NETBALL SOUTH AFRICA

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NETBALL SOUTH AFRICA

• TRANSFORMATION REPORT TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
• 14 SEPTEMBER 2004

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CONSTITUTION POLICIES

• Change a clause on age limit
• Included a clause to accommodate Board of
  Directors envisaged professional wing
• Change portfolios in the Executive Committee and
  their roles
• Included a clause on transfer of players
• Disciplinary procedure

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POLICIES

• Compiled Transformation policy to include
  selection, demarcation, coaching, administration
  and officiating
• SA Games policy
• Employment policy

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DEMARCATION

• Compiled a demarcation policy
• Re-demarcate all regions according to govt.
  boundaries and ensure integration
• Integrate Soweto into Central Gauteng
• Biggest challenge is the vastness of some of the
  areas, e.g. Northern Cape and etc.

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STRUCTURES

• Formation of new structures
• Leadership training and experiential
  opportunities
• Formation of 9 Provincial Coordinating committees
• National Netball League
• Incorporate gambling and social teams into our
  system
• Recruited all netball structures to affiliate to
  NSA

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ADMINISTRATION

• Appointed professional bookkeepers
• Audited financial statement to be approved by
  Council during AGM or Special General meeting
• Upgrade the position of the Office Administrator
• Recruited more volunteers to assist with office
  administration
• Run administration courses
• Improved office equipment.

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DEVEOLPMENT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

• Appointed a full time Development Officer
• Compiled a 4 year Development Plan (Vision
  2005)
• De-centralized development to Regions
  Provinces
• Link with existing Provincial Academies
• More focus on rural areas and small regions

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Cont.

• Develop female role models particularly blacks
  as players, officials and administrators
• Facilitate and advice in the building of netball
  facilities, especially in rural areas
• Invited IFNA to come and run an administration
  course for African countries, hosted by NSA

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Cont..

• Improved our coaching accreditation system with
  initial funding from UK Sport
• Have a 4 year agreement with top Australian coach
  to come twice in a year for coaches/coaching
  courses
• IFNA Umpires courses invited other African
  countries to attend at their own costs.

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Cont

• Hosted major events in small regions Project
  Taking the games to the people
• Run coaching and umpiring courses in African
  countries
• President elected into the IFNA Board of
  Directors
• 1st African IFNA umpire appointed from South
  Africa
• National coach appointed to the IFNA coaches
  panel
• Two of our national players selected to World Top
  7 Team.

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GENDER REPRESENTIVITY

• Introduced mens netball
• Review constitution and any clauses relating to
  gender discrimination
• Encourage regions to empower female
  administrators and officials especially in black
  communities

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TEAM SELECTION

• National Selection Committee to be appointed by
  the Executive
• Selectors appointed according to age groups or
  sections
• National Coaches to be appointed by the Executive
  serve in the committees
• Compiled a selection policy

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TARGET SYSTEM

• PLAYERS MINIMUM
• U/19 gtgtgt50 50
• U/21 gtgtgt40 60
• SENIOR TEAMS gtgtgt40 60
• ADMINISTRATORS/TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
• AT ALL LEVELS gtgtgt50

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• WE HAVE REACHED OUR TARGETS ON THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS (NATIONAL and REGIONAL)
• ALL NATIONAL TEAMS AND THEIR TEAM MANAGEMENT
• COACHING BOARD
• SELECTION COMMITTEE AND ALL OTHER COMMITTEES
  EXCEPT FOR UMPIRING
• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• OFFICE STAFF
• SUPPLIERS
• BLACK UMPIRES AND COACHES WITHIN THE NATIONAL
  RANKING
• APPOINMENT OF BLACK CAPTAIN IN THE NATIONAL TEAMS

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NNL Benefits

• One remarkable contribution of the National
  Netball League is the inclusion of Sindisiwe
  Sindy Gumede from Kwazulu today, one of the top
  players in the world Natal in our national squad
  and Thobile Nzama selected for the SA A Team to
  tour Botswana and many more.
• Our pool for selection is more wider and more
  opportunities are given to all players
  especially those from disadvantaged areas.
  Through the NNL, our national teams will soon
  show the demographics of South Africa.
• The national selectors and the national coaches
  will identify talent from the league and those
  players will be included in the TI Squad for
  training and future preparation.(Provincial
  Academies)
• Still this League is not sponsored!!

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PROFESSIONALISM

• Compiled employment contracts
• Set up packages for employees
• Employed a CEO and Event Coordinator both
  resigned, couldnt maintain them
• Signed a 5 year broadcasting contract with SABC
• Initiated a Tri-nation between South Africa, New
  Zealand and Australia
• Compiled players contracts
• Hosted successful international events.
• Bidding for hosting 2007 World Championships
  (unsuccessful), intending to bid for 2011

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SUCCESSION PLAN

• TEAMS
• USSASA U/07 U/19
• SA Games U/19 players who never had an
  opportunity to represent their regions in any
  national competition
• All nine SA Games Provincial Teams are linked
  with their Provincial Academies
• NSA U/19 to include players from SASSU
• One pool of training selection for the above
  teams
• Some players are transferred to the Provincial
  Academy

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PLAN cont.

• 4 Year plan for National Teams
• Experienced coaches attached to buddy coaches
• Identifying future administrators and mentoring
• All our programmes target second layer of
  development.

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MARKETING

• Netball South Africa receives extensive
  television, print and radio coverage.
• Television mostly in SABC and sometimes E-TV and
  Super Sport
• Print media
• Beeld, Rapport, City Press and Die burger, Sunday
  Sun
• The Star, Pretoria News, Sunday Times
• Sowetan , Sunday World
• The Citizen
• Local newspapers
• Magazines
• Radio
• All SABC radio stations
• Community radio stations

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BARRIERS / CHALLENGES

• Poverty income inequality (e.g.
  registration)2million participants
• Traditional urban/rural split
• Unemployment
• Culture
• All forms of Abuse
• Funding/Sponsorships
• Sustain and improve what we have achieved, needs
  funding to sustain these programmes

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EXISTING SPOPNSORS

• SRSA
• LOTTERY
• SPAR GROUP
• GILBERT (TECHNICAL)

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Need for political support from local to national
  level
• Corporate SA to be encouraged to support women
  sport
• Government to assist in building indoor
  facilities of international standards
• Use netball as a tool to develop top female role
  models, especially those from disadvantaged
  communities

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Thank You