VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH.

Joy Salini – Ammanford Hawks Junior Netball Club

In setting up Ammanford Hawks, Joy Salini has certainly set a standard for junior cub coaches to follow. Her enthusiasm and drive has made Ammanford Hawks a well established club in such a short space of time and she is an extremely valued volunteer in the Junior Netball circle.

In October 2006 Joy decided to start up the junior club, as she noticed a lack of opportunity for young girls to play netball in the Ammanford area. Since then she has been like a whirlwind around the Ammanford area, scooping up excellent junior players from local schools!
She has also provided the girls with lovely new kit which has been screen printed by Andrew Lewis Free of Charge!! And has received an equipment bag by Dragon Sports.

Joy quotes ‘After helping out at the Welsh school in Ammanford for a few weeks with the netball sessions i decided I really enjoyed coaching young players and wanted to give something back to the community that has helped me develop as a player. I contacted the local schools for girls in years 5 and 6 and decided that Ysgol Y Bedol would be a great venue. It has a lovely indoor netball court and new posts so I started training on Mondays back in October. The monthly tournaments have the girls some focus and some real enthusiasm to progress. The whole experience has been wonderful I am really enjoying it and I am very proud of the girls and their achievements over the past 4 months’

Ammanford Hawks train weekly at Ysgol Y Bedol on Monday nights and 2 teams play competitively in the Carmarthenshire Netball Development Centre (C.N.D.C) league every last Saturday of the month.

Joy started playing netball at Dane Court Grammar school in Kent and was lucky enough to have a dedicated PE teacher, Miss Thompson, who sacrificed her time to take her to various netball trials around the county. When Joy moved to Wales 14 years ago aged 24, she was gratefully accepted by the Ammanford Ladies to train and play with them. These Ladies provide tough competition in weekly matches in the Penyrheol League at Gorseinon.

For more information about Ammanford Hawks please contact
Mari-Ann Jones on 01554 747505