he Singapore national netball team competed in the 2007 Netball World

Championships and came fifteenth. In 2005, the Singaporean team won the Asian Netball
Championship with a win over the Malaysian team, scoring 53–39 in the finals.

Netball Singapore(NS) has progressed dramatically since it commenced in 1962 with 23

registered clubs. It has emerged from being an amateur sport run by volunteer
management who relied on grants and donations, to becoming a professionally run NSA
with secretariat staff and which generates a proportion of its expenditure through revenue
generation and sponsorship. NS is the National body for netball in Singapore.

Philosophy
Since its inception, netball - as the fastest growing women’s sport in Singapore with an
estimated 80,000 active social and competitive members - has achieved a number of
important milestones that showcase what the sport has achieved in the area of excellence.

NS hosted the World Championships in 1983, the first Asian country to participate in the
World Championship, as well as the first in Asia to host a tournament of such large
capacity as well as an international Pre-Commonwealth Games Extravaganza in 1998 and
an International Extravaganza in 2001.

In addition, Singapore has a well-established infrastructure to support major conferences.

The International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) held its 2001 Congress in
Singapore. This attracted almost 100 delegates from over 30 nations. The Asian
Federation of Netball Associations(AFNA) has its Secretariat based in Singapore and also
attracts several delegates to meetings here.

The year 1999 proved an important milestone when Netball Singapore took its first step
towards professionalism by forming the Netball Super League annually; a four-month
long, 10-round tournaments developed to cater for elite players in Singapore.

Netball Singapore constantly plays host to international club teams and schools who
travel here on vacation/educational visits and assists them by arranging games for them
during their holiday. International Coaching and Umpiring Clinics have provided another
avenue through which we have been able to support tourism.

To support elite players who are students, Netball Singapore awards study scholarships
each year, as well as interest free study loans so that players can pursue overseas
qualifications to enhance their sporting careers.
Netball WA is the umbrella organisation for the sport across the state.

Composed of 11 affiliated regions and 70 associations Netball WA's aim

is to provide the best possible developmental pathways for netball
excellence nurturing the sport’s longevity.

In order to achieve this outcome, Netball WA delivers netball services

across the state, ensuring a high standard of delivery thanks to a team
of dedicated personnel.
Due to Netball WA's affiliation to Netball Australia, athletes from WA
have the opportunity to aspire to play at both national and
international levels.

The YWCA started Women’s Basketball in WA in 1924 which was later coined the Blue
Triangle Basketball Club under the leadership of Marjorie Black.

The club was made up of six teams, three from the YWCA and the remaining from
Albany Bell, Ross Memorial Church and an Anglican Church in Guildford.

After a successful four year stint as The Blue Triangle Basketball Club the name was
changed in 1928 to The West Australian Women’s Basketball Association when it became
affiliated with the All Australian Women’s Basketball Association.

In 1970 the name was changed to The West Australian Women’s Netball
Association. Since that time many changes have taken place including the instigation of
netball regions.

In 2007, in keeping with Netball Australia and other state bodies, WA Netball underwent
a change in branding and colours and is now known as Netball WA.

Bola jaring adalah sukan berpasukan tanpa-sentuhan yang berasal daripada Amerika
Syarikat menyerupai, dan berasal daripada, bola keranjang. Dicipta pada 1895 oleh Clara
Gregory Baer, seorang peneraju dalam sukan wanita, bola jaring kini adalah dimainkan
dengan cemerlang sebagai sebuah pasukan sukan wanita di Australia dan New Zealand
dan adalah popular di Indies Barat, Sri Lanka, dan United Kingdom. Lebih 20 juta
penduduk bermain bola jaring dalam lebih daripada 70 buah negara.

Peraturan
Gelanggang bola jaring.

[sunting] Gelanggang dan dimensi

Seperti bola keranjang, bola jaring dimainkan sama ada di gelanggang yang keras atau
lembut dengan gelung atau "rings" pada kedua-dua hujung.

