Pulse players meet local netballers this weekend
This Saturday [23 May 2015] Wellington netballers will have a chance to mix and mingle with three of the Central Pulse’s
players. Irene van Dyke, Te Huinga Reo Selby Ricket and Jess Bourke will be at the Hataitai netball courts between 12.30
and 2.30pm to meet players, fans and whanau and sign autographs.
The 2015 netball season is well underway and Netball Wellington Centre (NWC)’s general manager Sue Geale, says it’s
anything but ‘same old, same old’, with baby boomers’ netball and a men’s netball league just two of the creative ideas
being bounced around by the team at NWC.
Netball participation rates are growing and to capitalise on this Sue and her team are checking they have something on
offer for every section of the community. “Gone are the days of thinking netball is a female winter sport,” says Sue.
“We’re an all year, all comers sport and we want to keep it that way.”
NWC’s playing membership hit a high of 7,956 in 2014, making it the third biggest netball centre in the country. Sue
puts this down to the wide range of programmes, competitions and services on offer. NZCT funding has allowed the centre
to employ the right staff to organise and deliver these offerings.
“We have so many balls in the air, pardon the pun, it can be quite a juggle,” says Sue. “But the hard work by the
players, coaches and staff is certainly paying off. We’re achieving incredible results on many fronts.”
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