About Us

Andrew founded Achieve Sports Ltd in 2009, and the Play Netball brand was born in 2015. Play Netball quickly became the UK’s largest provider of social netball leagues and has gone from strength to strength since. Andrew is extremely proud of our fantastic team who continue to fulfil our original mission of providing high quality social netball leagues that have a hugely positive impact on so many people’s health, fitness and mental wellbeing.

Rob joined Play Netball in 2015, having worked with director Andrew in another sports business, teaching PE in schools after he completed his Sports Science degree in 2013. Rob and Andrew saw the gap in the market for social weekly netball and began to work on setting up Play Netball. Rob continued to do this and grew the business over the years to over 100+ leagues across the country and he now oversees the whole business and head office team.

Tamsin joined Play Netball in 2019 after graduating with a Masters in Sports Psychology. She now manages our administration team who organise the daily routines of all Play Netball leagues across the UK. Tamsin also liaises with all Match Night Coordinators, making sure everything is running effectively their end. Outside of work, Tamsin enjoys playing netball in our Play Netball Crawley Monday and Tuesday social leagues.

Rachel joined Play Netball in 2022 after previously working for 111. She now helps organise the running of all Play Netball leagues across the UK. Outside of work, Rachel is an avid netball player, playing for Ashford Netball League. She also coordinates our Canterbury, Ashford and Maidstone Play Netball Leagues.

Emma joined Play Netball in February 2020 and is responsible for all things Finance! She is a qualified accountant, having previously worked in the Finance Department of large corporate companies. Outside of work she gets her sporting fix from competing in Dog Agility with her 2 Border Collies.

Hannah joined play netball in February 2022 after previously working as an Account Executive for an insurance company for 8 years. She is now in charge of the credit control department where she assists teams with payments of their season fees. She also assists the Finance manager with team equipment orders, venue invoices and enquiries. Outside of work she has two young children who keep her extremely active and is a lover of all sports.

Alison joined Play Netball in 2021 after previously working at a newspaper publishing group. She now leads our marketing strategies as well as oversees all social media channels, brand partnerships, and key public events. Outside of work, she plays netball for a local club in Eastleigh and participates in the Southampton district league. Alison is also a huge supporter for the England Roses and attends as many matches as possible. Her favourite Roses are Eleanor Cardwell and Imogen Allison.

Hannah joined Play Netball in 2023 after working in marketing for the last 5 years. Hannah loves design, social media, copywriting and photography and uses her experience of the full digital and traditional marketing mix within in her role. Hannah plays in the Play Netball Newbury Monday league in a team that was set up of players who all signed up as individuals! Hannah loves and keeps up to date with everything that’s going on in all sports, but has always been a huge F1 fan and has attended Silverstone & Monaco.

We have over 100 hard working and dedicated Match Night Coordinators. Each of our leagues will have one designated coordinator who’s role is to make sure matches on the night run smoothly and efficiently. Our Coordinators have plenty of experience when it comes to umpiring and playing netball; they are here to help guide you back into the sport, but most importantly, they want to make sure you’re having fun!

At Play Netball we strive in providing quality umpires in all our leagues. We have over 500 committed umpires working with Play Netball, where it is their responsibility to officiate and make sure matches are played safely and fairly. All our umpires hold various qualifications with some starting their umpiring journey with us. Just like our Match Night Coordinators, our umpires are there to make sure you’re having the best time on court.