Garville Netball Club are an Australian netball team based in Woodville,

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. Their senior team currently plays in the

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. During the 1990s they played at a national level, representing

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in the

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. During the Mobil Super League era, they were also referred to as Adelaide Garville. In 1993 they were Mobil Super League premiers.

History

Early years

Garville Netball Club was formed in

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. Their name is derived from Woodville Gardens, the

suburb where the club was originally based. Between 1962 and 1967, Garville won six successive South Australia state league premierships.

Rivallry with Contax

During the 1980s and 1990s, Garville enjoyed a rivalry with

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. Between 1986 and 1996 Contax and Garville contested every South Australia state league grand final. The rivalry saw the two clubs compete in nine consecutive state league grand finals, plus one

final, with both clubs winning five finals each. Between 1992 and 1995 Garville won four successive state league grand finals.

National leagues

;Mobil Superleague During the 1990s Garville represented

in the

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, the winners of which were awarded the

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. Garville were grand finalists in both 1993 and 1994. In the 1993 grand final a Garville team featuring

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and

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defeated Sydney Electricity and finished as champions. However, in 1994 Garville lost the Prime Minister's Cup after they were defeated by

in controversial circumstances. A Contax team captained by

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and featuring

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and Tania Obst, took on a Garville team that again featured Avellino, Borlase and Dekker and now included

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. A closely fought match finished level at full time. However Garville claimed they had actually won the match 48–46. It was alleged that during the third quarter, the official scorer accidentally gave one of Garville's goals to Contax. Despite protests from Garville, extra time was played and resulted in a 61–58 win for Contax. ;Commonwealth Bank Trophy In 1997

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replaced the

with the

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league.

formed two brand new teams,

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and

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to represent them in the new league. Garville effectively became a feeder team for Ravens.

Grand finals

; South Australia state league ; Mobil Superleague/Prime Minister's Cup

Home venues

Garville was originally based in the Woodville/ Woodville Gardens suburbs. They later moved to the Sam Johnson Sportsground in Renown Park. After 2008 they hired courts near the

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/ Goodwood Road junction for its junior teams while it's senior teams trained at St Aloysius College and played their

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games at the

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Notable players

Internationals

; ; *

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; *

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; *

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Adelaide Thunderbirds

* Kelly Altmann *

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* Peta Squire

Head coaches

Premierships

**''Winners'': 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995: 14 **''Runners up'': 1970, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2014, 2018: 7 *

**''Winners'': 1993 **''Runners up'': 1994

References

{{Netball in South Australia

External links

Garville Netball Club on Facebook

Garville Netball Club on Instagram
Sporting clubs in Adelaide Netball teams in South Australia Sports clubs established in 1952 1952 establishments in Australia Esso/Mobil Superleague teams South Australia state netball league teams