Comments on: NetMum competition rewards unsung heroes in the netball community

By: Constance Star

Constance Star — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:24:48 +0000

Hi I would like to nominate my mum helen.I’m 10 and the youngest of 4 we all play sport and she drives us around every where. She has played through out her childhood and finished last year in b grade.She is 43.She has coached,umpired,scored and has been the trainer tapping people’s ancles hands etc. But now she is just on the side lines chearing us kids on she drives my sister to netball then drives then drives my brothers and I to another legue so i can play netball and my two brothers can play footy. But most of all i love her for being the best mum ever!

By: Sunil

Sunil — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:49:10 +0000

Hi Nicole,
We hope you visited the NetBoys Facebook page as listed in the blog and successfully nominated your mum. She sounds great!

- Sunil

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:24:34 +0000

I would like to nominate my mum. i am 18, i have a 21 year old brother and a 26 year old sister. Since my sister was 6 my mum has been our number one supporter, scorer, timer, coach and taxi driver! While in the mean time taking my brother to football games and trainings and also working full time! she is still to this day driving my sister and i to our netball games and trainings, while also coaching her own team! My mum is turning 50 in July and i know how much she would appreciate this as a treat!

By: Tyla Foster

Tyla Foster — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:26:02 +0000

My mum Trish Foster, is most defiantly worlds most supportive mum. Not only does she direct a child care centre and run our own family business but she support her daughter through absolutely everything! My mum has honestly not missed a game! For the 10 years I have played netball she has done absolutely everything to make sure I am able to play my best! Supplying me with everything I need to make it to the top and complete my dream of playing for the fire birds. I have sat on the side line and looked up to her the same way I look up to Laura Gietz when she used to play for Queens land and play her best on the netball court. I appreciate everything my mum does for me and my netball! And for the past five years not only has she been an amazing mum and a best friend to me but she has stepped up as the role of my coach, dedicating more time to me and the community, again stepping up to make sure she can benefit my ability to play my best even more. she creates a bond with all her team member that she coaches, she organises us as a team to watch the fire birds, driving us all around to competitions and supplying us with fun, memories and skills. Most netball teams are given a uniform at the start of a season, my mum went out of her way to create Sharks shirts with getting sponsor ships for our team and chooses player of the match and is award with prizes form our sponsorships, no matter what playing ability my mum values each and every player no matter what and believes everyone brings something to the court. after every training session my mum drives many players home and every time we drive home and get a 50c cone from hungry jacks which is obviously the best of it all hahaha. I love my mum, Our team lovse my mum! And we love our netball it’s defiantly a passion that we will always have in common!
And thats just SOME of the reason my mum should be rewarded for being the best netmum!

By: Tamika Neal

Tamika Neal — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:54:54 +0000

My mum Sue Neal should win because me and my 3 sisters have played netball since we were little, and she has been there to take us to all trainings, all games. At age 57 she still takes us to games ,training and even just goes down to watch our other teams. She umpires every game when I play in the Saturday competition and score benches my sisters state league games every week. I play 6 times a week and every time she is there she is Wat you would call a super mum she’s just amazing. I have two professional playing sisters and she still finds time to watch,coach and umpire my games that’s why she should win

By: Rebekah Odgers

Rebekah Odgers — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:52:32 +0000

My mum is always cheering on the sideline for me, but I think that my dad needs recognition. I’m not sure if I can enter him in this but it’s important he gets notice. I love netball and have had my fair share of different coaches, but I think that the best one I have ever had was my dad. Twice a week dad puts up with eight teenage girly girls as our coach and makes sure that we are getting into it and unbearably (for us) getting our hands dirty. Dad has gone through all of the umpiring courses with me and he studies his coaching books and apps on the iPad. Dad goes to meetings every week and comes home with lots of stories to tell about the politics of it all, but he never gave up on making my childhood netball games memorable. Thanks dad.

By: Taylor Prothero

Taylor Prothero — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:55:37 +0000

My mum should win Netmum because she coaches me and my friends, she also coaches for a State League club and on a Saturday coaches 3 teams at our Association. This weekend she is coaching a 14 under rep team. My mum is organising a trip to Singapore so we can play over there. My mum is beautiful and loving of me and my brother and does lots of special things with us as well as all her netball. Mum is a great cook cooking us lots of yummy foods all week. We always have fun with mum, if I win this for my mum i will love to go and watch the ANZ Championships with her. I really love my mum and I love my netball.

By: Brendan – [Your Community Manager]

Brendan – [Your Community Manager] — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:31:08 +0000

Wow, is sounds like there are some amazing netball mums out there who are going above and beyond. Very sweet messages and a lot of love out there for mums.

If you haven’t already, make sure you nominate your Telstra NetMum via facebook.com/netball before entries close this Sunday – you could win a VIP trip for two the ANZ Championship Grand Final and get the chance to meet Liz Ellis. Good Luck! Brendan

By: Chloe Warren

Chloe Warren — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:06:09 +0000

My beautiful mum should win netmum because she has been playing since she was 15, and has not stopped. She had a choise to play in the big legues but she chose to have me, so she didn’t do it. She has supported me in everyday shape and form, even though we don’t see eye to eye she is still there supporting me on the sode lines. She has givin me ideas and tactics of what I could improve on. I am a 15 year old girl and all I want to do is show my mum that I appreciate everything she has done and is now doing for me to become a better player and go further on in my career as a netball player. Even though I have a brother with a disability she still finds time to be there at every game and every training. I play 2 different netball accoiations that I play for and one of them I go around South Australia playing carnivals, and she is always there helping and encouraging me. I love my mum more Latham anything can you please pick her for a netmum!?!?

By: Michaela Grant

Michaela Grant — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:07:01 +0000

I think that my Mum deserves to win the Telstra NetMum competition because she is so supportive and just all round amazing. I am one of six children. All of my brothers and sisters play at least two sports apart from my 4 year old sister. My Mum always has us at all sport training every week. My sister (12) and myself (14) both this year and have been for the last 8years have played for club teams, rep teams, twilight, ladies comps and district teams. Mum makes sure that we are there on time every week, no matter where we need to be. She works as well and is tired when she gets home but still continues to have a positive attitude towards taking us to our sports. I would just really love it for my Mum to do something for her self. She’s always doing stuff for others and doesn’t get time to do anything for herself. I couldn’t ask for a more supportive, caring Mum! I love you Mum and all that you have ever done for me ♥