Netballers and Fans:
As you must be aware by now..things are not going alright in the adminstration of the sport of netball .
Some mistakes have been made, two members of the Board have resigned, Teams have been turning up to play and are unable to do so, either because of lack of umpires or court officials, and there is general disaffection with the 2008 league season.
The senior national program has started belated and some questions are also being asked of this program with respect to planning.
Now...the question is...what are we going to do about it..
The first step towards a solution is a proposed meeting of some clubs this Monday to discuss their disatisfaction and come up with a plan in going forward...
That's a good thing...at least these members are showing ownership of their sport and the willingness to act and not talk.
The other group...The Board...what are they doing? just having meetings and not saying anything to the stake holders of the sport.
The Board of the BNA needs to understand that the many decisions which they have or have not made in the name of Barbados Netball needs to be told to the members.
Too many things are not going according to plan and somebody needs to be held accountable..you know the new catch word in Barbados since elections..accountabililty, transparency and integrity.
The Bdos Umpires Association also has some questions to answer. To date it has not called its General Meeting for 2007, and the problems which surround the fixturing of umpires have multiplied to the state where it has a really bad affect on the games at the stadium.
Come on..lets put our heads together and go forward toward ensuring that this great sport gets back on track and moves forward in some tangible way.
This type of thing happens from time to time, so lets not despair , but resolve to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
Be there on Monday.
