“The programme is in a superb place, we’ve a implausible pipeline of proficient world-class gamers, the foundations are robust and the ambition round Ymladd 2030 is genuinely thrilling,” stated Handyside, who has not revealed her personal future plans.
Wales Netball introduced in January that the top coach of Cardiff-based Netball Tremendous League facet LexisNexis Dragons, Reinga Bloxham, will tackle the function of Wales’ director of netball on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games.
Following the announcement of Handyside’s impending departure, they are going to start recruitment for the place of head coach in August, after the conclusion of the Glasgow Video games.
The teaching group to information the Welsh Feathers by means of the World Cup qualifying marketing campaign will, they stated, “be introduced sooner or later”.
Wales Netball chief govt officer Sarah Boswell paid tribute to Handyside’s influence throughout her 4 years with Wales.
“Emily has made an impressive contribution to Wales Netball and the Welsh Feathers,” stated Boswell.
“She leaves the programme in a stronger place than she discovered it, and every little thing she has constructed is the platform from which our subsequent chapter begins.
“Ymladd 2030 is about taking netball in Wales to the very prime and our subsequent head coach will inherit one thing really particular.”