Officiating Development

Each World Netball Region has an Officiating Coordinator (OC), who supports World Netball’s International Officiating Manager (IOM) to lead International Officiating. The World Netball OC work closely with the World Netball Members and Regions to facilitate the pathway to International Officiating.

Responsibilities of the World Netball OC:

a) Disseminate good practice in World Netball processes and encourage World Netball Member Associations to implement that practice

b) Co-ordinate verification for officials recommended as International Testing Panel (ITP) and ITP Cadet and International Talent Identified Umpire (ITID) by Member Associations and/or Regional Associations in line with World Netball guidelines

c) Oversee the progression of International Match Officials (Umpires) and Umpire Assessors in line with World Netball guidelines

d) Select ITP and ITP Cadet as Umpires Appointment Panel (UAP) for International matches in line with World Netball guidelines as part of the OC Forum (OCF).

e) Develop relationships with World Netball Member Association named officiating lead in order to assist the progression process and avoid conflict between international and domestic competition and support adherence to international processes.

f) Contribute to netWorld (World Netball on-line database) with pertinent data

The World Netball OC are:

Africa: Roseline Wolmarans-Daniels

Americas: Vaneisha Cadogan

Asia: Helen George

Europe: Alan Anderson

Oceania: Joshua Bowring 

World Netball National Associations and Regional Federations play a large part in supporting the development of umpires throughout their career.

At international level the Umpire Appointments Panel (UAP) are allocated to international matches to provide coaching support and feedback to the umpires helping to identify areas for improvement.

There is no substitute for experience, particularly in match situations. World Netball seeks to expose up-and-coming umpires, known as International Talent Identified (ITID) Umpires, to matches at an international level.

World Netball have an INUA Testing Panel (ITP) which is in place, for the testing of umpires for the International Netball Umpire Award (INUA) and the coaching of elite umpires. ITP Cadet, with the support of the ITP, will also be involved in identifying and training elite umpires and this role provides a succession process and pool of candidates for future ITP members.

The World Netball ITP/ITP Cadets are: