In 2022 our Club President Kelly Cameron celebrated 26 years with Shore Rovers. 
Kelly has spent 10 years as President, 21 years on Committee, 22 years as a Coach and 26 years as a Player. 

Committee member Marie Lawrence paid tribute to Kelly and here is what she said.

Some words I've heard more than once whilst prepping for this mildly terrifying speech are "incredible", "amazing", "phenomenal", "awesome" and "tireless".

So, the legend I speak of started playing for Shore Rovers Netball Club 26 years ago, in 1997. When pre-season training would have seen you angry-cry running to No Doubt’s number one, “Don’t Speak” and a post-season movie date would have seen you listening to Barbie Girl and Tubthumping on the way to watch Titanic – and coincidentally - before all of Leo’s girlfriend’s were actually born.

She was Coach of the year in 2007 and 2014; recipient of our Sandy Pipson award in 2004 and President’s award in 2011 and I’m quite sure would have received more awards had she not mostly vetoed the votes for herself.

She has held various roles including Secretary; Vice Club Captain; Coaching Coordinator, Funding and Sponsorship – and often times seems like all these things at once. As well as finding and managing many a well-meaning volunteer or several.

She has coached and served on our committee for 21 of those years and took over from Bella Panoho as Club President 10 years ago, in 2013.

Kelly has coached all levels, with many years with Mum Colleen alongside for our Junior Development teams  and working her way up to coaching Premier One in 2013. Kelly achieved her Netball NZ Level 2 coaching award and was apprentice to Helene Wilson and Yvonne Willering at National Championships in 2011 and 2012.  And alongside the tireless work for OUR beloved club, has managed and coached multiple Netball North Harbour representative teams, always placing in the top 3, and also served on the Games Committee.

But enough about the admin - as the reason why most of us started out here and are here, is our love to play the round ball game.

Kelly has been a key member of the Team Green (lovingly known as the Green machine) since 2005 fittingly shooting them to their grade win this year.

Kelly was a consistent presence in our top 4 teams from 2004 and notably played WA for team 2 in Premier 1 from 2009.

We can all be assured that Kelly has definitely walked the walk, rolls a mean circle and the "Kelly Front Step" is something I haved coach more than once.

So, after all that, "thank you" just doesn't seem enough for the tireless service and ambassadorship to our club for 25 (+1) years. So as well as saying thank you tonight let's all just be a little bit more "Kelly": turn up, put your hand up, and do the mahi for the sport we love.