Murphy's law will no longer impact as heavily on Wanganui netball from the end of this year.
Netball Wanganui game development officer Lisa Murphy plans to step down from the job after 12 years to pursue other adventures, although she will remain involved in the sport.
In 2003 Murphy began
getting paid for doing what she enjoyed. The tall Western and Wanganui representative, and Marist A1 shooting star, was Wanganui's first player and game development officer, a situation made possible by funding organised by the hardworking then Netball Wanganui president Shaaron Benefield with the sole aim of making Wanganui netball strong again.
Murphy achieved that aim and more. Netball has been her passion at all levels including school, club and representative. That passion has been infectious, so hardly surprising her daughters Ashlee and Sammy are rising stars of the game.
The siblings inherited their mother's lanky frame and were major influences who helped the Lisa Murphy-coached Wanganui High School side to win back-to-back Wanganui Premier 1 titles over the past two years. Like their mum, the Murphy girls were accurate shooters.
