NEW PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CRUSADERS
“I am a people person, so to be able to transfer my skills, knowledge and experience and support professional athletes is something I am excited about.” VIRGINIA LE BAS
VIRGINIA LE BAS HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE NEW CRUSADERS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. Former Crusaders Personal Development Manager Mark Ranby transferred to the Highlanders to be closer to family and took over from Peter Sinclair who retired at the end of 2016 after 11 years in the role.
Virginia joins the Crusaders after having a successful career with the New Zealand Police, where her most recent role was Detective Superintendent National Operations Manager of Organised Crime.
Prior to joining the police, Virginia worked as a secondary school teacher, after studying a Bachelor of Physical Education, a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine and receiving her Teaching Diploma at Otago University.
Virginia, who originates from Christchurch, is a keen sports woman with interests in road cycling, mountain biking, swimming and rowing.
The sporting enthusiast is delighted to have a new career challenge within rugby.
“To be involved in the high performance sport arena and have an influence into the community in a different way was extremely appealing. I am a people person, so to be able to transfer my skills, knowledge and experience and support professional athletes is something I am excited about,” said Virginia.
From her own career Gin, as she prefers to be called, said she believes and understands that sport is a superb foundation for life and a great place to build life-long networks and to influence other people into positive life choices.
“Sport can provide some great transferable skills but it is understanding those skills and building on them for life post rugby that is crucial for players to be successful after rugby.”