Centre for Sport and Social Impact
Pacific Netball Partnerships* 2011 to (June) 2014
At its inception in 2010, the Pacific Netball Partnership
aimed to build strong, well governed netball organisations
that had the capacity to support sustained increases in
netball participation whilst contributing to positive social
development outcomes. Over the course of the program
these development outcomes were refined to:
Improving health-related behaviours and reducing
the impact of non-communicable diseases.
&
Developing female leadership capacity
within partner organisations’ communities.
It is important to note that the developments desired through
the PNP – such as increases in sport participation, increases in
women’s leadership and health improvements – are outcomes
that require improvements in capacity to be established, as well
as social and behavioural changes. These can take time to gain
momentum and some partner organisations have only just begun
to consolidate capacity developments. As such:
the findings of this study are promising
providing indication that the PNP may need to be supported for
several more years to achieve established structures and an
embeddedness of sport participation in everyday life in order to
realise the broader outcomes that can be fostered through sport.
The PNP is implemented in the following
countries with partner organisations:
Statistics
From 2011 – June 2014 the following participants
took part in Pacific Sport Partnership supported
netball activities:
Cook Islands
Nauru
(incl. 284 administrators)
10,586
Tonga
12,505
29,033
Samoa
(incl. 349 administrators)
(incl. 351 administrators)
(incl. 556 administrators)
Total program participation
TOTAL =
20,740
22,943
15,952
June
2012
2013
65,473
(to June 2014)
including
1,757
administrators
5,838
Kiribati
2014
781
Tuvalu
Solomon Islands
352
Vanuatu
Australia
9,072
Coaches, umpires and bench officials trained
through the Pacific Sports Partnership
FSM
Papua New Guinea
(incl. 217 administrators)
Vanuatu
2011
Marshall Islands
4,277
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
407
217
June
Fiji
Tonga
Cook Islands
2011
2012
2013
2014
* The Pacific Netball Partnership (PNP) program is part of the Australian Government’s Pacific Sports Partnerships initiative, funded through the
Australian Aid program and managed through a partnership between Netball Australia and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC).
Program highlights
‘With netball I am healthier.
All my kids are into healthy
living, you get fit, and live
longer by getting involved in
netball’
‘Netball provides an
opportunity for me to take
up leadership positions. I
am team captain and I am
respected by my team and
my parents like this.’
‘Now I am brave and can
interact with big and small
groups’
Leadership opportunities and
chance to represent country
Increase professional development
opportunities and qualifications
• 4 Vanuatu Netball staff and
volunteers were selected
and funded to lead Vanuatu’s
delegation to the Pacific Youth
and Sport Conference in New
Caledonia
• Over 70 women have participated
in governance training
• The Vanuatu Netball Development
Officer attended the South Pacific
Sports Leadership Program in
Fiji and successfully achieved her
International Sports Leadership
Training Level 2 Certificate
Increase individual skills to
enable training of others
• Vanuatu Netball has 3 qualified
StopHIV trainers who have
delivered training to over 200
participants
• 2 Tonga Netball Association
staff members have successfully
become licenses OSEP
Community Educators
‘Netball is the only place
where (LGBTI*) can come
safely. I don’t hear offensive
words. We join together and
have fun together.’
Our impressive women
* Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender
and intersex people
• A Netball Association President
in Vanuatu became a Vanuatu
Association of Sports and National
Olympic Committee Council
Member and Pacific Games
Committee Member
• 7 umpires and 8 coaches have
travelled to New Zealand for
professional development
• The Operations Manager of Netball
Samoa successfully applied for
an Advanced Sport Management
Course through the Oceania Sport
Education Program
• Vanuatu Netball’s Development
Officers have undertaken a
Community Certificate in Training
the Trainer
• 7 Pacific Netball Program staff
successfully completed a
certificate in Participatory Project
Management
Employment opportunities
• 22 Pacific Island women have been
provided with full-time employment
• Vanuatu netball player, Aileen Huri,
attended the Youth Olympic Camp
in Greece
• Treasurer of Netball Samoa was
selected for NGO Leadership
Samoa’s program that aims to
create a network of emerging and
future leaders
• The Tonga Netball Association
former President mentors young
women through the Tonga National
Leaders Development Forum
• The President of Netball Samoa is
also the selected sports for women
representative on the national
Women’s Advisory Committee
• One of the Vice Presidents of
Netball Samoa (until 2014) is the
first female court judge in Samoa
‘Joining (netball) has been a
life changing program; my
weight before joining netball
was over 160kg and has
dropped now to 111kg only. I
know the benefit of involving
in Kau Mai Tonga, I have
reduced consumption and
focus on physical activity
and drinking water now that
I’m more active and healthy.’