Cavaliers Netball Club need to start planning dual premiership defences for 2021 instead of 2020 according to their director of coaching.
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Eight months after celebrating two statewide titles in a glorious weekend of Silverdome success, the Launceston squad is as frustrated as all clubs by the coronavirus-enforced postponements of sporting competitions.
And with no immediate resumption on the horizon, Dannie Carstens said it is time to start planning further into the future.
"As much as we want to get the season up and running in whatever form it is going to be, it has forced us to think about 2021 and be proactive about that," she said.
"Whatever plans we come up with for this year could change next week so we need to think what 2021 is going to look like."
Enjoying maternity leave following the birth of her second child, Carstens said there will be many flow-on effects of losing so much of a season.
This could include juniors missing opportunities and older players reconsidering retirement.
She said Netball Australia might even consider changing age groups from under-15 and 17s to under-16 and 18s for one year.
"Also some girls go into seasons saying it is going to be their final year, I was one of them in 2015 but came back later. This might make them think again because maybe it is not the way they want to go out."
The Cavaliers have been holding squad meetings on Zoom with a focus on ensuring players are coping with the isolation.
This has included weekly joint workout sessions.
"It's important to maintain physical activity but also to keep contact maintained over the break," Carstens said.
Like most sporting clubs, the Cavs have players involved in essential healthcare work who may be unavailable should competition resume.
In what became a three-horse race for last season's title, both Launceston teams defeated second-placed Arrows in the southern finals before Cavs came from behind to beat Northern Hawks 65-59 in the grand final.
Cripps Waratah prevented another all-Northern 19s grand final by defeating Hawks in the preliminary final before going down 52-47 in the decider to the Cavs.
In the two rounds which were completed in this year's open statewide competition, the Northern rivals both headed south in early March and picked up impressive wins against Arrows and Kingston.
They were scheduled to clash at the Silverdome the following weekend but the decision to suspend the season was made just hours before the game was due to start.
The dream team of Dan Roden and Carstens' Riverside Primary School colleague Anita Batty are again coaching the Cavs senior side.
"We want to go back to back and hope to get a bit of a season in but there are bigger things to be worried about right now," Carstens added.