Netball South Australia Premier League

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Netball South Australia Premier League
Country Australia
Region South Australia
DivisionsPremier Division
Reserves Division
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid3
Current championsContax
Most championships Contax (19)
Website sa.netball.com.au

The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball League. Between 2008 and 2014, when sponsored by Subway the league was known as the Subway Cup. Between 2015 and 2017, when it was sponsored by Nine News, it was known as the Nine News Netball Cup. Previous sponsors include Dairy Farmers and Farmers Union. During the 2010s the league has been dominated by two clubs, Contax and Matrics, who between them have won every Premier Division grand final since 2010.

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History

Contax and Garville rivalry

In 1988, with a team that included Michelle den Dekker and Kathryn Harby, Contax won their fourth premiership, defeating Garville in the grand final. This marked the beginning a rivalry between Contax and Garville. Between 1986 and 1996 Contax and Garville contested every state league grand final. The rivalry saw the two clubs compete in nine consecutive state league grand finals, plus one Mobil Super League final, with both clubs winning five finals each. With a team that included Harby and Julie Nykiel, a former Australia women's basketball international, Contax won their fifth and sixth premierships in 1990 and 1991. Between 1992 and 1995 Garville won four successive state league grand finals before, a Contax team featuring Jacqui Delaney won the club's seventh premiership in 1996. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Premier League era

In 2011 the state league was renamed the Premier League. [5] [6] [7] Since this time, Contax main rival has been Matrics. Between them, Contax and Matrics played in every Premier League grand final during the decade winning 5 Premierships each. [8] [9] [10]

Representative team

The Australian Netball League team Southern Force are effectively the representative team of the Netball South Australia Premier League. They are one of two teams that represent Netball South Australia in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Adelaide Thunderbirds, has represented Netball South Australia in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball. Southern Force are also effectively the reserve team of Thunderbirds. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Clubs

The 2024 league features eight clubs, entering teams in two divisions – the Premier Division and Reserves Division. [11] [15]

TeamHome city/town/suburbFounded
Contax Netball Club [16] Woodville 1952
Garville Netball Club [17] [4] Woodville Gardens/Woodville 1952
Matrics Netball Club [18] [19] Elizabeth 1972
Metro Jets [20] [21] Woodville 1995
Newton Jaguars Netball Club [22] Paradise
Oakdale Netball Club [23] [24] Oaklands/Warradale 1962
South Adelaide Netball Club [25] [26] Blackwood 1999
Tango Netball Club [27] [28] City of Tea Tree Gully 1946

Source: [11] [15]

Grand finals

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
1951Tango
1952 Contax Tango
1957Tango
1958Tango
1962 Garville
1963 Garville
1964 Garville
1965 Garville
1966 Garville
1967 Garville
1968Tango
1969Tango
1970 Contax Garville
1972Tango
1973Tango Contax
1981Tango
1982
1983Tango
1984Tango Contax
1985Tango
1986 Contax Tango
1987
1988 Contax Garville Apollo Stadium
1989 Garville Contax
1990 Contax Garville Apollo Stadium
1991 Contax Garville
1992 Garville Contax
1993 Garville Contax
1994 Garville Contax
1995 Garville Contax
1996 Contax Garville
1997 Matrics Contax
1999 Contax
2000 [29] Contax Australian Institute of Sport
2001 [30] [31] Australian Institute of Sport Matrics
2002 Contax
2003 Contax
2004 Contax
2005 Matrics Contax
2006 Contax
2007 Contax
2008 Contax
2009 Oakdale Contax
2010 [5] Contax Matrics
2011 [6] MatricsNewton Jaguars
2012 [13] Contax Phoenix
2013 [32] [8] Contax 34–33Matrics Netball SA Stadium
2014 [33] [34] Matrics54–44Garville Netball SA Stadium
2015 [35] [9] Contax 51–39Matrics Netball SA Stadium
2016 [36] [37] [38] Matrics49–47 Contax Netball SA Stadium
2017 [14] [39] [40] Contax 59–50Matrics Netball SA Stadium
2018 [41] [10] [42] Contax 73–39Garville
2019 [43] [44] Matrics55–47 Contax Priceline Stadium
2020 [45] Matrics60–56 Contax Priceline Stadium

Source: [1] [2] [4] [28] [46] [47]

Sponsorship

SponsorsSeasons
Dairy Farmers [29] 2000
Farmers Union [30] 2001
Subway [5] [13] [32] [33] [48] [49] 2008–2014
Nine News [14] [35] [36] 2015–2017

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