Gilly has made a huge impact on netball in both the South West and Nationally, not only representing England as a player, but also having been President of Netball South West as well as a Board Director, Head Coach at Hucclecote NC since 1988 and was a Regional Head Scout since 1999. After this Gilly stepped up to become an England National Selector initially at U.17, then U.19 levels and finally took on a National Selectors position working with England’s Elite ‘Roses’. This culminated in Gilly being awarded an Honorary Life Membership by England Netball which was presented to her in February 2018. Gilly was thrilled to bits on hearing this.

Gilly has subsequently trained to be an England Netball Walking Netball Host and now runs three different groups across Gloucestershire. Gilly is loving giving back to an older age group who never thought they would play this amazing team sport at this stage in life and is thrilled to see the enjoyment and friendship being made in this environment.