Taranaki tyre fitter is also one of a growing number of male netball umpires STEPHANIE MITCHELLANDY JACKSON/STUFF Tyler Goldsworthy, 20, got into refereeing because his whole family is involved in netball. By day Tyler Goldsworthy works in the male-dominated occupation of tyre fitting; by night he's an umpire for a women-only netball league. The International Netball Federation recently rejected the concept of a professional men's netball league but Goldsworthy can still participate from the sidelines. Becoming an accredited umpire involved being assessed and sitting theory tests. When Goldsworthy started his training it was all women apart from him and one other guy.

Source: Stuff February 07, 2019 02:45 UTC