About Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel

 

At the completion of the National Bank Cup in 2007, Southland and Otago joined forces to make a bid for one of the five New Zealand teams in the ANZ Championship in 2008. The Southern Sting and Otago Rebels franchises were merged to create the Southern Steel.


 

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has a 60%/40% ownership by Netball Southland and Netball Otago respectively. The board is made up of Netball Southland board members, Netball Otago board members and independents.

 

The Board:

Janet Copeland

(Chairperson)
Janet Copeland is the Principal of Janet Copeland Law based in Invercargill. Specialising in Employment Law and Human Resources since 1994, Janet has had considerable experience working with a diverse range of employers throughout New Zealand in both the public and private sectors and has also presented to various industry groups in New Zealand. Janet has been a Director and Chair for Southern TeamCo Ltd since February 2005 as well as having held Board roles with Southland Hockey Inc, New Zealand Hockey Federation, Telford Rural Polytechnic and the Southern Institute of Technology.

 

Doreen Evans

After four years overseas and 10 years living in Dunedin, Doreen returned home to Invercargill with her son in 2004. In addition to her position on the Southern TeamCo board (appointed in 2005) she also sits on the board of D.A.R.E Southland Incorporated. She is a commercial partner at Preston Russell Law in Invercargill.

 

Alan Preston

 

Adrienne Ensor

 

Peter Heenan

 

Ross Smith