At the beginning of this year, World Netball announced significant updates to its rules and regulations, and we are here to provide you with a detailed breakdown of these changes. These changes have been made with the aim of improving player safety and speeding up the game. Key Updates Some of the key updates include […]
Category: Officiating News
2024 Rules of Netball Update
At the beginning of this year, World Netball announced significant updates to its rules and regulations, and we are here to provide you with a detailed breakdown of these changes. These changes have been made with the aim of improving player safety and speeding up the game. Key Updates Some of the key updates include […]
Wales Netball Celebrates World Cup Umpires Past and Present
In February we celebrated that Welsh umpire Alison Harrison would be umpiring at the world cup in Cape Town this summer for the Netball World Cup. As a National Governing Body, we are proud to see Alison umpire at the World Cup and represent Wales on the international stage once again. Since the beginning of […]
Welsh Umpire Rhian Edwards Awarded International Talent ID Status by INF
We are proud to share the news that Welsh umpire, Rhian Edwards has been awarded International Talent Identified (ITID) status by the International Netball Federation. This means that Rhian has been identified as one of world netball’s brightest officiating prospects, putting her in line to umpire more high profile international test matches. Rhian has been […]
Welsh Netball Launches Umpire Steering Group
Recently, Welsh Netball launched a new nationwide Umpiring Steering Group to help determine the direction of Wales’ netball umpiring pathway and strategy. We were delighted by the number of expressions of interest we received in response to launching the group. The group itself met for the first time in January 2021 and saw a number […]
C Award Umpiring Qualification Goes Digital
Welsh Netball is pleased to share the news that it has started to offer a digital C Award umpiring theory test, thereby increasing access to the qualification for aspiring netball umpires across the country. Netball Europe’s C Award is the first formal qualification on Netball Europe’s umpiring pathway and is the first qualification umpires must […]
Umpiring Masterclass with Wales’ Elite Officials
Ahead of the 2019 Welsh Netball Summer Tests, Welsh Netball is pleased to present a unique match day experience for officials to undertake in-depth live analysis of international umpire performance. This unmissable workshop will be hosted by Wales’ own Superleague umpires, Alison Harrison (IUA) and Rhian Edwards. The workshop will take place at 6.30pm on […]
Rhian Edwards to Umpire at Netball Europe Open Challenge
Elite Welsh umpire, Rhian Edwards is to umpire at the upcoming Netball Europe Open Challenge tournament taking place in Douglas, Isle of Man from 9 to 12 May 2019. Edwards has already enjoyed a breakthrough 2019 as a rising star of ‘Team White’ having been appointed as a Vitality Netball Superleague umpire for the very […]
Welsh Netball 2019 Umpiring Courses Get Underway
The new year has arrived and with it a new batch of Welsh Netball Umpiring courses. ‘Team White’ makes netball possible and clubs and leagues across Wales and beyond are always on the look out for people to officiate matches as netball continues to grow and grow in popularity. (Dani Coxey [furthest left] mentoring umpires […]
Umpiring Pathway Fees Review
Welsh Netball has made some changes to its pricing structure across the Umpiring Pathway. The following price changes will take effect from 1 January 2018: Intro to Umpiring: The cost of the Intro to Umpiring course has increased from £25 to £40. C Award: The cost of the C Award Umpiring Course will increase from […]