Simply days after a stoush over the sponsorship of the Diamonds was revealed, Marina Go has stepped down as Netball Australia’s (NA) chair as a part of a “deliberate transition”.
Key factors:
- Marina Go stated she was leaving the function “as initially deliberate” as a result of “time commitments of the function”
- Her departure comes throughout a stoush between gamers and directors over sponsorship from Hancock Prospecting
- Go resigned as chair efficient instantly, however will stay a director of the board
NA stated director Wendy Archer would step into the function efficient instantly, whereas praising Go for “a pivotal function in driving the industrial turnaround of the game and its strategic growth” since taking up in mid-2021.
Go will stay a director of the board and stated it was “an honour and a privilege to serve this sport”.
“I’m pleased with the place Netball Australia is now in – we’ve made robust progress on the monetary stability of the game, have secured vital new industrial companions and are persevering with to establish and construct new alternatives to safe a powerful future for the game, our gamers and our followers,” she stated in an NA assertion.
A few of these industrial partnerships have created obvious stress between the enjoying group and directors, most lately when it was determined the emblem for mining large Hancock Prospecting could be emblazoned on the enjoying kits of the nationwide crew.
Bianca Chatfield, a veteran of 59 Assessments for the Diamonds, stated that deal “simply wasn’t communicated to the enjoying group”, ensuing within the Diamonds sporting an older gown with none reference to Hancock on it for his or her first Constellation Cup video games.
“The enjoying group simply weren’t conscious of it and swiftly they’re instructed that this emblem goes on their gown,” she instructed ABC Summer time Grandstand over the weekend.
“When folks dig slightly bit deeper and perceive everybody’s values and what they imagine in and what they’re dedicated to … there simply wanted to be some open dialogue round what it means to all people and [questioning] is all people OK with that.
“I do not assume we’re attending to the stage the place you want gamers’ agreeance on all the pieces, however you definitely have to preserve gamers within the loop about what’s taking place.
“For anybody who is anxious concerning the setting, there’s points there, and that the gamers simply needed to have the ability to have some type of understanding first and consciousness earlier than they had been instructed that they needed to put on that emblem on their gown.”
The battle was not talked about within the assertion from Go, who stated she was stepping down from the job “in gentle of the time commitments of the function”.
“I’ve chosen to step apart as initially deliberate, nevertheless, I’ll proceed to signify the game as a director of the board and thru that function will proceed my help for CEO Kelly Ryan and her crew,” Go stated.
“I wish to congratulate Wendy on her appointment. Wendy has netball in her veins and is the suitable individual to steer the game now.”
