Ownership Change Confirmed for Sunshine Coast Lightning Netball Club

Ownership change confirmed for Sunshine Coast Lightning netball club

Almost a decade after being co-founded by the Melbourne Storm and University of the Sunshine Coast, Super Netball's Lightning is entering a new era.

Ex-Tigers’ bosses in big Netball takeover as Storm cut ties in major move

Former Tigers’ chairman Lee Hagipantelis and CEO Justin Pascoe’s Global Sports’ Management Company has bought the Sunshine Coast Lightning from the Storm Group.

Former Wests Tigers bigwigs buy netball franchise

Justin Pascoe and Lee Hagipantelis have accelerated their sports ownership portfolio, purchasing the Sunshine Coast Lightning off the Melbourne Storm.

SUNSHINE COAST LIGHTNING ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP

Sunshine Coast Lightning has announced a change in ownership with Global Sports Management who will become the new licence holder beginning 1st October 2025. Established as a start-up team in partnership with the University of Sunshine Coast in 2016, Lightning has become one of the most successfu