Media release – Netball Tasmania, 25 October 2021
Tasmanian Netball Hall of Fame
Netball Tasmania is pleased to announce the 2021 inductees to the Tasmanian Netball Hall of Fame.
Due to a limited number of inductees, no formal induction ceremony will be held in 2021. Inductees will instead be formally inducted at a ceremony in 2022 inclusive of both inductees for 2021 and 2022.
2021 inductees in the category of athlete include;
– Bev Harris who represented Australian in 1953 and was a reserve to the team in each of 1946 and 1948.
– Amber Zieliniski who captained an AIS tour of England and played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy competition for the Adelaide Ravens.
– Ollivia Beveridge who played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy competition for Sydney Sandpipers as well as in the English national competition.
Inductees in the category of official include;
– No inductees have been inducted in the officials category in 2021.
Inductees in the category of volunteer include;
– Jan Walley (deceased) who is a life member of Netball Tasmania who held many roles, including president, with Northern Tasmania Netball Association over a long period of time. Jan also held various roles on the Tasmanian Netball Association Board and the All-Australian Netball Association Board over a 26-year period.
– Ann Pearce who has served in many roles with both Northern Tasmania Netball Association and Georgetown Netball Association, including as a board member and president; as well as serving as a president, coach and manager at various times with Northern Hawks in the Tasmanian Netball League, and as a long serving manageress of Tasmanian state teams.
– Wendy Berry who has provided over 36 years service to Burnie Netball Association, many of which as president, as well as with the Tasmanian Netball League and junior development programs including the Young Lights.
Inductees in the category of team include;
– Cavaliers 19&U Tasmanian Netball League Team from 2011 to 2015 who won an incredible five consecutive premierships.
Netball Tasmania CEO Aaron Pidgeon said he was thrilled to announced the 2021 inductees.
“It’s always exciting to be able to recognise some of the greatest contributors to our sport in Tasmania, and this is a wonderful and well deserving group of inductees.”
“We’re disappointed not to be conducting an induction ceremony this year, but we believe it’s important to ensure that we’re able to create an event which allows the inductees to be celebrated in the best way possible. Given the limited number of 2021 inductees, we determined that holding off and instead inducting the 2021 group along with the 2022 group of inductees would provide the best chance to achieve that.
“It’s important that the bar for induction into the Tasmanian Netball Hall of Fame is set very high, and we believe that this year’s group is indicative of those standards. We look forward to being able to recognise and induct many more Tasmanian netball identities in the coming years.”
Detailed profiles of all inductees will be accessible via the Hall of Fame tab on the Netball Tasmania website.
