Netball Scotland are proud to announce their partnership with Robert Gordon’s College. This partnership will allow Netball Scotland to continue to grow, develop, and create more opportunities for young people across the country.

Carol Harvey, Director of Development at Netball Scotland said: “We are delighted to continue building our infrastructure of partnerships to support the growth and development of netball across Scotland and formally welcome Robert Gordon’s College to the netball family as a partner supporting both the growth of netball in the school estate and the wider community.  We are looking forward to supporting development opportunities and increased participation across the region.”

Robin Macpherson, Head of Robert Gordon’s College shared: “We’ve seen significant growth in our Netball programme at Robert Gordon’s and it makes perfect sense to be partnering with Netball Scotland to take this to the next level. We have big ambitions to increase participation and performance in the sport both within our school and across the region, so this partnership is a really important step forward in meeting those objectives.”

Craig Harper, Head of Sport commented: “We’re really excited about having a big impact on netball, not only at RGC, but across the wider community the school is linked with. Our pupils benefit greatly from working with our very experienced staff who are all involved in developing netball across Aberdeen. This is another opportunity to strengthen our partnership links and grow our netball even further, into new areas.”

By partnering with RGC we are able to grow our participation and opportunities for young people across the country which can lead to professional careers. Our very own Thistle player Emma Love attended RGC, class of 2017!

For more information on this partnership, you can contact us via: Rachel.Bradley@netballscotland.com

Netball Scotland are delighted to formally welcome The Glasgow Academy into the Netball Family. This partnership will help to build on the infrastructure to support the recovery and growth of netball across schools and the wider community surrounding The Glasgow Academy.

Geraldine McGuire, Head of Development at Netball Scotland said,

“As we continue to recover from COVID-19 and with an ambitious growth strategy for our sport, it has never been more critical to work in partnership to create a world class system of people, places and programmes. 

We are, therefore delighted to welcome The Glasgow Academy into the Netball Family as a key partner supporting both the growth of netball in the school estate and the wider community. Since launching netball, the school now has a thriving club participating and competing on a weekly basis as well as being home to Glasgow Netball Association league fixtures and regularly hosting teacher CPD sessions & netball camps.  

We are also delighted to support the schools plans for Project 100 which will see a state of the art sport and wellness facility in the Kelvinbridge area of the City in due course.  This facility will enhance the places infrastructure for our sport, providing priority access to the netball community.”

Matthew Pearce, Rector, The Glasgow Academy added,

“Here at The Glasgow Academy, we are absolutely delighted to be working in partnership with Netball Scotland.  By working together, we are offering great opportunities for the pupils in our school but also much more widely.  Netball is such a rapidly growing sport, and it is easy to understand why: it is fun, can be really fast-moving and exciting and is really accessible for all young people.

 The interest and participation levels in netball from its inception in the school less than two years ago has been remarkable. Netball Scotland have provided us with great support and in formalising our partnership I have no doubt that we will continue to grow the sport in the school and also in the wider community.” 

For more information on our strategic partnerships please contact Head of Development on HoD@netballscotland.com