Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for

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in the

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. 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

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and The Capital Spirit, who compete in

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. 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

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. 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

, 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

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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

Representative teams

Current

Former

Competitions

* HCF State League * Capital Chemist Junior Championships * Social Competitions

Member associations

Netball ACT board

;President ;CEO

References

External links

Netball ACT on Facebook
{{Netball in Australia

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...