Mainland Netball

🏐 Coaches, umpires and umpire coaches, take your development to the next level!

The Mainland Development Camp brings together talent-identified Year 11 and 12 athletes for a full day of learning in a performance environment. Alongside the athlete programme, coaches and umpires can build their capability through a practical, interactive learning experience.

Coach Leads: Julie Seymour, Geni Ah Tong, Anna Kennedy & Kate Carpenter
Umpire & Umpire Coach Leads: Myron Elkington & Vicki Harrington

Coaches will:
✅ Assist with fitness testing
✅ Contribute to specialist sessions in WD, shooting, circle defence and midcourt
✅ Learn through match-play observation and workshop activities
Umpires and umpire coaches will:
✅ PVT workshop activities
✅ Umpire coach upskilling
✅ Observation of an integrated specialist skills session
✅ Practical insight into enhancing coach and player knowledge

Learn through action, connect with others and gain practical ideas to take back to your community. 📣 Register now to secure your place: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/486785

🌟 We’re excited to welcome Myron Elkington and Vicki Harrington!
International Umpire Award (IUA) umpire Myron Elkington and Vicki Harrington will lead an exciting programme of learning and development for umpires and umpire coaches.

The programme will feature:
✅ PVT workshop activities
✅ Umpire coach upskilling
✅ Observation of an integrated specialist skills session
✅ Practical insight into enhancing coach and player knowledge

Participants will have the fantastic opportunity to learn from Myron’s international-level experience and benefit from the combined knowledge and leadership that Myron and Vicki bring to the programme.
📣 Register now to secure your place: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/486785

Congratulations to our 2026 Mainland Development Camp (MDC) invited players. Please click here to view the invitees: https://www.netballmainland.co.nz/mainland/news/2026-mainland-netball-development-camp-invited-players.html

📅 Mark your calendars.
🎯 Bring your best
🌟 The journey starts here

Huge congratulations to these amazing Benchies who have recently achieved Zone and National accreditation, and to those who have revalidated*. Your dedication and contribution are invaluable, and we are all so grateful for everything you do.
Well done to you all!
❤💚💙🖤

Sports clubs across the region are invited to participate in the 2026 National Sport Club Survey (NSCS).

The findings help build a wider picture of community sport and inform future planning, support and advocacy.

🔗https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZAosCJdLj6E9qS

Celebrating another fantastic season and feeling incredibly grateful. Thank you to the players, staff, and the wider village for your unwavering support, hard work, and belief every step of the way.
We couldn't do it without you ❤💙💚🖤✨

🏐 Coaches, umpires and umpire coaches, take your development to the next level!

The Mainland Development Camp brings together talent-identified Year 11 and 12 athletes for a full day of learning in a performance environment. Alongside the athlete programme, coaches and umpires can build their capability through a practical, interactive learning experience.
Coaches will:
✅ Assist with fitness testing
✅ Contribute to specialist sessions in WD, shooting, circle defence and midcourt
✅ Learn through match-play observation and workshop activities
Umpires and umpire coaches will:
✅ Participate in targeted workshops and off-court learning
✅ Explore how umpire integration can enhance player and coach understanding
✅ Observe specialist skill sessions
✅ Develop umpire-coaching knowledge and capability
Learn through action, connect with others and gain practical ideas to take back to your community. 📣 Register now to secure your place: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/486785

📣 Its not too late, nominations are closing soon for the 2026 WM New Zealand Volunteer of the Year Awards! Know a Community Netball volunteer who's really stepped up? Someone with a great attitude who gives their all? Now's your chance to say thank you. Get more information here >> https://bit.ly/4fesLpN

📣 Nominations are OPEN for the 2026 WM New Zealand Volunteer of the Year Awards!

Know a Community Netball volunteer who's really stepped up? Someone with a great attitude who gives their all? Now's your chance to say thank you.

Get more information here >> https://bit.ly/4fesLpN

📣Congratulations to the following umpires from Mainland who have been selected to represent the region at the upcoming 2026 Netball NZ Open Championships and NZ Secondary Schools Championships. A massive achievement for everyone selected🏐 For more: https: https://www.netballnz.co.nz/netball-nz/news/2026-opens-nzss-umpire-appointments.html

Tonight, we celebrate and farewell five incredible wāhine who have made a lasting contribution to the Mainland team. ✨
Lose, Kate, Vika, Geni, and Te Ata, thank you for your hard work, passion, and dedication. We are grateful for everything you have brought to our team and wish you all the very best for the exciting journeys ahead.❤💙💚🖤