Meet the Management Team

Meet Our Management Team for 2026

Management Team Meetings: 3rd Sunday of every month
Time: 2pm - 3:30 approx
Place: TBA - Some months this is held at the Presidents house.
We will try to post when this will be in a timely fashion.

MEETING DATES 2026:
January 20th - AGM
February 15th
March 15th
April 19th
May 17th
June 14th
July 19th
August 16th
September 20th
October 18th
November 15th
December - no meeting

President - Lynlea Willan

Lynlea Willan is the Founding President of the Hornby Netball Club. She is very passionate about her coaching since starting the club in 2000. During this time she has developed her coaching skills with the many courses she has attended. Lynlea continues to lead HNC with a very strong Management Team who all work together in the spirit of "Encouragement, Dedication and Community"
Contact: [email protected]
To find out more about Lynlea's coaching click here.

Secretary - Sarah Lean

Sarah Lean has been with the club for the last two years as a player in our social team. She love playing but also is keen to give something back to the club. Sarah has taken on the role as Secretary this year. If you have any concerns or questions, please don't hesistate to send an email to Sarah to bring to the committee. We look forward to the stong skill set she brings to the committee.
2024 - 2025: Secretary
Contact: [email protected]

Treasurer - Kathy Bader

Kathy Bader join the Management Team at the 2020 AGM. Kathy has a Granddaughter playing in the club and with a diploma in Business is a great asset for the club.
2020 - Funding Officer
2021 - 2025: Treasurer
Contact : [email protected]

Sara Norton - Child Safeguarding Rep / Privacy Officer

Sara joined HNC in 2010 and joined the Management team in 2014 as the Intermediate Club Captain. She brings a wealth of knowledge about not only coaching but umpiring too. We appreciate all that she has to offer the club helping with many pre season activities we are part of, as well as any fundraising activities we do.
2024 - 20205: Sara has taken on the roles of Child Safeguarding Representative and Privacy Officer for the club. Should you have any concerns, Sara can be reached at the following email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Contact:
To find out more about Sara's coaching click here

Ruby Arnold - Marketing Officer

Ruby joined the club in 2025 as a player in our Senior A team. She was voted onto our MT as our Marketing Officer at the recent AGM. She has taken on the task of looking after our club FaceBook page and doing all the marketing for the club. Ruby is putting to good use her Marketing Degree she recently completed at UC. We look forward to seeing the Club profile become more dominent in the coming months.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Marcia Johnson

Marcia Johnson joined the Management Team at the 2022 AGM. She has been part of the Club since 2014 when her oldest daugher started playing for the club in an U11 team. Her second daugher was a Future Fern that same year and in 2021 her youngest daughter becam a Future Fern as well. We welcome Marcia onto the Management Team with her wealth of administration skills an look forward to working with her in the coming years.
2023 - 2026: Comittee
2022 / 23: Secretary / resigned

Rein Venadas

Rein joined the club in 2025 as a player in our Senior D team. She indicated she would like to understand how a Netball Club runs. At our 2026 AGM, Rein was voted on to committee and will help Marcia with organising our Annual Quiz event for this year.

Esther Tikolevu

We welcome Esther to our Management Team and the fresh new ideas she will bring to our club . Her oldest daughter joined the club in 2021 as a Future Fern. In 2022 Esther had 2 more girls playing for the club in the Future Fern Comets and Angels teams while her older daughter played in our U12 team.
2023 - 2026: Committee
2022: Joined our Management Team at the 2022 AGM.

Feb 2026