Frances Solia Netball Academy
Frances Solia's Netball Academy has been created to help encourage and develop the next generation of Netballers. Our region is extremely fortunate to have such a passionate and experienced mentor available to our local kids. Frances loves the game, loves giving back and represents the realisation of a dream many of our kids have.

With a distinguished playing career that included captaining the Wellington national team, the Capital Shakers, the Central Pulse and Samoa, Frances knows what it takes to be a top netballer. After retiring to start a family a just as distinguished coaching career has followed, culminating in her current appointment as head coach of the Samoan international netball team, who under her guidance went undefeated in their recent Liverpool 2019 qualifiers, earning themselves a spot in the next world cup!

With that wealth of experience both playing and coaching at the top level, there's no one better to inspire our kids.

Frances Solia credentials in a nutshell
2017 Awarded Coach of the Year - Netball Wellington Centre
2017 Finalist for Volunteer Coach of the Year - Netball New Zealand
Head Coach of the Samoan National Team – just recently qualified the team for Liverpool 2019 World Cup finishing undefeated during the qualifiers
Head Coach of Wellington Under 19s Team
Head Coach for Queen Margaret College – first time ever qualified this team for NZSS in 2017 finishing 4th at LNISS
Former Pulse Assistant Coach
Former Central Zone BEKO Assistant Coach
Former Performance Manager for Netball Central Zone
Former Head Coach Kapi Mana National Team
Former Pulse Captain
Former BoP Magic Franchise player
Former Captain Samoan National Team
Former Captain of Capital Shakers
Former Captain PIC Netball Prem 1 Team
Former Captain Wellington National Team Age Group reps from Year 9 – U21

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