Not content to leave the change-making to the elite level, the NSFA’s Female Football Plan will ensure the best possible experience for women and girls. A commitment to build the participation of girls and women and to grow the number of female coaches are just some of the goals of the Northern Suburbs Football Association’s Female …
We’ve played netball in Australia for decades. Yet, the origins of the sport are uncertain. It’s something historians and governing bodies are working to correct. More than 1.2 million people play netball in Australia. According to Netball Australia, ‘it’s the number one participation sport for Australian girls’. Nielsen Sports claims that one in five Australians …
A few weeks ago, we published a review of Marion Stell and Heather Reid’s Women In Boots: Football and Feminism in the 1970s by Professor Jean Williams. This week, we catch up with the authors Marion Stell and Heather Reid to discuss just why that 1979 series is so important. In the early hours of …
Rudi Ellis loves the competitive side of netball, the work and the training and the winning, of course. But she loves the people more. ‘The people are just amazing. The girls I’ve met along the way and been in teams with, honestly I could call most of them my best friends.’ Ellis had always dreamed …
It’s a Tuesday morning when I pick up the phone to speak to Rosie King, the CEO of Netball Victoria. I won’t lie, I’m a little nervous. Not only is King the CEO of Netball Victoria, she’s also on the Paralympics Australia board and has previously worked at the Geelong Football Club and for Sport …