Australian National Netball Championships

The Australian National Netball Championships are a series of annual netball tournaments, organised by Netball Australia and featuring representative teams from the states and territories of Australia. The earliest tournaments took place during 1920s.

Australian National Netball Championships
ClassificationOpen
Under-21
Under-19
Under-17
Founded1920s
Owner(s)Netball Australia
No. of teams8
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)
Under-19; South Australia
Under-17; South Australia
Official websitenetball.com.au

Until 2005, the championships featured an open tournament, as well tournaments for under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams. However, following the emergence of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, Netball Australia decided to end the open tournament. The last under-21 tournament was played in 2016.

History

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Early tournaments

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The earliest Australian National Netball Championships took place during 1920s. Differing sources mean it is unclear exactly which year the tournament was first held. According to the 2005 Netball New South Wales annual report, New South Wales won their first title in 1926.[1] Meanwhile, according to the Netball Victoria website, Victoria hosted and won the first official championships in 1928 in Melbourne.[2][3] According to the 2004 Netball Australia annual report, the 2004 National Netball Championships were the 71st edition. However according to the 2005 annual report there had been eighty years of open competition.[3][4][5]

Open

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In 2004, the open and under-21 National Netball Championships were held at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia. According to the 2004 Netball Australia annual report, they were the 71st National Netball Championships. The 2004 tournament featured several members of the Australia national netball team, including Liz Ellis, Catherine Cox, Jane Altschwager and Mo'onia Gerrard, as well as emerging players such as Natalie Medhurst, Kimberley Smith, Joanne Sutton, Johannah Curran, Susan Fuhrmann and Brooke Thompson.[4][6] In 2005, Netball ACT hosted the final open championships in Canberra. Following the emergence of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, Netball Australia decided to end the open tournament.[5]

Grand finals

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1926 New South Wales
1928[2][3] Victoria Melbourne
1956 (Note 1)
1969[7][8][9] Western Australia Adelaide
1970[8][9] Western Australia Brisbane
1971[8][9] Western Australia Hobart
1972[8][9] Western Australia Sydney
1976 (Note 2)
1979 (Note 3)
1984 New South Wales
1985 New South Wales
1986
1987 New South Wales
1988 New South Wales
1989 New South Wales
1990 New South Wales
1991 New South Wales
1992 New South Wales
1993 New South Wales
1994 New South Wales
1997 New South Wales
1998
1999 New South Wales
2001[10] (Note 4)
2004[4][6][11] New South Wales 60–35 South Australia Challenge Stadium
2005[5][12][13] New South Wales 59–57 Victoria ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
Notes

Source:[1]

Under-21

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Grand finals

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1974 New South Wales
1977 New South Wales
1980 New South Wales
1983 New South Wales
1984 New South Wales
1985 New South Wales
1987 New South Wales
1988 New South Wales
1989 New South Wales
1993 New South Wales
1998 New South Wales
2001[10] (Note 5)
2003[4] South Australia
2004[4][6] South Australia 55–39 Victoria Challenge Stadium
2005[5][13] Western Australia 60–53 South Australia ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2006[14] Victoria 71–49 Western Australia ETSA Park
2007[15][16] Victoria (Note 6) New South Wales Queensland State Netball Centre
2008[17] New South Wales 41–40 Victoria Perth
2009[18] New South Wales 43–41 Victoria ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2010[19][20] New South Wales 50–39 South Australia Logan Metro Indoor Centre, Brisbane
2011[21][22] New South Wales 48–35 Victoria Waverley Netball Centre
2012[23][24] New South Wales 49–38 South Australia Challenge Stadium
2013[25][26] South Australia 40–36 Victoria Canberra[27]
2014[28] South Australia 43–27 Victoria
2015[29] South Australia 44–42 Victoria Caloundra Indoor Stadium, Caloundra
2016[30] New South Wales 49–46 Victoria Launceston, Tasmania[31]

Source:[16][20][22][24][32]

Tournament MVP

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Year Winner Team
2010[19][20] April Letton (Note 7) New South Wales
2010[19] Chanel Gomes (Note 7) Queensland
2011[21][22] April Letton New South Wales
2012[23][33] Courtney Bruce Western Australia
2013
2014
2015
2016[30] Maddy Turner New South Wales
Notes
  • ^5 The 2001 tournament was cancelled due to the Ansett collapse
  • ^6 The 2007 Netball Australia Annual Report gives the final score as 61–36 while the 2007 Netball NSW Annual Report gives it as 36–21.[15][16]
  • ^7 April Letton and Chanel Gomes shared the 2010 Under-21 Tournament MVP award.

