Volunteer Administrator Of The Year: Andrea James - our very own Commerce Teacher here at Christchurch Girls High School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora.

Since Andrea James became the President of Selwyn Netball Centre three years ago, she has truly bought Poipoia to life by fostering collaborative relationships with the executive committee, members of Selwyn, the Mainland Zone, Selwyn District Council, Selwyn Sport Trust, Selwyn Sport Centre and Sport Canterbury, in order to ensure the best outcomes for Netball.

For this she has been acknowledged as the 2021 Volunteer Administrator of the Year. Having to give up umpiring due to injury, Ms James went on to be Umpire Administrator at Selwyn and now coaches umpires to New Zealand level.

She also undertakes the overall management of the Selwyn Netball Centre which in itself is a huge role.

During the Covid-19 Alert Levels, Ms James did an exceptional job in working with the committee to come up with a playing schedule that was easily managed at Level 2 across both the playing areas and for all grades which involved up to 2500 players.

Ms James has initiated change in the way the executive interacts with the clubs and its members. She was instrumental in creating, adopting and monitoring a new strategic plan for netball in the district based on community feedback through a VOP (voice of participants) survey which she instigated and followed through with.

Congratulations Ms James for being recognised for your wonderful efforts!