Action Central — Local services in Puketāpapa

I have played netball at AC for many years, for the most part I’ve loved the game, the refs and the management. Sadly, I will no longer be playing there.

There are now multiple refs who don’t care if aggressive players are physically intimidating and deliberately injuring their opponents. Even after it’s pointed out and continues. We have a few teams in our division who clearly play dirty and just get away with it.

I’ve had a female player constantly jam elbows into ribs (even when the ball isn’t around) clearly getting a kick out of doing it. Upon informing the ref I was told to “push back”. I made it clear I wasn’t comfortable playing like that and got waived away and ignored.

In multiples games we’ve had men play so aggressively against woman that after a couple of quarters they become too intimidated to go for the ball for fear of getting hurt. The refs just watch the obviously aggressive play and seem totally fine with it.

Netball is not a contact sport. I don’t trust the refs nor the management at AC to keep the game clean and safe. It’s super disappointing that this has...

We had an experience of very rude behaviours to our team mates . Not everyone is like that there but one guy who has made racist comments on our players few times and was really behaved bad . Over phone also reception staff said “ stop non sense and come and play “ without understanding that it was their mistake on a game fixture they forgot to email to any of us . They never made action on these incidents and never gave a game next season . Said waiting for one other team to confirm etc . We have waited 3 to 4 months...

Absolutely dismal experience at the action sports. Staff (Dave) were rude, racist and unhelpful, showing no interest in customer satisfaction. The receptionist seemed indifferent and unhelpful, making it a challenge to navigate the facilities. Moreover, the lack of enthusiasm and professionalism from the staff detracted from the overall experience. Management should consider investing more in staff training and customer service to ensure a welcoming atmosphere for...