First netball provincial workshop held
A total of 40 participants, equally split between aspiring coaches and umpires, underwent the full-day workshop which saw them being accredited with entry level certificates within their respective fields.
To get the coaches off to a flying start before any season starts is the best way to improve the quality of any sport.
And receiving a sponsorship to coincide with that effort at ground level has enabled Ekurhuleni Netball Association’s (ENA) to offer a first-ever workshop to some 40 netball coaches over last weekend.
Betway South Africa, in partnership with the ENA, successfully concluded its first netball workshop on October 3 at the Dinwiddie Sports Complex, east of Johannesburg.
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A total of 40 participants, equally split between aspiring coaches and umpires, underwent the full-day workshop which saw them being accredited with entry level certificates within their respective fields.
The full-day workshop forms part of the brand’s ongoing #BetwayCares initiatives, which has seen Betway travelling the lengths and breadths of the country to meet the needs of underprivileged community sport organisations, federations and athletes.
Speaking at the workshop as a guest speaker, Proteas assistant coach Dumisani Chauke said it was encouraging to see the growing interest in the sport of netball in South African communities.
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“It is absolutely refreshing to be seeing so many aspirant coaches and umpires putting their hands up and saying they want to pursue careers in coaching and umpiring.
“We need them to come into the system because the more umpires and coaches we have in our communities, the better it will be for the sport because it means the sport is indeed growing,” said Chauke.
“The system needs to have more people and I am hoping that as they gradually come in, they will hopefully graduate to provincial
and possibly even have national team coaches coming from here (Ekurhuleni).”
Echoing the coach’s sentiments was ENA council member Benjamin Mphahlele, who said that through this course, the association now has a growing pool of coaches and umpires to further develop.
“This is something we truly cherish as the ENA. We now have a pool of umpires and coaches to monitor going forward.
This also becomes an edge for those who want to go further with coaching and umpiring,” said Mphahlele.
