2025 brings an opportunity for Mulwala netball to escape purgatory

No better phrase sums up Mulwala’s current standing in the Murray Netball League, its A-grade contingent having managed to finish seventh with a dead even win-loss record in 2024.

It was a concrete seventh; the Lions were three games adrift of finals and sixth-placed Nathalia, yet four wins clear of their next closest rival below in Congupna.

With that in mind, you would imagine it will take significant reform - for better or worse - to see some mobility as far as Mulwala’s position on the table is concerned.

Steph Hammond, having co-coached alongside Narelle Donovan last year and won the A-grade club best and fairest in the process, takes the reins solo to try and bridge the gap.

Having gotten used to being there and thereabouts, the Lions will need to hit the ground running after missing out on September for the first time since before the pandemic.