400 Game Milestone for Kathryn “Foxy” Bechaz
Congratulations to Kathryn “Foxy”Bechaz who will celebrate her 400th Netball Game with the Leeton Whitton Crows this weekend. In a career full of individual and team highlights, Bechaz has been one of the premier Netballers in the region for over 20 years, and last year had the Under 17 Riverina FNL Best and Fairest Medal named in her honour.
Such career highlights include:
Playing Resume:
- Commenced Playing: 1996
- Games Played (as of 2nd June, 2018): 396 (267 A Grade – club record, 128 A Res/B Grade, 1 C Grade)
Playing Honours:
- A Grade B&F: 1999 (R/U 1997, 2005, 2012, 2013)
- A Res/B Grade B&F: 2001, 2007
- A Grade League B&F: 3rd 1996
- Premiership player: 2009 (A Grade, bench player), 2007 (B Grade and Captain), 2017 (A Reserve and Co-Captain)
- RFL Senior Representative Side: 1996-2000, 2006, 2013
- Roz and Bruce Fraser Coaches Player of the Season: 2008, 2011 (Only player to receive award twice)
- Team of the Decade: 2005 (named Co-captain), 2015
- A Grade Players Player: 1999
- A Res/B Grade Players Player: 2006
- Awarded Most Consistent, Best in Finals and Coaches Awards numerous times
Coaching Resume:
- Coach for 18 years
- C Grade: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004
- Juniors/17s: 2002, 2005 – 2012, 2016, 2017
- A/B Grade: 2005
- B/C/C2: 2013 – 2015
- Premierships as Coach: 2009 (First ever Crows Junior Premiership), 2012 (Juniors), 2013 – 2015 (C Grade)
- R/U: 2008 (Juniors), 2010 (Juniors), 2013 – 2015 (B Grade)
- RFNL 17s Rep Coach: 2013 – 2018 (Winners 2013, 2015 – 2018, 2017 the best as defeated ACT 17s State team)
Committee/Club Honours:
- A committee member since 1996
- Netball President: 1999 – 2000
- Netball Operations Manager: 2003 – 2016
- Leeton-Whitton Netball delegate to the league: 1996 – 2016
- Life Membership awarded in 2008
- Netball Club Person of the Year: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016
- Assistant Football Club Secretary: 2007 – 2009
Other:
- Umpired since 2006 and gained National C Badge in 2017
- Together with Scott Bechaz created the first version of the current RFNL Netball By-Laws
