It’s been off-season of upheaval at Netball Australia, which is presently on the hunt for a new CEO and a new chairperson.The new team is the Melbourne Mavericks, captained by Amy Parmenter.The season-proper starts April 13.Netball captains are hoping the relationship between the players and sporting body will begin to heal with the changing of the guard, as they gear up to kick off another season of Super Netball.
“It feels really important to us to steer the sport in the right direction, and I do believe that a lot of that will be player led because the girls are so passionate about what this sport can do and how much more potential there is within the sport.”At the height of the pay dispute in November, Super Netball players boycotted the Australian Netball Awards, while the Diamonds players were sent a legal letter reminding them they were required to attend.
Netball captains Kim Ravaillion Hannah Petty , Kate Moloney , Jo Harten , Paige Hadley , Amy Parmenter , Jess Anstiss and Steph Fretwell launch the Super Netball Team Girls Cup in Sydney.New Vixens captain Kate Moloney said the player movement meant there was a feeling of the unknown coming into the new season.
“Your netball career is so short; you can’t just give it a year and hope that things get better,” she said.“We desperately want to win. We want to make finals; that is absolutely a non-negotiable for us. We want to do that. But I really hope that we can also judge our success by the culture and the resilience and the work ethic – that stuff is equally as important.”
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