Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈

Head Coach Artifex Netball Club. Head Coach Dorset County U15 PDP. OU Sport student.

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@KateBurkeNHS I still have all my school reports from the 1980s. Recently discovered a colleague (we’re invigilators) wrote my third year (year 9 in current money) biology report, apparently I was ‘sometimes distracted’ - we had a chuckle about that!

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@tamsingreenway @SkyNetball Less teams to intensify the competition. Plus a ‘second division’ alongside it linked to the franchises - NZ and Aus have something like that.
However, the NPL U17/19/21 structure needs to be accessible geographically to provide opportunities for all.
A lot to consider!

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@NetballComments Fair point, however, SSN has 8 teams and Australia have managed to serve England, Jamaica & South Africa as well as themselves through it so I think there’s definitely scope for less teams improving standards.

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@charliersmith1 Bella says hi 👋

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@thspe @thomashardye Amazing result, congratulations team, you played brilliantly.

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@Netballcoachnow I’ve seen colleagues set them up with the nets facing backwards 🤣🤣

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@lajaga I have no sympathy, I’m VERY annoyed with you!! But, also, please get better soon😷

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@AndNetball No matches tonight as it’s open evening at Budmouth, back in action next week.

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@Kellybrowne74 @lajaga @Netballcoachnow I thought it was to spend time at the beach hut 😂😂

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@Netballcoachnow I spy Rachel Dunn!

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

A little bit happy with that score! That’s the Cert of HE done, distinctions in both modules, so proved to myself I can do it. Guess I need to sign up for the full degree @OU_Sport

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@lajaga I’m looking forward to seeing how you cope at training tonight, although after my early hours drive yesterday I doubt I’ll be much better 😂

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@sueanstiss @fearlesswomen__ @BBCSport @SkySports @WomensSport @WomenSportTrust @Womeninsport_uk @HollyBradshawPV @howard__tess @Ruggette_RFC @SlotOwen Choice is the important thing here. I love pulling on my netball dress every week and much prefer it to shorts. But I’m happy wearing shorts at work for lifeguarding and teaching swimming. Mix & match kit options of the same design are the way to go.

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@OUstudents Can’t offer a serious/useful answer so soon after end of year deadline day. Still frazzled. Top tip therefore is add wine/gin/beer and extra strong coffee to your shopping lists for the weeks leading up to deadline day. 😂

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@OfficialRTC @OU_Sport If it’s E119 I found it really hard to get going on it, but after a couple of helpless paper shuffling days finally found inspiration. The pressure of an approaching deadline will help the focus, as will ☕️☕️☕️☕️

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@lajaga @leaseM_87 With a team sheet that sometimes included Tinkerbell as your 7th player 🤣🤣

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

@payne_sonja @EnglandNetball @NetballSW @NetballSouth @NetballinDorset @WiltshireCNA I would also highly recommend @exetraining I’ve just done a course with them and they were excellent 👍

[Alison Holmes 💙🧡🌱🌈 @holmes_ali]

E119 TMA03 really struggling to get going with this one - so much so I’ve resorted to housework 🤷‍♀️🤯 @OU_Sport