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Past Pupil of Distinction Nominee...

Noeleen Dix AM

On leaving Kilbreda, Noeleen completed a Diploma of Primary Education and held a teaching position for five years. In the years that followed, Noeleen pursued her interest in netball, excelling both on and off the court. She represented Victoria at National Netball Championships and in 1981, she made her debut for Australia playing in the Netball tri-series against England and New Zealand.

From 1995 to 2006, Noeleen held numerous senior management and executive roles at both state and national levels.

In 2006, Noeleen was appointed as President of Netball Australia, a role she held for ten years. She was instrumental in establishing the ANZ Championship and was part of the bid team that secured the 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney. Noeleen was also Australia’s International Delegate to the International Netball Federation (INF) Board at three International Congress Meetings and Honorary Secretary of the Asian Netball Region. She contributed to Australia achieving the position of No.1 in the world winning Netball World Cups – 2007, 2011 and

2015 and winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2014.

Noeleen has been recognised for her incredible career in netball as a player, coach and administrator and has received a number of awards including: The Confederation of Australian Sport Sport Administrator of the Year award, the Australian Institute of Sport Sport Performance - Service to Sport award, Netball Victoria’s Hall of Fame award, Netball Australia’s Service award and in 2016, Noeleen was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

Noelene’s passion and contribution to netball at local, state and national levels has benefitted and encouraged thousands of girls and women over a number of years to play and enjoy netball. Her service in this sport was recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List when she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

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