Gelanggang ini lebih besar berbanding dari gelanggang bola keranjang, menjadi 30.5 m
panjang dan 15.25 m lebar. Garisan yang lebih panjang dikenali sebagai "garisan sisi"
dan garisan lebih pendek dikenali sebagai "garisan gol" atau (base lines). Tanda-tanda
gelanggang tidak lebih lebar daripada 50 mm. Gelanggang adalah terbahagi kepada tiga
bahagian yang mengawal di mana setiap kedudukan individu yang dibenarkan bergerak.

Satu "bulatan tengah" berdiameter-90 cm adalah terletak di tengah gelanggang. Pada

setiap hujung gelanggang terdapat "shooting circle" atau "bulatan gol" separuh bulat
berjejari 4.9 m di mana semua jaringan gol mesti diambil di situ. Tiang gol adalah 3.05 m
tinggi dari bahagian atas gelung sehingga ke lantai dan tidak mempunyai papan
penghadang. Gelung mempunyai dimeter dalaman 380 mm dan terletak 150 mm dari
tiang gol. dan diperbuat daripada besi berdiameter 15 mm. Kedua-dua ketinggian dan
diameter bagi gelung adalah lebih kecil daripada gelung bola keranjang. Ia adalah
berkemungkinan untuk bermain bola jaring menggunakan gelung bola keranjang tetapi
jika terdapat mana-mana sentuhan antara bola dan papan hadang, bola itu adalah
dianggap luar permainan. Jika satu gol dijaring dari papan penghadang ia tidak dikira.
Beberapa versi peraturan membenarkan satu gol dijaringkan daripada satu lantunan papan
penghadang jika pemain yang dapat menangkap bola itu membaling bola itu dalam tanpa
bersentuhan lantai.

[sunting] Kedudukan

Terdapat tujuh pemain dalam setiap pasukan, yang diberi kedudukan yang ditetapkan
(sesetengah variasi remaja/latihan hanya mempunyai lima pemain setiap pasukan.) Setiap
pemain memakai perlu "bib" menunjukkan satu dari kedudukan di bawah, menunjukkan
kedudukan pemain tersebut. Setiap pemain hanya dibenarkan di sudut tertentu di
gelanggang: pemain yang terkeluar dari kedudukan mereka dianggap "offside".
Kedudukan digambarkan di bawah:
 Kedudukan bola jaring

Nama
Singkatan Lawan Kawasan dibenarkan
kedudukan

Goal
Goal Shooter GS Attacking third, including goal circle
Keeper.

Goal Attacking and centre thirds, including the goal

Goal Attack GA
Defence circle

Wing
Wing Attack WA Attacking and centre thirds, but not the goal circle
Defence

Attacking, centre, and defending thirds, but not the

Centre C Centre
goal circles

Wing Defence WD Wing Attack Centre and defending thirds, but not the goal circle

Centre and defending thirds, including the goal

Goal Defence GD Goal Attack
circle

Goal
Goal Keeper GK Defending third, including the goal circle
Shooter

[sunting] Kejohanan utama

[sunting] Kejuaraan Dunia Bola Jaring
Rencana utama: Kejuaraan Dunia Bola Jaring

Kejohanan paling penting dalam bola jaring adalah Kejuaraan Dunia Bola Jaring yang
diadakan setiap empat tahun. Pasukan bola jaring kebangsaan Australia adalah juara
dunia semasa telah memenangi Kejohanan 2007 di New Zealand. Bekas juara termasuk
Silver Ferns dari New Zealand dan Calypso Girls dari Trinidad dan Tobago, walaupun
England, Proteas dari Afrika Selatan dan Sunshine Girls dari Jamaika juga kesemua
mempunyai tempat.

[sunting] Sukan Komanvel

Rencana utama: Sukan Komanvel

[sunting] Kejohanan domestik

[sunting] Australasia

• Commonwealth Bank Trophy - Australia (to 2007)

• National Bank Cup - NZ (to 2007)
• Fisher and Paykel Series

[sunting] England dan Wales

• The Super League

[sunting] Singapura

• Netball Super League