Tibberton Netball Club is delighted to announce that at the England Netball Goalden Globe Awards Ceremony June Byrne was presented with a Long Service Award.

 

This award is presented to volunteers who have made a notable contribution to the development of netball over a significant period of time. England Netball long Service Awards recognize the contribution of volunteers who have used their invaluable experience to give outstanding service willingly and selflessly for over 25 years.

 

June became involved in Shropshire netball 30 years ago in 1978. She began by coaching in Tibberton Junior School and quickly garnered enough interest to form 2 teams and arrange local fixtures. From this, she started Tibberton Netball Club in 1989. A notable success story from this time is the U14 accomplishments, winning the Shropshire Youth Club tournament, followed by another win at the West Midlands Tournament and finishing in 8^th position in the National Youth Championship.

 

Twenty years on from June’s founding of the club, Tibberton is the largest and most successful club in Shropshire. She has developed a volunteer workforce, is volunteer coordinator for the club and drove their committee forward in march 2008, enabling the club to achieve Gold CAPS. She was also founder of the Netball Development Group, sits as Chairwoman on the County Association and has her Level 2 coaching award, her beginner Umpire award and is also a England Netball Tutor for the High 5 game.

Without June Shropshire netball would not be where it is today.