Netball NZ backs Mowbray-Williams bid for new private domestic league in 2027
Netball NZ has signed a non-binding term sheet with entrepreneurs Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams to establish a private five-team domestic league next year.
Netball New Zealand has committed to a minimum five-team private domestic competition for 2027 after signing a non-binding term sheet with entrepreneur Anna Mowbray and her husband, former All Black Ali Williams. The decision comes after months of uncertainty over the future of the elite domestic league. The couple will determine the format, teams, and dates for the new competition.
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Netball NZ backs power couple’s plan for new elite domestic league
After months of uncertainty over the future of the elite domestic league, the national body has landed on a preferred option to keep the competition afloat in 2027.
1News
Netball NZ selects Mowbray-Williams bid for new domestic league
It's understood Netball NZ board reached the decision at a meeting last week, and the organisation is nowfinalising details with the high-profile couple.
Otago Daily Times
Netball NZ backing Mowbray-Williams bid for domestic league
NZ Herald
ANZ Premiership: Netball NZ confirms minimum five-team private domestic league for 2027
Auckland FC investors Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams determine format, team and dates.
1News
Anna Mowbray wants to make NZ 'the undisputed home of world netball'
Netball New Zealand confirmed it had signed a "non-binding term sheet" with the entrepreneur and her husband, former All Black Ali Williams.
Newstalk ZB
ANZ Premiership: Netball NZ confirms minimum five-team private domestic league for 2027
Netball New Zealand has committed to a minimum five-team private domestic competition for next year, after confirming it signed a non-binding term sheet with rich-listers Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams.
Stuff
Netball moves to private franchise league in shake-up to domestic game
Netball NZ signs term sheet with Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray after $3.7m loss and mass player exit.
Newstalk ZB
ANZ Premiership future: Michaela Sokolich-Beatson in tears after Netball NZ confirm private league
Northern Mystics captain Michaela Sokolich-Beatson broke down in tears at the announcement New Zealand will have a professional domestic netball competition next year.
Otago Daily Times
NNZ hands league ownership over to private investors
Newstalk ZB
Marg Foster: Former Silver Fern on the confirmation of a privatised domestic netball competition
New Zealand's netball ecosystem is breathing a sigh of relief after confirmation of a privatised domestic league for next season and beyond.
Newstalk ZB
Marg Foster: Former Silver Fern on the confirmation of a privatised domestic netball competition
New Zealand's netball ecosystem is breathing a sigh of relief after confirmation of a privatised domestic league for next season and beyond.
Stuff
Why Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams came to the rescue of netball in New Zealand
What began as an offhand conversation soon put the high-profile couple at the centre of one of the biggest shake-ups in New Zealand netball's history.