The Netball Show
S7 Ep56: Tamsin Greenway (Part 02)(29th Aug 2024)
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I've always been vocal about that. Netball needs to keep moving forward and that's what it's done this year. I don't think, I think, quieting down in terms of, yeah, of course, people have had to take a step away and go, 'Okay, what does this mean?' And I'm sure there'll be times across the season where it will come up again and it will come up because, you know, people are super passionate about their sport and I'm glad we've got that passionate fan base because otherwise we won't be here without it. I think the big push for us now is to get that buy-in for next year because we need people to watch the game, we need people to engage in that and a hope that when it all starts to come out with players and the teams and the excitement, you know, the fact that Mickey has come across and she's got a job in Super League next year is incredible and I'm really pleased that we were able to, well, it was an easy opportunity to give, why would we not want a quality coach in our team? So, yeah, I think it will keep rearing its head because it will have to but I think there's an opportunity now for us to look ahead. And maybe not just the buy-in from existing fans but new fans as well which is what it's all about? Well, I think this is kind of my point across the whole board. Our fans are incredible but we don't have enough of them so we want to retain all the amazing fans we have but we do have to keep pushing forward for a bigger audience. That is the only way we will survive and what that audience looks like, whether it is those are people in a venue or whether it's people, you know, 20,000 more people tuning on YouTube next year or whether it's engagement in social media or whether it's a buy-in to the kit or the club or whatever that looks like. I think we have to keep exploring ways of getting new fanbases because nothing stands still in this crazy world we live in and we've got to keep pushing that forward. I love the sport online you've already said you've got for the logo and actually animated it looks really good, doesn't it? Well, I think it's so funny. I mean, it's a logo. I'm quite happy for the logo, guys. I'm quite happy for something that's different. Why do you do something the same? The thing is we're not a 150-year-old football club. We're a netball club and we're looking to do things differently and why not? I think our passionate opinionated fan base is always brilliant and they crack me up on Twitter and I get it. It's great that we have opinions and do stuff but, yeah, genuinely, I'm quite happy with our logo and honestly, when the season starts, I think we'll have bigger things to worry about. It'll be all right anyway because you just get a big massive M on legs, a bit like bulk from the thunder and beside. You know what? I don't even know. I've kept out these conversations. I don't even know what our mascot is going to be. That's hilarious. Maybe it was still being rounder. Who knows? I'll claim that suggestion. But put it this way, I don't think we're going to have a giant M walking on legs. Important as well that the games that HSV, they're going to be still part of the schedule as well. So, are games at the arena still potential options as well? Yeah, so we've confirmed I think there's three games HSV, which is huge. This is what I've just said. Our existing fan base is massive to us. Our partnership with the University of Park, which is massive and over the next few weeks you'll see further announcements with bits and tie-ins and how we're trying to link and make it a really seamless transition for our pathway all the way through and for our fan base all the way through. So, that is key. That is still our home. You know, everybody is transitioning into bigger venues, but there's not many clubs that can literally just go, "Yeah, we're just going to jump into arenas all next year." So, the Wembley Games will be massive for us and that's a new fan base. You know, having, well, living in West London, I know that getting around to North London can be an absolute journey sometimes and we just think everything's so close. It's not. So, creating a fan base down in West London as well as our existing Hertfordshire, as well as our whole East Region is going to be absolutely huge for us and getting our existing pathway to buying into those games and everything else that we want to do. It's just a constant work in progress and we need to take our people on board with us and grab those new ones as they come here. Speaking of which, those appointments already that have been announced, they're not known for a snip or of Chelsea and Karen. You've obviously worked with Karen as well at Scotland. So, it's just strong appointments, isn't it, for them? Yeah, absolutely. And it's knowledgeable people that have been in the game for a long time, like don't underestimate what that means. And, you know, one of the first roles here for me was looking around about who best supports you. You can't do this job on your own. It's impossible. And that's conversations I've had with Camilla over the past 18 months. Being a head coach is a lonely job. And what you want is people that you can trust around you, that you can ask for advice for and you feel like you're not going into battle every time, just you with your head down. It's a big app. So, yeah, exactly who've been there and done it, who know exactly how it feels. And I think that was such a good appointment. I can't speak highly enough for Karen Atkinson, she's literally one of my favourite humans. And I'm so pleased that Nottingham have got her on board as well, because it's all right having the backing of a football club and doing all that, but you've got to know about netball. And so, you've got to bring in the right people to understand how to target that. And I think supporting Chelsea in her first year of coaching is a big, big must. And they've got the right person to do that. And finally, comes in a week or then at Super League again, or can we finally shake off the 2.0 tag? Oh, God, I've never got that right from the beginning. I'm going to go back to 2.0, 2.0. I've loved our launch. I've sung Claire Nelson's praises all the way along, genuinely believe she's the person to push us forward commercially. We've ridden the storm a lot, I understand there's still more to come. But I think it's been a crazy six months for everybody. For me, moving forward, we are into the new netball Super League, we're into a new era of netball. And we've got exciting times ahead. Brilliant, comes in, thanks for your time. Thanks, Andy. The netball show is now also available via SkyHD, SkyQ, and SkyGlass. So let's sport, and we're on the podcast's rail.
More from our recent chat with Tamsin Greenway looking at London Mavericks and the 2025 Netball Superleague