About Us

LIVE YOUR
PASSION AND PLAY NETBALL WITH MELBOURNE SOCIAL NETBALL

Get Unplugged!

Make new friends, socially network, have fun while playing (exercise in disguise) and be a part of the most safely run Social Netball Competitions in Melbourne. Dedicated to facilitating netball fans passion for playing and umpiring in netball games across Melbourne, here you can create and sign up a team, join a team as an individual or become an umpire. It’s a fantastic idea for any off-sight activity for businesses that want to strengthen the working relationships in the workforce. Leaders in Melbourne Social Netball and Netball Umpire Training, we offer a variety of netball venues and options to suit all players:

We scout out our venues to make sure they're accessible, safe and fun to play at!

We offer a variety of netball venues and options to suit all players

Social Netball games are played from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday night, weekly

In October 2023 we held another successful charity netball tournament. With a great turnout, we raised $4764.48 for the Black Dog Institute.

WE LOVE NETBALL!

Netball has changed a lot over the years. With increased speed, athleticism, the ever-growing popularity of mixed netball teams and an overall rise in player skills, playing Netball has become an intensified physical contest.

At the same time, netball is a social game and half the fun is meeting like-minded people. Our community of netball enthusiasts are welcoming, nurturing and open minded. All player levels and ages (18 and up) are encouraged to join.

If you would like to join, the balls in your court.

The Team

Rebecca (Bek) Grouios

Bek is one of the two ladies working frantically behind the scenes to make Melbourne Social Netball run seamlessly.
Bek started umpiring in 2013 at Flagstaff Gardens and Ascot Vale. In 2014, while pregnant with her eldest daughter, Bek was asked to join the MSN support team. Ten years on, she is now a co-owner and dedicated to building Melbourne Social Netball to be more successful than ever.
Whilst by night Bek is a netball enthusiast, by day Bek is a busy lawyer, specialising in Family Law. Bek has been a lawyer for over a decade and regularly travels the East Coast of Australia working in the family law space, advocating predominantly for women who have experienced domestic violence. But her most important role is being a mum to her 3 beautiful children.

Tina Blythman

Tina started playing netball in South Yarra with MSN after arriving in Melbourne in 2007 from Sydney. After several seasons of persistent requests, Tina joined the umpire team in 2010. In 2013 this progressed to helping the MSN Administration team and quickly became Operations Manager. Tina is now the co-owner of Melbourne Social Netball and plays a huge role behind the scenes in growing the organisation.
Professionally, Tina has been in Human Resources in Learning and Organisational Development roles for over 20 years: specialising in Leadership, Talent and Wellbeing. Netball has been a strong influence and key spot since being a teenager. In addition to her love of Learning, and of Netball, she is also a practicing Yoga Teacher and most importantly, Mum to Max and Charlie!

Bek and Tina’s Vision 

To bring together like-minded passionate people to engage in social sports.    

Connecting people to have fun and be healthy no matter gender or playing ability.   

We love Netball! We want to provide a healthy way for you to meet new people!