Our Coaches

Coaches

Under 11 Coaches

Linda Dyer

Linda is trained as a L3 coach and has coached at National League level, County League, County Academy Performance coach, Back to Netball and Junior High 5. She is also a UKCC L1/2 Tutor and Assessor.

Linda has played netball for England U23, East Region, Essex Met County and Essex Wanderers Club.

Having moved to the South West 14 years ago to be Partnership Development Manager of Poole School Sports Partnership she is now a netball coach, tutor and assessor.

National Goalden Globe Winner in 2016
The Mary Bulloch Administrator Award was won by Linda Dyer. A volunteering career dedicated to running and organising leagues in the south-west. Linda coordinates various workshops as well as the NSW Games Conference.

Lynsey Hearsey

Lynsey is our Safeguarding Officer

Lynsey has been teaching netball for 20 years, and has played a bit herself (before babies!).
Currently she teaches at Chafyn Grove School where she has just started introducing netball to boys.

Other interests include reading, photography and attempting the odd run/swim to keep fit!

Under 13 Coach

Under 14 Coach

Sue Elliot

Sue has played (and continues to play) netball weekly for a local adult club, but over the last few years has also become interested in coaching and umpiring.

She completed her Level 1 coaching qualification in 2018 and recently passed her Level 2 assessment. She has recently passed her C award umpiring assessment to supplement her officiating umpiring award.

Under 16 Coaches

Helen Glasgow

Helen has played netball for over 30 years across the South West including local and regional level with Wiltshire Police. She is the founder member of Delta Blues Netball Club in Swindon and was a key figure in their promotion from Division 5 to Division 1 in their first 5 seasons. She has now brought this expertise to the Salisbury area with the foundation of Spire Reds.

Helen is a Level 2 UKCC netball coach, an accredited 'Talent & Identification' scout for England Netball, holds first aid, safeguarding children, enhanced DBS certificates and also holds a diploma in sports psychology.

Prior to becoming a netball coach Helen enjoyed an extremely successful career in Wiltshire Police which gives her the necessary skills to manage people and teams to achieve success.

Karen Short

Leanne Lewis

Leanne is a L2 coach - soon to be L3 once the paperwork and final assessment is complete.

In the past, she has enjoyed coaching the Welsh U17 squad who won a silver medal at Netball Europe and also Team Bath club where she coached the U16 squad, U16 Regional Squad and their Regional 1 adult team. Leanne is currently the assistant U21 coach at Team Bath and has been part of their coach apprentice scheme for many years.

Leanne is a qualified PE teacher and currently work at Warminster School.

Lesley Rattue

Sinead Solomon

Umpires

Laura Everett - Gates
Alison Kay
Caroline Cavanagh
Sue Elliott
Leonie Hayden
Nadia Cavanagh

Youth Leaders

Ellie Glasgow
Rhiannon McClure