The Netball competition is held on one day for students in Years 4-6 only.
Open Division – Full Rules
Students in Years 4-6 graded according to the host school’s discretion
Open A, Open B, Open C Grade – Competitive
Open D Grade
Junior Division – Modified Rules
9 & 10 year olds only
Junior A – Competitive (size 5 ball – all other full rules)
Junior Social Grade – Non-competitive (see modifications sheet below)
COMPETITION FORMAT
Games consist of two halves – each of 8 minutes in duration with 2 minutes at half time.
In the presence of an adult, captains will toss a coin for centre pass or choice of ends five minutes before the scheduled start of the round.
If seven or more teams nominate in a division, the competition will be played in two zones. The zones will be determined with schools ranked according to the results of the competition in the previous year.
Zone 1 – Schools who were ranked in the preceding year at 1, 4, 5, 8 & 9
Zone 2 – Schools who were ranked in the preceding year at 2, 3, 6, 7 & 10
In divisions where there has not been a competition in the preceding year and seven or more teams nominate for that grade the zones will be decided by a random draw.
Where 6 or fewer schools nominate in any division, a round robin draw will be
conducted.
In any division, 10 teams shall be considered as the pennant competition, with the remaining extra teams (minimum of 4) playing a social competition if the venue can cater for this addition. However, there will be only 10 teams in the A grade competition.
Each school in a competitive grade will play at least three round games, followed by a round of semi-finals. The top 8 teams will play off in a finals round.
During the round games in the competitive grades teams will be allocated
2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss and 2 points for a bye
