Mel Bignell joined Tanunda Netball Club as a pre-teen in the early 1990s, so it’s understandable that everyone knows her and stops by to say hello on a sunny winter’s Saturday at Tanunda Rec Park.
But there’s something electric about the atmosphere courtside today, and if the signage and balloons didn’t give it away, the fact Mel is pausing during warm-up drills for hugs and photographs a...