Meet the Board

The England Korfball Board help shape the direction of the sport and drive strategic aims and objectives. They meet regularly, and minutes for these meetings can be found online.

Sam Wells (Interim Chair)

A former England international player and manager, Sam oversees the organisations finances and accounts. A partner in a long-established firm of Chartered Accountants, Sam also sits on the Competitions Subcommittee and the Grand Finals Committee.

E: sam.wells@englandkorfball.co.uk

Ralph Appleby

Ralph joined the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme, TASS, in June 2018 as the National Lead for Practitioner Development, responsible for managing the CPD element of the TASS practitioners within the network. Since September 2022, Ralph has been responsible for the TASS delivery workforce development strategy, working with discipline leads to ensure practitioners are appropriately skilled to provide quality holistic sport science and athlete development services to the England Talent Pathway. His skills in identifying areas of development required across a network, and creating then monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is invaluable as we strive to improve our competitions structure. He is our Board Member for competitions.

E: ralph.appleby@englandkorfball.co.uk

Cathy Hughes

Cathy has spent 15 years at Sport England, most recently as Head of Equality & Diversity. In this role they were responsible for a number of key projects including the creation and management of the diversity on sports boards project which has seen a significant increase in more diverse board candidates in the sport sector. They led on the EDI changes within the new Code for Sports Governance and also the publication of the Sports Councils’ guidance on Transgender participation in domestic sport.

E: cathy.hughes@englandkorfball.co.uk

Philip Morton

Philip has a professional background in construction and has a host of experience including work with teams from across the globe. Philip has been instrumental in shaping the England Korfball Inspired programme and currently chairs the EKI National Panel. As a committee member for both Vikings Ely and the Cambridgeshire Korfball Association, Philip is keen to develop korfball as an inclusive sporting experience.

E: philip.morton@englandkorfball.co.uk

Stella Hegarty

Stella is a former international player and team manager and is currently the Chair of Trojans KC. She has over 35 years experience in business working for large global corporations with a professional background in HR and joins the board to provide HR expertise.

E: stella.hegarty@englandkorfball.co.uk