The Ball Girls for the 2007/8 season come from a range of clubs across the East Region.
Photographs by Kevin Jones

Mavericks V Team Bath
October 29th 2007
Blaze Netball Club, Peterborough

Stewards: Claire Southam

Mavericks V Northern Thunder
24th November 2007
ASCO Netball Club

Mavericks V Loughborough Lightning
3rd December 2007
Hatfield Netball Club

Stewards: Sarah Peterson, Ruby O'connor-Sage, Jessica Peterson, Debbie Sage & Hayleigh Syme.

Mavericks V Celtic Dragons
2nd February 2008
Cross Keys Netball Club

Mavericks Ball Girls

Mavericks would like to thank the huge number of teams that contact us about being ball girls at home matches. All matches for the 2007/8 season are now booked. We have a procedure which has developed through our links with Netball East, so if you would like to become Mavericks Match Ball Girls like the smartly dressed examples on this web page then read the details below and see if you qualify.

How does our team get to be ball girls?

Netball East send out an invitation letter to all CAPS accreditted clubs across the region via the Netball East Regional Office before the start of the season. The invitation includes asking young players to be Ball Girls and senior players and/or coaches to be Stewards. Barbara Moran is in charge of this process as the Ball Girls & Stewards Co-ordinator and she meets and greets the volunteering clubs on the day and makes sure that they know what they are doing. Netball East and Mavericks try to clubs from as many counties as possible.

What does being Ball Girls and Stewards include?

Full details are supplied at the match but this gives you a few ideas of what these people get up to. Ball girls have to monitor the sides of the court in match play and collect stray balls. They may be asked to supply or wipe the court if there is any liquid. Usually they rotate positions at breaks and will only be on duty for one match as it is quite tiring to concentrate and sit still looking pretty in their kit on the edge of the court.
Stewards have to keep overall resposnibility for their players and will arrange transport and kit for their club. During the day they help supporters to know where they should go, being on duty in a range of places to ensure that the day runs smoothly. They do not get to sit and watch the match but will probably see the action from their working station.