The NSW Swifts would like to congratulate co-captain Paige Hadley who received the Marilyn Melhuish Medal at the Netball NSW State Dinner on Saturday night.
The Medal is awarded to NSW’s best Suncorp Super Netball player in each season and is awarded to one player from the Swifts and one from the Giants.
In 2024 Hadley shared the honour with Australian Diamonds teammate Jamie-Lee Price who was the Giants recipient.
Marilyn Melhuish OAM has made a significant and lasting contribution to netball at District, State, National and International level for over fifty years.
She has been a long serving volunteer and has credentials in the technical areas of umpiring, coaching and administration.
Hailing from St George District Netball Association Melhuish was a NSW State Team Manager and also Australian Team Manager from 1985-1996; being awarded the All Australia service award in 1997 and Medal of the Order of Australia in 1992 for services to netball.
She brought her extensive knowledge and experience to the role of Netball NSW President between 1997-2003, while sitting on the National Affairs Committee, and as Convenor, Netball NSW Appointments Panel.
From 1999-2004, Melhuish was also a Director, All Australia Netball Association.
To acknowledge her contribution to Netball NSW, Melhuish was made Life Member in 2004, with the governing body’s National Netball League Player of the Year Award being named in her honour.
Melhuish held the position of President, All Australia Netball Association from 2004-2006, and was the All Australia Delegate to Asian Netball Federation during this period.
Over the past decade, Melhuish has continued to be a proud advocate of netball across all facets of the game, providing support and mentoring where needed.
She was inducted into the Netball NSW Hall of Fame in 2014.
