31/05/2024
A lot has already been said on social media these past two days since the announcements surrounding NSL 2.0, my two pence worth is….
Yes I absolutely understand the need to professionalise the league. Yes I understand the need for arena space for games to be played. And yes I understand that weren’t able to fulfil this in their tender.
What I cannot comprehend is the loss, genuinely overnight of all the structures and development opportunities across the south west. This initiative supports the very grass roots of netball. But that’s where every single elite player first started out. Now, as the announcement has been made without any clear indication of support for pathways there is also therefore a huge loss of opportunity for those developing players as well as aspiring coaches and umpires.
Just as our partnership was starting out we’ve been cut so painfully short. Team Bath I’ve always been a fan. I shall miss my trips over as a fan and with the exchange. I genuinely and desperately hope that this is not a permenant goodbye, merely a see you again someday.
With all my love, Kat
