Netball player in battle over protection order against ex
A young netball player is struggling to continue her sport after a local netball centre refused to implement a safety plan following a permanent protection order against her ex-partner, who works as an umpire at the same facility. The centre maintains it will comply with the court order but refuses to interfere further.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between legal protection orders and the practical implementation of safety measures in community sports organizations.
A young netballer has struggled in her sport after she was granted a protection order against her ex, an umpire, but got no support from the local netball centre.
Sarah has dreamed of being a Silver Fern since she was 5 years old.
But whereas netball used to be her “happy place”, now she says it’s overshadowed by what feels like a lack of support from her netball centre.
Sarah* successfully applied for a permanent protection order from the Family Court this year, after a bad breakup with a young man whom the court found had difficulty taking no for an answer.
A Family Court judge , deciding whether to impose the order, found that the young man had engaged in acts of family violence against her, including through coercive control.
But the young man works as an umpire for the same netball centre where she plays.
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