Waratah Service Award for Keelan

Netball NSW is proud to announce current that former NSW Swifts Assistant Coach and current ERNA Hawks Opens Premier League Coach Anita Keelan as this year’s recipient of The Netball NSW Waratah Service Award.

Announced at the Netball NSW AGM on Saturday 18 March, the Waratah Service Award is a prestigious honour, and bestowed to an individual who displays distinguished service to Netball NSW in the capacity of an organisational or operational volunteer for at least 10 years.

Anita is highly regarded in the broader netball community and has always contributed heavily through her own Club and the Eastwood Ryde Netball Association through coaching, mentoring, supporting players to gain their umpiring accreditation and encouraging representative players to take on coaching positions.

In 2007 Anita was awarded The Margaret Corbett OAM Coaches Award which rewards and acknowledges coaches that have demonstrated excellence in coaching.

Anita also played a strong role in the formation of the QBE NSW Swifts Academy and was Assistant Coach to the Swifts when they won the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title, and was also part of the Swifts sides that competed in two Grand Finals in 2015 and 2016.

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Anita has also served on the Coaching Advisory Committee and other various selections panels since the late 1990's.