Gillian Rodgers – Coach and Chairman
Gillian retired as Director of Sport at Tormead last year. Having been a big part of Wey Valley in the past, she was excited to return to the sport and club she loves and to bring her extensive coaching experience to the girls. Seeing every single girl develop and make progress is the biggest reward to sharing the love of our ‘beautiful game’. Whether it is physical, tactical or mental skills, Gillian is passionate about developing a range of training and playing skills that transition so well into life in general.
Jenny Shaw – Club Secretary
Jenny has always been a netball lover since school and university days though hasn’t played since initiating a parents’ team at her daughter Katie’s primary school! In 2006, when Katie was a member of Wey Valley, Jenny responded to a plea from Jayne for help running the club and has never looked back! As well as coaching the younger girls Jenny also manages the club admin as secretary and membership secretary and generally keeps us all on track!
She enjoys seeing the girls loving their netball and developing their skills and understanding of the game as they progress through the club.
Jayne Booth – Level 2 Coach and Treasurer
What is important to Jayne as a coach is to be player-centric. Her aim is to enable each player to understand their role in the team and maximise their performance. To do this, she aims to help players to acquire a range of physical skills and an appreciation of how and when to use them. She also emphasises mental skills including decision-making, resilience, tactical awareness and team work.
Being a good netball player is as much about their mental attitude as their physical aptitude and this is Jayne has tried to develop over her many years of coaching.
Rachel Byrne – Coach
Robyn Hendry – Level 1 Coach
Robyn is a Wey Valley Alumna and has returned to the club to coach our Satellite girls. She is a very experienced player, performing at Regional level for her club.
Kerry Twigg – Coach
Kerry is a very experienced player and has amazing enthusiasm for the game and will be continuing her coaching journey with us. As a coach she aims to develop individual skills and wants to create a dynamic team approach to the game. She encourages positivity and celebrates players progress both individually and as a team.
Millie Cox – Level 1 Coach
Millie is an alumna of the Club and has just completed her time at Durham University where she played first team netball in BUCS. She is also part of Ireland’s senior squad and won the European Netball Challenge Cup with the squad in 2022. An amazing shooter (GS / GA) and attacking player, Millie will be helping us with training, fitness and shooting. Millie will be studying Law in London this year and playing Regional netball for The Downs.
Kaitlin Lawrence – Coach
Like Millie, Kaitlin is an alumna. She has just finished her degree at Exeter University and will be studying at the University of Law in Guildford. Kaitlin is a strong attacker, playing GA/GS and also WA. She has represented University of Exeter 1st team, played for Exeter Netball Club in England Netball Premier League 3, and also represented Team Bath U21 NPL. Since 2020 she has been part of the Scotland U21 and A squad. While in Guildford she will be playing Prem netball for The Downs. Like Millie, Kaitlin will be helping us with training, fitness and shooting.
Megan Cowx – Umpire and Assistant Coach
Megan is a local school P.E. teacher and netball coach/umpire. She has enjoyed building her own netball playing experience while expanding her coaching role with great success.
Kate O’Rourke – Umpire
Caroline Saunders – Safeguarding Officer
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