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 whilst 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.

Lydia joined Play Netball in 2024, and helps to organise the running of all Play Netball leagues across the UK, liaising with new and current players, venues, coordinators and umpires, making sure everyone is happy. Lydia has been playing competitive netball since the age of 8, ranging from school, club, county and with university BUCS teams and currently plays for Cobham Netball Club.

Alison joined Play Netball in 2021 after previously working for a newspaper publishing group. She now leads our marketing strategy, overseeing all social media channels, brand partnerships, and key public events, whilst also identifying and driving new growth opportunities for the business. Outside of work, she plays netball for Ravens Netball Club in the Southampton district league.

Hannah is a creative and data-driven professional with over 7 years of experience across digital and traditional marketing channels. Hannah brings valuable experience in performance tracking and reporting, website design and content creation, ensuring all social media platforms, website and customer communications resonate effectively with audiences.

Laura joined Play Sports Leagues in 2024 as a Sport Development Officer, after graduating with a degree in Sports Performance and working as a hockey and schools sport coach. Laura organises a variety of new sports leagues throughout the UK, liaising with new venues, players and officials. Outside of work she enjoys playing hockey on a weekly basis and supports her local rugby team.

After graduating University with a degree in Law, Katie joined Play Sports Leagues in 2024 as a Sport Development Officer, with the responsibility of overseeing our national training-session programme. As a national champion rugby league player, scholar-athlete, and competitive Muay Thai and MMA fighter, Katie is passionate about equity and community development and has even founded her own women’s Rugby league for women and girls alongside her role as a Sports Development Officer. 

Sienna joined Play Sports in early 2025 after completing a Master’s in Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security. Returning to her passion for sport, she delivers after-school netball clubs for both girls and boys from KS1 through to KS4. Alongside her role, she runs a girls’ Futsal coaching business and competes in the National Futsal Series. With a strong passion for sport, Sienna brings energy, enthusiasm, and a commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible for all. 

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.