Wendy White

Playing career Wales White represented Wales at the 1963 World Netball Championships. She earned all seven of her international caps at this tournament. Playing at Wing Defence, she made her senior debut on 5 August 1963. During the tournament she played against Scotland, Australia, the West Indies, South Africa, Jamaica, New Zealand and Northern Ireland.

Coaching career Wales Between 1968 and 1980, White served as Wales head coach, including at the 1971, 1975 and 1979 World Netball Championships. As well as coaching the senior national team, she also coached the under-21 team (1969–1971, 1980–1987) and the schoolgirls team (1969–1971). Even after stepping down as a coach she continued to serve as a selector for various Wales teams.

Administrator Between 1987 and 1991, White worked for the All Australia Netball Association and the Queensland Netball Association. On her return home in 1991, she became the first Technical Director for Wales Netball. In this role, she developed the first coaching and umpiring awards schemes for Wales. She subsequently served Wales Netball in various roles including President, Vice-President, Honorary Chair, General Secretary, Umpiring Secretary and Coaching Secretary. In 2000, when Wales hosted the World Youth Netball Championships, she was an influential member of the organising committee. Between 1997 and 1999, she served as an Executive Committee member of the International Federation of Netball Associations. She represented Wales at the members council in 1983 and at congress in 2003, 2009 and 2011 and was also involved with the Federation of European Netball Associations. She also served as a member of the Sports Council for Wales. She was serving as President of Wales Netball when she died in August 2016. As well as serving as an administrator at national and international level, she was involved on a more local level. She was Honorary Secretary for the Glamorgan and South Wales Netball Associations. She was also a founder member, Secretary and Coach of the Barrians Netball Club, Chair of the Dinas Netball Club and President of the Cardiff & District Netball Association.

Umpire and author White also served an international umpire and published two education books on umpiring. She co-wrote Netball Umpires in Control (1992) with Shirley Winton. She also published Play by the Rules (1994). Since then the series has featured Samoa and South Africa. In 2022, the series saw Wales host Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland.

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame In June 2019, White was posthumously inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. She was the second netball player to be inducted.

Honours Individual Awards