# Netball Australian Capital Territory

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.
Since 1990, the headquarters of Netball ACT have been located at the Solarhub Netball Centre, in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory.

## Representative teams
### Current

| Team | Leagues | Years |
| Capital Darters | Australian Netball Championships | 2021– |
| The Capital Spirit | Netball NSW Premier League | 2020– |
| Under-19, Under-17 | Australian National Netball Championships | |

### Former

| Team | Leagues | Years |
| Australian Institute of Sport | Australian Netball League Esso/Mobil Superleague | 2008–2012 1985–1996 |
| Canberra Darters | Australian Netball League | 2008–2016 |
| Canberra Giants | Australian Netball League | 2017–2019 |
| AIS Canberra Darters | Commonwealth Bank Trophy | 2003–2007 |

## Competitions

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

## Member associations

| Association | Region/city/town | Founded |
| ACT Men's and Mixed Netball | | 2021 |
| Arawang Netball Association | Stirling | 1976 |
| Belconnen Netball Association | Belconnen | 1975 |
| Canberra Netball Association | Canberra | 1970 |
| South Canberra Netball Association | South Canberra | 1970 |
| Tuggeranong Netball Association | Tuggeranong | 1985 |
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## Netball ACT board
### President

| Members | Years |
| 1975–19xx | Marj McMahon |
| 20xx–2014 | Sue Scanlan |
| 2014–2016 | Paul Donohue |
| 2016 | Lauren Gale |
| 2017–2020 | Louise Bilston |
| 2020– | Sue Scanlan |

### CEO

| Members | Years |
| 2019–2020 | David Marjoribanks |
| 2020– | Matthew Battams |