Netball Australian Capital Territory
{{Short description|Netball governing body}}
{{Infobox sport governing body
|name = Netball Australian Capital Territory
|abbrev = Netball ACT
NACT
|logo =
|sport =
|jurisdiction = {{flag|Australian Capital Territory}}
|membership =
|founded = 1940s
|aff = Netball Australia
|headquarters = SolarHub ACT Netball Centre
|location = 435 Northbourne Avenue
Lyneham, ACT
|president = Sue Scanlan
|chiefexec = Matthew Battams
|url = https://act.netball.com.au
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4887b.htm|title=Netball ACT (1975 - )|work=The Australian Women's Register|date=11 February 2013|accessdate=6 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/netball-act-history|title=Netball ACT History|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}
Since 1990, the headquarters of Netball ACT have been located at the Solarhub Netball Centre, in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory.{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/contact|title=Contact us|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}
Representative teams
=Current=
=Former=
Competitions
- HCF State League{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/competitions/state-league|title=HCF State League|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}
- Capital Chemist Junior Championships{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/competitions/junior-championships|title=Capital Chemist Junior Championships|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}
- Social Competitions{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/competitions/social-competitions|title=Social Competitions|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}
Member associations
| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Association ! Region/city/town ! Founded | ||
| ACT Men's and Mixed Netball{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/news/act-mens-and-mixed-netball-welcomed-netball-act|title=ACT Men's and Mixed Netball welcomed by Netball ACT|publisher=act.netball.com.au|date=12 May 2021|accessdate=7 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/mornings/men-in-netball/13344796|title=Netball ACT teams unite on the same court|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=14 May 2021|accessdate=7 February 2022}} | 2021 | |
| Arawang Netball Association | Stirling | 1976 |
| Belconnen Netball Association | Belconnen | 1975 |
| Canberra Netball Association{{cite web|url=https://www.canberranetball.com.au/|title=Canberra Netball Association|publisher=www.canberranetball.com.au|accessdate=7 February 2022}} | Canberra | 1970 |
| South Canberra Netball Association | South Canberra | 1970 |
| Tuggeranong Netball Association | Tuggeranong | 1985 |
{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/associations|title=Our Associations|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=9 February 2022}}}}
Netball ACT board
;President
;CEO
See also
{{portal|Sport|Australia}}
References
{{Reflist|3}}
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/NetballACT/ Netball ACT on Facebook]
{{Netball in Australia}}