone in the Barbados Association of Netball Umpires.

When he subsequently wrote a letter this time voicing his concern over remarks made by the IUA and now FIRED former assistant coach of the Under 21 squad, he drove a dagger in the bosom of the Barbados Association of Netball Umpires.

When the Spooners Hill Netball Club openly voiced their concerns at the obvious ANTI-Spooners Hill Netball Club,the management was sent an email riddled with nothing short of LAVATORY MATTER!!!!

On May 30th 2013, the SHNC received a signed letter from the Secretary of BANU with the eye catching and thought provoking words,' BANU demanded an apology because it felt that the timing of the email was detrimental to the management of the BNA's League Season and it therefore placed the umpires in an invidious position. The SHNC is now reaping the fruits of the seeds shown in that email  of March 15th,2013.

The word invidious means an act or situation likely  to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. How on  God's earth can the BANU in all it's wisdom believe that one club is powerful enough to cause major turmoil? To state that the SHNC holds such clout doesn't speak well for the BNA....does it?

In tonight's netball clash ( SHNC vs Pine Hill St Barnabas), the level of umpiring from both advanced umpires left more than a lot to be desired. It spoke of a duo bent on punishing the SHNC while at the same time,holding strong to the SEEDS SOWN IN THAT EMAIL OF MARCH 15TH,2013.

If either of the two umpires had a conscience...it died at Waterford tonight!

Poor taste = DISRESPECT!!

The firing of the entire management of the U-21 squad by the Barbados Netball Association is the latest  example of a Board with no vision but steeped in negative personalities.

It was obvious from the beginning that the team seemed unprepared to compete at the local level therefore giving proof that they couldn't internationally. It would've made more sense ( if that even exists among the Board) to dismiss the TRAGIC TRIO from as early as February giving the squad enough time to be molded into a competitive unit.

To make such a bold move less than three months before the World Youth Netball Championships is a reminder of 2009 when the entire management of that squad was also axed. This time around, the BNA is nothing less than disrespectful and selfish as no regard to time spent in preparation apparently has been considered.

While there will be questions raised and answers sought, the truth might never be known but facts are facts. Unless a verbal contract was extended, the TRAGIC TRIO's contract ended in 2012. Unless applications were sent to member clubs and advertised in the print media...the TRAGIC TRIO's contract ended in 2012.

Was this the BNA's way to return to the coaching fold the coach and assistant coach from 2009? CONGRATS JULIE !!

Safepasses understands and welcomes the firing but right is right and wrong is wrong...the firing is in poor taste and is disrespectful.

In the land of the blind...the one-eyed man is QUEEN!