After Volunteers Week at the start of the month, we will be celebrating our community volunteers every month with a new ‘Volunteer of the Month’ segment on our website and across social media. For our first Volunteer of the Month, we have picked someone who has had a massive impact on the community. This person […]
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Concussion Policy Updated for Grassroots Sports
Recently the UK Government have published UK-wide Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport to help players, coaches, parents, schools, National Governing Bodies, and sports administrators to identify, manage, and prevent the issue. The guidelines were developed by a panel of neurology and sports medicine experts, both academics and clinicians from the UK and further afield. They […]
Wales Netball Welcomes New Head of Participation
Following a robust recruitment process, we are pleased to have appointed Keira Edwards to the Head of Participation role. Keira spent the first decade of her professional life at a FTSE 30 global corporation where she was incredibly successful at managing multi-million-pound projects, programmes, and teams. Keira has always been passionate about sport, and in […]
Wales Netball Supporters Trip
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Wonky Sheep to provide travel to supporters for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers in Glasgow. Wonky Sheep provide fan transport, city breaks, holidays, and business travel. For the trip to Glasgow, Wonky Sheep will organise flights, accommodation and everything in between, so supporters can have […]
AGM 2022: Registration, Proxy Voting, Nominations and Agenda Information
The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Wales Netball will take place Thursday 11th August at 6pm on the virtual hosting platform Microsoft Teams. This article has been updated as of 21.7.22 to include the Agenda and Registration details Registration: Wales Netball members who wish to attend the AGM may do so by registering […]
U12, U14 & U16 National Clubs 2022
On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May, Wales hosted the U12, U14 & U16 National Clubs competition at House of Sport, Cardiff. This is the third National Competition we have hosted since COVID restrictions have lifted and it was great to see so many talented athletes and abundance of spectators. Wales Netball would […]
Wales Netball Senior Squad Trials
Applications are now open to trial for the Wales Senior Squad. Wales are currently ranked 8th in the world and have recently qualified for the Commonwealth games in Birmingham 2022. Following their summer Commonwealth Games campaign, Wales will be looking to build on this success in the autumn, as they aim to qualify for […]
ACE and Orthotix Extend Partnership with Wales Netball and Celtic Dragons
Wales Netball and Celtic Dragons are excited to announce that ACE and Orthotix will extend their relationship as official podiatry and bracing partner for a further two years. The partnership will allow Celtic Dragons and Wales to benefit from a range of expert services in foot health and sports medicine bracing during the Vitality Netball […]
Wales Netball Inter County Championship 2022
Wales Netball hosted the first Inter County Championship since 2019, and it was great to see so many people! We hosted 28 teams across 6 categories in a jam packed, 2-day competition weekend with a new and exciting format! After 3 years, we were privileged to see so many athletes compete in such a high-quality […]
Wales Netball Staffing Update
The first few months of 2022 have been busy for Wales Netball with some new faces arriving to strengthen the staff team across all departments. The Head of Growth Role has been vacant since the promotion of Vicki Sutton to CEO back in December 2021. This has now been filled by Anneka O’Connor. Anneka is […]