Netball WA is again proud to partner with the Insurance Commission to promote its Belt up road safety campaign by distributing nearly 6,000 Belt up-branded netballs to senior community netball teams across the State.
The campaign encourages seat belt use to reduce the severity of injury in a car accident. In 2019, 95 people who were not wearing a seat belt were killed or seriously injured on WA roads.
The Insurance Commissions-funded Belt up netballs have been delivered to the Gold Netball Centre and will now be distributed to nearly 1,200 teams in regional and metropolitan areas, whilst the Belt up messaging will also feature on a bespoke netball to be used at the NAIDOC Carnival.
This is the seventh year that Netball WA has teamed up with the Insurance Commission to deliver the Belt up message to more than 240,000 netballers throughout WA. As one of the largest participation sports in WA, netball provides a strong platform to communicate the importance of belting up in the car.
The Insurance Commission has funded over 36,000 Belt up netballs to be provided to community players throughout the state over the past seven years. This initiative saves local clubs from having to purchase the balls themselves for training and matchday events.
Netball WA Chief Executive Officer Simon Taylor thanked the Insurance Commission for its long-running support of grassroots netball.
“2020 has thrown us some curve balls, but we are delighted to see competition commencing for all our players and coaches,” Taylor said.
“While everyone has started to get out and drive more, these Belt up balls will be a reminder to our netball community across our state to stay safe on our roads.”
“Our purpose is advancing netball, advancing communities, and we’re proud to continue to raise awareness of such an important campaign.”
Commission Secretary Kane Blackman said: The Insurance Commission is pleased to place the Belt up message literally in the hands of thousands of netball players throughout the State. We’d rather people remain safe on the roads by belting up than be injured in a crash and have to deal with us.”
For more information on the Belt up campaign, please visit: Insurance Commission of Western Australia.