Under-19

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Grand finals

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1988 New South Wales
1992 New South Wales
1993[10] Victoria
1994 New South Wales
1995 New South Wales
1999 New South Wales
2001[10] Victoria 28–27 New South Wales ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2002 New South Wales
2004[4] Victoria 37–22 South Australia Silverdome
2005[5] Victoria 36–19 Queensland Marrara Stadium
2006[14] Victoria 37–26 New South Wales Penrith Stadium
2007[15] Victoria 32–22 South Australia State Netball Hockey Centre
2008[17] New South Wales 19–14 Victoria Perth
2009[18] New South Wales 39–30 Queensland ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2010[19][20] Queensland 27–24 New South Wales ETSA Park[34]
2011[21][22] New South Wales 36–21 Victoria Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre[35]
2012[23][24] Victoria 27–19 New South Wales Silverdome
2013[25] South Australia Canberra[27]
2014[28][36] Queensland 38–28 Victoria Waverly Netball Centre
2015[37] New South Wales 43–39 Victoria Netball Central[29]
2016[30] Victoria 31–27 New South Wales Perth
2017[38] Victoria Canberra
2018[39][40] Victoria 31–26 South Australia Priceline Stadium
2019[41][42][43][44] South Australia 49–20 New South Wales Queensland State Netball Centre
2020[45][46][47] (Note 8)
2021[48] (Note 8)

Source:[16][20][22][24][32]

Tournament MVP

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Year Winner Team
2010[19] Stephanie Wood Queensland
2011[21][22] Gabi Simpson New South Wales
2012[23][24] Kim Ravaillion New South Wales
2013 Georgie Virgo Queensland
2014[36] Cara Koenen Queensland
2015 Toni Anderson New South Wales
2016 Sasha Glasgow South Australia
2017[49] Tara Hinchliffe Queensland
2018 Olivia Lewis Western Australia
2019[50][51][52][53] Macy Gardner Queensland

Under-17

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Grand finals

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1983[29] Queensland
1985 New South Wales
1986 New South Wales
1989 New South Wales
1990 New South Wales
1993 New South Wales
1994 New South Wales
1995 New South Wales
1999 New South Wales
2000 New South Wales
2001[10] Queensland 40–21 New South Wales ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2004[4] Victoria 34–19 New South Wales Silverdome
2005[5] New South Wales 32–23 South Australia Marrara Stadium
2006[14] New South Wales 31–23 Victoria Penrith Stadium
2007[15][16] New South Wales 21–15 Victoria State Netball Hockey Centre
2008[17] Victoria 20–19 New South Wales Perth
2009[18] South Australia 23–21 Victoria ACT Netball Centre, Canberra
2010[19][20] Victoria 24–23 New South Wales ETSA Park[34]
2011[21][22] Victoria 33–31 New South Wales Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre[35]
2012[23][24] New South Wales 38–28 Victoria Silverdome
2013[26][27] Victoria 35–22 Western Australia Darwin
2014[28][54] Victoria 29–25 New South Wales Waverly Netball Centre[36]
2015[37][29] Queensland 27–24 New South Wales Netball Central
2016[30] South Australia 29–24 New South Wales Perth
2017[38][55] South Australia 26–25 Victoria Canberra
2018[39][40] South Australia 40–26 Victoria Priceline Stadium
2019[41][42][43][44] South Australia 35–30 New South Wales Queensland State Netball Centre
2020[45][46][47] (Note 8)
2021[48] (Note 8)

Source:[16][20][22][24][32]

Tournament MVP

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Year Winner Team
2010[19] Kate Moloney Victoria
2011[21] Charlotte Goodman Queensland
2012[23][24] Kaitlyn Bryce New South Wales
2013[26] Alice Teague-Neeld Victoria
2014 Hannah Petty South Australia
2015[29] Kim Jenner Queensland
2016 Olivia Lewis Western Australia
2017[56] Sunday Aryang Western Australia
2018[40] Molly Watson South Australia
2019[41][43] Kimberley Hearnden South Australia
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Main sponsors

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Years
The Athlete's Foot[5][14][15][17] 200?–2008
DealsDirect[19] 2010

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