Brian McFarlane comes with a wealth of knowledge after starting his career coaching in 1985 at Catholic Courts with the Ellerslie Eagles. He then went on to coach at numerous other clubs including Eden Netball Club, Panmure Netball Club, Glenora Netball Club and then of course we snatched him up.

Brian has attended various update clinics and currently participates with Netball Waitakere as a Talent Development Program (TDP) Coordinator (2010, 2011, 2012) where they have just successfully completed a summer program.  He now has his sights set on gearing up for the REPS as a committee member. Brian comes to us with qualifications and certificates and is a most valued part of the Bears team.

In 2012 Brian coached Representative Netball Year 8 Team 2 and won 3 out of 5 tournaments and made semis in the other two. In 2013 Brian coached Representative Netball Year 8 Team 2 and won 2 out of 4 tournaments. In 2014 Brian coached Representative Netball Year 9 Team 2 and won 3 out of five tournaments.  In 2015 Brian coached (Glen Brown Assistant Coach) Year 9 Team 1 and went to the Under 15 National North Island Tournament in Taranaki (first time NW entered Y9 into U15) and came Fourth in this tournament with two players been named in the Tournament team.  In 2016 Brian will again be coaching the Netball Waitakere Y9 Team 1 Representative team as well as his usual club teams.

If you wish to contact Brian, you can do so on:

Ph (09) 416 8284

Mob (027) 240 62 64

Email: [email protected]