Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Capital Darters, who compete in the Australian Netball Championships and The Capital Spirit, who compete in Netball NSW Premier League. It is also responsible for organizing and managing the HCF State League as well as other leagues and competitions for junior and youth teams. Its headquarters are based at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory. It was originally founded in the early 1940s as the ACT Women's Basketball Association and was initially affiliated to the New South Wales Women's Basketball Association. In 1975 it became affiliated directly to the All Australia Netball Association.

History Netball ACT was originally founded in the early 1940s as the ACT Women's Basketball Association. While netball was played earlier than this in the Australian Capital Territory, mainly between school teams, this was the first formal association. It was initially affiliated to the New South Wales Women's Basketball Association. 1970 saw the creation of the Canberra Netball Association and the South Canberra Netball Association to accommodate increasing participation and the growing number of players. In 1975 the ACT Netball Association became affiliated directly to the All Australia Netball Association. This move was supported by Netball New South Wales and required a change to the national governing body's constitution, allowing territories to be admitted.

Since 1990, the headquarters of Netball ACT have been located at the Solarhub Netball Centre, in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory.

Representative teams Current Team Leagues YearsCapital DartersAustralian Netball Championships2021– The Capital SpiritNetball NSW Premier League2020– Under-19, Under-17Australian National Netball Championships

Former Team Leagues YearsAustralian Institute of SportAustralian Netball LeagueEsso/Mobil Superleague2008–20121985–1996Canberra DartersAustralian Netball League2008–2016Canberra GiantsAustralian Netball League2017–2019 AIS Canberra DartersCommonwealth Bank Trophy2003–2007

Competitions HCF State League Capital Chemist Junior Championships Social Competitions

Member associations Association Region/city/town FoundedACT Men's and Mixed Netball 2021Arawang Netball AssociationStirling1976Belconnen Netball AssociationBelconnen1975Canberra Netball AssociationCanberra1970South Canberra Netball AssociationSouth Canberra1970Tuggeranong Netball AssociationTuggeranong1985

Netball ACT board President Members Years1975–19xxMarj McMahon20xx–2014Sue Scanlan2014–2016Paul Donohue2016Lauren Gale2017–2020Louise Bilston2020– Sue Scanlan CEO Members Years2019–2020David Marjoribanks2020– Matthew Battams

See also

Sport in the Australian Capital Territory

References

External links Netball ACT on Facebook