Netball Melbourne Social Mixed & Ladies & Over 35's Netball Competitions

                                       

Melbourne Netball Pty Ltd was established in July 1996. This company is committed to producing quality service, for all male and female netball players over 18 years of age, whilst providing netball education in a colourful and safe environment.

The company is designed to accomodate both social and competitive netball teams, quite differently from the main structure of the State Netball Victoria body. The State Body places players in a team according to their level of playing skill.

Melbourne Netball's modern approach, acknowledges the social relationship amongst netball players. It encourages players to participate together, regardless of differing netball skill levels within a team. Specilise coaching via umpires on games fill in the missing blanks for each person who needs education each week.

A unique and well established Umpire Development Program that is trademarked provides game service and consistancy to all levels of teams and skills.

Melbourne Netball operates within the inner suburbs in Melbourne's CBD with venues located at Flagstaff Gardens, two in Richmond, one in South Yarra and now for the first time the new Ascot Vale venue.

                                  

Our Quiet Achievers

Clare Heasly Company Director
Clare Heasly is an entrepenuer and the creator of Melbourne Netball Pty Ltd. Her first career is in the Entertainment Industry.She is a qualified Theatrical Technician and Stage Producer having trained at the Centre for the Performing Arts in Adelaide. Having an extensive history in this field, Clare was the Stage Manager on the Australian Musicals of 'Cats' and '42nd Street' amongst her many works.

Clare expanded into the sporting industry professionally in 1996. She is a qualified masseuse, swimming teacher and personal trainer. Clare became a nationally badged netball umpire in 1980 at 15 years. Her trainer/mentor was Carolyn Gillman, who represented Australia as a nationally badged ‘AA’ Umpire for many years at international matches with the Australian Netball Team.

Today, Clare’s role in Melbourne Netball is Company Director. After her development for Melbourne Netball, all roles in the company are upheld by well established staff, who have worked extensively with her across many years.

Clare is both committed and passionate about the development of young minds within Melbourne Netball. She is qualified as a Master Practitioner in the areas of 'Neuro-Linguistic Programming', 'Ericksonian Hypnosis', 'Results Coaching' and 'Neurological Repatterning'.

Clare is mentored under the guidance of Siimon Reynolds and Brian Sher at The Fortune Institute to enable her to reach her career goals that expand with International Netball Pty Ltd.

You can currently locate Clare as a Netball Promoter on Twitter: @SocialNetball

Clare Heasly remains highly active in the entertainment industry. She operates her second business 'Undercover Entertainment’ as a singer and songwriter. She has placed in the Top 10 in the Australian Songwriters Awards in 2004 & 2008. She has signed with the The Orchard Record Company in New York with global distribution for her new cd 'A Latino Christmas' released in 2008 now available to download from itunes.

                              

Dimity Lancaster Umpire Developer and Umpire Coach
Dimity Lancaster has been developing netball umpires with Melbourne Netball for over sixteen years. She is one of the most respected Umpires in Victoria. Her career is incredibly extensive as a player and umpire. Dimity played in the Victorian State Team for five years from the age of 14. She played for the 'A Division' for St Peters for 10 years. Dimity became a National 'C' Badge Umpire in 1979. She was awarded National 'B' Badge Umpire level in 1980.

Dimity received a Level One Coaching Accreditation in 2001. She has extensively coached across many schools in the South East Area. Dimity is the sole creative of the Junior Netball Developer for Prahran Netball Association (over 650 children) across 20 years. Dimity is well respected for her results in coaching Representative Teams across the state. Her admired Umpire Career covers years across Netball Associations in Hawthorn, Prahran, Richmond, St Kilda, Malvern, Albert Park, Waverley, YMCA Corporations, Australian Corporate Games,Victorian School Girl Championships and the Victorian State Mens Teams.

As a duo team, Dimity Lancaster and Clare Heasly, have successfully badged over 230 netball umpires across their working relationship of 18 years.

                               

Jarrad Walker Umpire Developer and Umpire Coach

This is one fine example of a great male netballer. Jarrad has been a member of Victorian netball teams since 2006 progressing through the ranks of Under 23 mens side to Open Men's and now a member of the Victorian Open Mixed side to compete in the national carnival at Easter 2012. On top of these fantastic achievement Jarrad has gone a step further by representing Australia in netball since 2006 with his most current selection being in 2011. In the 2011 year Jarrad was a part of the Australian Sonix Mixed Netball Team which won gold at a recent international tournament played in Gold Coast. Jarrad has played netball all his life, growing up in an association background where he played, umpired and then coached.

Jarrad is currently a 'B' badged umpire who is listed in the 2012 Netball Victoria High Performance B Grade squad in which he will be umpiring at the top level in the state whilst working towards attaining his A Grade badge. Jarrad's involvement in umpiring at this level within the state gives Melbourne Netball access to the most current umpiring skills and also to some of the best minds in the umpiring field.

He has also been a successful coach over his involvement with netball and this is one of his main passion's. With stints at local netball clubs around the state Jarrad has also had the privildge of working with Netball Victoria in which he undertook some coaching in the field workshops and has worked with a Victorian Netball League club as an assistant coach which saw Jarrad coaching some of the best young female players in the state. His value to the men within the Melbourne Netball company is priceless.

Jasmine Franklin Company Administrator

Jasmine is originally from New Zealand and came to live here 8 years ago. Not only is she an amazing player but she is also a qualfied umpire. She runs the weekly running of the company for both players and staff. Her attention to detail and personal drive to reach quality service is an asset to Melbourne Netball. This young lady has an enormous influence on both staff and players for her tolerance and fairness. She is admired and respected by so many.