Wharton Consulting

17/10/2025

This is great from England Netball. We surveyed the playing membership as part of our competition review on EN's behalf in 2020, and one of the big rocks within the feedback was a desire for modern, accessible and tech-enabled solution information and communications systems to facilitate and broaden local competition opportunities. Systems of this nature always take time to develop - but now, here we are ...

A new approach for grassroots support. Something for everyone, shared in a way to suit your needs.England Netball is proud to announce the launch of The Huddle, created to support and celebrate the incredible work happening across grassroots clubs and leagues every day. The 2024-25 membership season...

28/09/2025

Great to see the PWR given credit as one of the foundation stones of England's World Cup win. When we delivered the consultancy project in 2015 that gave birth to the league, one of the things we heard was the players' desire to train and play every week at a level that supported international performance. It's been a long burn, but yesterday showed how that wish has been fulfilled ...

England were not always world-beaters. But two big bets on their future and the women's game turned around their fortunes.

20/08/2025

Fascinating day at Prem Rugby's Performance Summit - delighted to present data emerging from our annual audit of the Academies, alongside DCU's Jamie Taylor and the RFU's Kate Burke, and to hear some great discussion across the men's international and professional game.

07/07/2025

A CPD day with the Mags ... thanks a million to Gary Douglas for his warm welcome, excellent hospitality and for sharing his expertise.

03/12/2024

We're delighted to be working with Paralympics Ireland to support the development of their new strategy for the next ten years, and to help them answer the question: "so what?"

As the year of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games nears its close, focus now turns to the future. As Paralympics Ireland prepares to unveil a new strategy in 2025, one question is driving the conversation: so what? What impact can the Paralympic movement have beyond the Games? How can the platform of P...

23/10/2024

Great to see the Netball Super League today launching one of the principal recommendations from our competition review back in 2020, the NXT Gen League to bridge the gap in the pathway between age-grade and senior netball ...

https://www.netballsl.com/2024/10/23/introducing-the-nxt-gen-league/

11/07/2024

Delighted to see the implementation of recommendations from our independent review of EN's pathway competitions, aligned to the new NSL era ...

As part of the update regarding the relaunch of the Netball Super League (NSL), a new underpinning league was announced, designed to deliver extended

10/10/2023

Thrilled to have helped lay the ground for this through our 2021 review into the professionalisation of the NSL, consulting with clubs, players and other partners before feeding into a long-term roadmap for the development of the domestic game.

The plan to take the domestic game in the UK to new heights has been initiated with the activation of an open tender process for interested parties to participa

20/08/2023

One of our most effective reviews and recommendations: "The summer of 2018 saw huge change for the WSL, transitioning to full-time professional status ... with a requirement to offer a minimum of 16 contact hours per week for players and an academy."
Women's World Cup final: How England became good at women’s football -

More than 50 years after a ban on women's football was lifted, England are in to the World Cup final - but how did we get here?

13/03/2023

Great to spend the day with the ECB and the eight women's and girls' regions, reflecting on lessons learned from the winter and planning for the future ...