It is with great pleasure that we announce that Anne Tait, Vice President of Ashbury Netball Club and Secretary of IWSNA, was last night awarded the Dot McHugh OAM Administrator Award at the 2021 Netball NSW State Awards. This award is given in recognition of outstanding leadership in the management and/or administration of netball within their Association and/or Club.
Congratulations Anne, we are all very proud of you and thank you for all you do for Netball!!
On Saturday 28th November at the IWSNA AGM it was with great pleasure that the President, Leanne Blackmore was able to award The Shirley Prideaux Award to Catherine Nealon and Anne Tait from Ashbury Netball Club.
"Aunty Shirl" was the epitome of a volunteer and this award is the highest accolade a volunteer can receive from IWSNA.
Both Catherine and Anne have for many years now given over and above to both the Ashbury Netball Club and Inner West Netball and this award couldn't be more appropriate for them.
Congratulations and thank you Catherine and Anne for all the time you spend at Cintra and behind the scenes supporting our members and Netball. Its very much appreciated.
Congratulations to our Vice President Catherine Nealon who was awarded the Anne Clarke BEM Service Award for service to IWSNA. The presentation was made at the Netball NSW Dinner held on Saturday 4 November 2017 . A very well deserved award.
Thank you so much for your heartfelt tributes and messages of love and sympathy following the passing of Valda, our much-loved mother, nana and great nana.
We are comforted knowing that Mum touched the lives of so many and that she will be remembered with love.
Lesley, Sue, Ray, Kathleen and our families
It is with great sadness that Ashbury Netball Club advises the recent passing of Mrs Valda Evans after a short illness. Mrs Evans, as she was fondly known to the majority of us, was involved in netball since her early school days. Later, when her own daughters started to play Netball for St Francis Xaviers Primary School, Ashbury, she became involved in coaching and umpiring. In 1971 she wanted to make sure there was an avenue for players to continue to play netball after they left primary school and Ashbury Netball Club was formed - entering the Inner Western Suburbs Netball competition in 1972 with just four teams. Mrs Evans held the position of President of Ashbury NC from its inception in 1972 to 2017 and Ashbury has grown to be one of the biggest clubs competing in the IWSNA competition. Not only did she devote so much time to her Club but at IWSNA level she also held various Executive and Office Bearer positions, including Representative Coach for a number of years. Mrs Evans was awarded Life Membership of Ashbury Netball Club in 1982 and Life Membership of IWSNA in 1983. She has also been the recipient of numerous Netball Service awards at Club, Association and Netball NSW level and a recipient of the Australian Sports Medal awarded by Canterbury City Council in 2000.
Mrs Evans has championed netball for over 60 years, giving hundreds and hundreds of young girls and women the opportunity to learn and play this great sport of ours. She leaves a distinguished legacy having been involved with netballers over three generations and we are so very grateful that she opened her heart and home for the benefit of all of us.
Above all Mrs Evans was a much loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and we offer our sincere condolences to her family and thank them for sharing this amazing woman with us.
A quiet, unassuming, selfless woman who had a passionate determination and gave so much to her sport - she will be teaching someone how to catch a ball somewhere
Vale Mrs Evans, with much love and respect
