Marina Goh resigns as chairman of Netball Australia amid sponsorship smuggling

Marina Go stepped down as chairman of Netball Australia (NA) as part of a “planned transition” just days after the secrets surrounding Diamond’s sponsorship were revealed.

NA said director Wendy Archer will soon take over the role, and has played a “pivotal role in driving the sport’s commercial transformation and its strategic development” since taking office in mid-2021. He praised Go.

Goh, who will remain on the board of directors, said, “It is an honor and privilege to be able to contribute to this sport.”

“Netball Australia is proud of the position in which it currently stands. We continue to identify and build opportunities for our players and our fans,” she said in a NA statement.

Some of these commercial partnerships create obvious tensions between performing groups and administrators. It was decided that the logo of mining giant Hankook Prospecting would appear on the national team’s play kit..

Diamond’s 59-time Test veteran Bianca Chatfield said the deal was “not communicated to the playing group” and Diamond wore the old dress without mentioning Hancock in the first Constellation Cup game .

“The performing group just didn’t know it and all of a sudden they told me this logo was on their dresses,” she told the ABC Summer Grandstand over the weekend.

“When people dig a little deeper and understand everyone’s values ​​and what they believe and commit to… we needed an open dialogue about what that means for everyone. [questioning] Is that okay with everyone?

“I don’t think we’re at the point where we need players to agree to everything, but we have to keep players informed about what’s going on.