Whole of Netball Plan

2015–2019 Quality Netball Experiences Final Phase 2019

The following section reports on the progress made on the priority projects during the final year of the implementation of the Whole of Netball (WON) plan.

GROW

Participation and lifelong involvement.

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES

• The primary school age group is the most satisfied age group according to the Voice of the Participant survey.

• 86 percent of participants said they were likely to re-join Mother Earth futureFERNS in 2020.

• There were 3,831 coaches who attended a Mother Earth futureFERNS workshop. • The Muffin Break Year 7 & 8 Player Development Programme was implemented by 43 Centres, up from 27 Centres.

• Each Zone hosted a Mother Earth futureFERNS Festival Day this year with over 1,000 players participating.

NATIONAL RECREATION NETBALL PROGRAMME

• Programme on hold, pending resourcing.

AUCKLAND STRATEGY

• A greater Auckland facilities strategy is ongoing. • Programme on hold pending resourcing.

YOUTH STRATEGY • Youth Engagement and Retention Strategy was released after six months of consultation with the community.

• Student coach pilot was rolled out to 100 student coaches across the country.

• NNZ Youth Advisory Group has been established to provide youth insight.

• Netball Leaders has been piloted in Netball Northern, who have helped develop the pilot.

CONNECT

Connect more New Zealanders to the passion and excitement of Netball.

COMPETITIONS

• After much work and following the feedback of the competitions review, Netball New Zealand confirmed in 2020 there will be a change with Netball NZ U18s replacing the previous Netball NZ U17s and Netball NZ Open Champs replacing Netball NZ U19s.

BRAND AND PROMOTE NETBALL

• Netball’s brand as a whole remains strong. We have seen lifts in brand equity for Silver Ferns, Netball and ANZ Premiership in 2019. Netball New Zealand worked alongside SKY Sport to film a behind-the-scenes documentary of the Silver Ferns road to the Netball World Cup. This is Pure was released on SKY and also on Prime TV.

• A Silver Ferns Brand Project was undertaken and will be delivered against in 2020.

BUILD AND CELEBRATE NETBALL’S HERITAGE • Netball New Zealand secured funding from the ONE Foundation, which enabled the 1979 Silver Ferns winning team to be hosted at the Cadbury Netball Series in Auckland. This reunion, celebrating 40 years since being joint winners at the Netball World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, included having a lunch with the current Silver Ferns team. Videos and interviews were captured with members of the 1979 team as part of Netball New Zealand’s ongoing heritage project.

Key:

Achieved

Partially achieved

On hold, pending resourcing

WIN

We produce Silver Ferns who win.

NATIONAL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• Opportunities for developing players in the All Stars Team, who played in the Cadbury Netball Series, and NZA Team hosting England A and Australia A. • P2P programme including 2021 WYC eligible players with a specialist camp focusing on building the base for 2021 World Youth Cup success.

HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME • A High Performance Coaching Community Forum was held post Netball World Cup with the theme What do we want our game to be by 2023 and onwards.

• International Coaching Programme included opportunities for tier-1 coaches to undertake a project as part of the All Stars Campaign, Sunshine Coast Camp and Netball World Cup. Projects were presented back to the coaching community.

NETBALLS HP STRATEGY AND SYSTEM

• Silver Ferns Success at Netball World Cup winning GOLD.

• Completion of HP review and update of HP strategy.

• Roll out of CYA into National Programmes and Zones.

SUSTAIN

Sustain our game through a strong Netball system – people, finances, organisations.

NATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND FUNDING STRATEGY AND FRAMEWORK

• Netball NZ continued to implement the National Funding Strategy. • Funding was a workshop topic, run by NNZ, at Council and this was then followed up with further workshops in each Zone later in the year.

• A Funding and Sponsorship Toolkit has been produced by NNZ to assist with capability. • NNZ has worked directly with a mix of Zones and Centres on sponsorship opportunities and to assist in building their commercial programmes.

• National Partnerships have continued to be a focus, bringing additional revenue to Zones and also to some Centres.

NATIONAL MEMBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Netball New Zealand consulted with Zones and Centres around membership structure and as previously communicated, the current structure will remain. • To achieve the sport’s goals, NNZ has asked all Centres to return 2019 membership data to NNZ and a national registration spreadsheet will be formed.

VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY • Centres said thanks to their volunteers with over 43,000 Cadbury thanks-packs distributed nationally.

• Cadbury activations held at 17 Centres gave participants the opportunity to say thanks to their volunteer champions.

• The Cadbury Volunteer of the Month acknowledgment initiative began from June to September with 204 nominations from 45 Centres and four volunteer feature stories on NNZ communication channels.

• Five volunteers awarded in the annual Cadbury Volunteer Awards across the categories of Coach, Administrator, Official, Youth and Community Champion. Winners were presented and hosted at the NZ Netball Awards. • Insights gathered through consultation with stakeholders and volunteers. NNZ volunteer strategy developed and released.