Netball Australia

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Netball Australia
Netball Australia.svg
SportNetball
JurisdictionFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
AbbreviationNA
Founded 1927
Affiliation World Netball
Location191 Johnston Street
Fitzroy
Melbourne, Victoria [1]
Chairperson Liz Ellis
CEO Stacey West
Official website
netball.com.au

Netball Australia is the main governing body for netball in Australia. It is affiliated to World Netball. It is responsible for organising and administering the Australia national netball team, Suncorp Super Netball, Australian National Netball Championships, and the Australian Netball Championships. It previously organised and administered the ANZ Championship, the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league and the Esso/Mobil Superleague.

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Netball Australia was originally founded in 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association. In 1970, after "women's basket ball" became known as netball, the organisation changed its name to the All Australia Netball Association. It adopted its current name in 1993.

History

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 (Queensland), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (South Australia), the Melbourne Girls Basket Ball Association (Victoria) and the Basket Ball Association of Perth (Western Australia). Tasmania began competing in national tournaments in 1933. The Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory joined in 1975 and 1977 respectively. In 1970, after "women's basket ball" became known as netball, the organisation changed its name to the All Australia Netball Association. It adopted its current name in 1993. [2] [3] [4]

Amid a funding crisis where Netball Australia lost A$7 million over two COVID-impacted years, [5] in 2022 the organisation announced that it had secured Hancock Prospecting as high performance program partner from 2022 to 2025, with an investment of A$15 million over four years. Netball Australia announced that Hancock would invest directly in the Diamonds’ athletes and coaches, and provide funding support for training camps and competitions. [6] The Diamonds team was photographed in uniform bearing the Hancock Prospecting logo. It was later revealed that some players did not support Hancock Prospecting as a sponsor due to historical comments made by the company's founder, Lang Hancock on indigenous issues and the company's record on environmental issues. [7] [8] [9] The controversy led to the resignation of Netball Australia Chair, Marina Go, citing personal reasons; [5] [8] and the Diamonds refused to wear the sports uniform with Hancock Prospecting logo. [9] Within a month of announcing the sponsorship deal, Hancock Prospecting withdrew their offer, saying it did not wish to add to netball's “disunity problems”. [10] Hancock offered Netball Australia short-term funding until such time as a more permanent arrangement could be secured. [11] [12]

Competitions

Current

YearsCompetition
2017–         Suncorp Super Netball
1928–         Australian National Netball Championships
2008- Australian Netball Championships

Former

YearsCompetition
2008–2016 ANZ Championship [13] [14] [15]
1997–2007 Commonwealth Bank Trophy [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
1985–1996 Esso/Mobil Superleague [22] [23] [24]

Australian Netball Awards

Netball Australia hosts the annual the Australian Netball Awards. Current and recent awards include:

Former awards include:

Sources: [27]

Member organisations

Source: [1] [28]

Board

Presidents

29 August 2010; Before the first test match of the 2010 Constellation Cup series; (from left to right) Raelene Castle, CEO of Netball New Zealand, Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, Quentin Bryce AC, the Governor-General of Australia, Noeleen Dix, President of Netball Australia and Kate Palmer, CEO of Netball Australia. Gg-constellation-cup-2010-events-053.jpg
29 August 2010; Before the first test match of the 2010 Constellation Cup series; (from left to right) Raelene Castle, CEO of Netball New Zealand, Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, Quentin Bryce AC, the Governor-General of Australia, Noeleen Dix, President of Netball Australia and Kate Palmer, CEO of Netball Australia.
YearsPresident
c. 1950sEunice Gill [29]
1955 Anne Clark [30] [31]
1960 Anne Clark [30] [31]
1966 Anne Clark [30] [31]
1972 Anne Clark [30] [31]
1978 Anne Clark [30] [31]
1978–1988Deirdre Hyland AM [32]
1988–1995Margaret Pewtress OAM [33] [34]
1995–2004Sue Taylor [35]
2004–2006Marilyn Melhuish OAM [36] [37] [38]
2006–2016Noeleen Dix [14] [15] [38] [39] [40] [41]
2016–2019Robert Shaw [15] [42] [43] [44] [45]

Notable people

Chief Executive Officers

YearsCEO
2004–2006Lindsay Cane [36] [37] [38]
2006–2016 Kate Palmer [14] [15] [38] [39] [40] [41] [46]
2016–2020Marne Fechner [1] [15] [42] [43] [44] [47] [48] [49]
2021–2023Kelly Ryan [50] [51] [52]
2023–Stacey West [53]

Notable directors

SeasonDirectors
1980–1983 Joyce Brown [54]
2011–2013 Wilma Shakespear [55] [39] [56]
2013–2017 Kathryn Harby-Williams [15] [40] [41] [42] [56]

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