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An international governing body was formed to oversee the sport globally, now called the International Netball Federation (INF). [46] At the INF Congress 2013 in Glasgow, the INF announced that the Rules of Netball would be freely available online for individual use to assist the growth and development of the sport. [1]
Netball Australia was founded on 26/27 August 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association during an interstate women's basketball carnival. Its founding members included the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (New South Wales), the Australian Ladies Basket Ball Association (), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (South Australia), the Melbourne Girls ...
In Australia 80% of all netball played is played at netball clubs. [4] The number of Netball Clubs around Australia has been in decline since the 1940s. [ 15 ] Between 1985 and 2003, only two Western Australian towns decreased the distance that Netball players had to travel in order to compete; these towns were Brookton and Pingelly . [ 16 ]
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own.
[1] [2] In the 2024 series, Australia won the series 4-0. [3] Australia has competed in every edition of the men's competition in the Fast5 Netball World Series. They lost the 2022 and 2023 finals to New Zealand, by scorelines of 25-29 and 34-51 respectively. Australia won their first Fast5 World Series title in 2024, defeating New Zealand 32 ...
[14] 2020 trials were held for the England men's and mixed national netball squad that were to compete at the now postponed inaugural men's and mixed netball World Cup in Perth Australia. Knights men's netball team was established in 2018 and has seen them grow to three teams. [15]
A pay deal signed by Netball Australia and players in their domestic league marks a "historic day", says former Diamonds captain Kathryn Harby-Williams.
The Netball World Cup was previously called the "World Netball Championships" from 1963–2011. Canada's best result in the world championships came in 1991 when they came 6th. [3] Canada's first netball win at the Commonwealth Games was in the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games when they beat Sri Lanka 52–49. [4]