Netball Switzerland was founded in 2009 by a group of volunteers to promote the game of

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 ...

within

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Netball Switzerland changed its name to Swiss Netball and joined the INF as a full member (

International Netball Federation World Netball, previously known as the International Netball Federation and the International Federation of Netball Associations, is the worldwide governing body for Netball. The INF was created in 1960 and is responsible for world rankings, m ...

)in 2011. Switzerland was ranked on the INF World rankings - www.netball.org.

Development

The Under 17 team first represented Switzerland at the European Netball championships in 2010. The staff driving elite level netball programme launched the Cadre d'Espoir in 2011-12 with the aim of creating a player performance pathway. File:NS-2010-U17-Netball.jpg, 2010 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches File:NS-2011-U17-Netball.jpg, 2011 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches File:Netball_Switzerland_U17_2012.jpg, 2012 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches

Juniors

Swiss Netball is dedicated to developing netball both in public schools in Switzerland through the Prête-pour-net initiative. Swiss Netball supports the development of competitions in schools and clubs as well as supporting the start up process for new clubs.

Seniors

The Swiss Netball Nationalkader/Cadre national was established in 2012. A squad of 15 represented Switzerland at Netball Europe World Ranking Tournament in Gibraltar, May 2012. Switzerland achieved World Ranking at the tournament alongside Republic of Ireland, Israel, Malta and Gibraltar. In May 2013 the team represented Switzerland at the Netball Europe Open Championships in Aberdeen. Switzerland won the Silver Medal in the Development Section of the Championships and Player of the Tournament. File:NS-2012_Seniors.jpg, 2012 Swiss National Team

Annual Tournament

The first annual Netball Switzerland tournament took place in May at

International School of Lausanne The International School of Lausanne (ISL) is a luxury English-language private school located in the village of Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, just north of Lausanne, Switzerland. ISL was established as the English School of Lausanne in 1962,

(ISL). It has grown from four local teams in 2008 to two tournaments, one in May for Junior's and one later in the year called " The Peppermill Challenge" for Seniors.

References

External links

* {{Netball in Europe Swit Sports organizations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Switzerland

Netball in Switzerland Organisations based in Geneva

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