Samford Netball Club

Our Little Netta program is open for children from 4 to 10 years of age.  Sessions are typically run to coincide with Terms 2 and 4 of the school year. 

Players turning 7 AND in Grade 2 at school are eligible to play in the Non-Competitive 7/8/9yrs Saturday fixtures.  Games are played each Saturday morning at Downey Park. 

Ages 7/8/9yrs combined age teams and 10yrs team play non-competitive games. 7/8/9yrs play with modified rules which can be found on the Downey Park website.

Competitive games start from 11yrs through to Opens. 

Saturday games start around late March and run through to end August/early September, there are generally 14 rounds of netball.   Games are not played during school holidays or long weekends.   Samford Netball Club is part of the Downey Park Netball Association and our match games are held at Downey Park.    

Grading is an important step in player and team allocation for players 11 yrs and over and allows the Club to ensure players/teams are allocated appropriately and according to ability.  Our Club employs an independent, highly experienced Grading Panel to assess each player and provides recommendations. 

Once the grading session is complete, the Grading Sub-Committee reviews the recommendations from the Grading Panel and considers their recommendations along with a range of additional factors including: 

• performance from previous season/s
• feedback given by former coach/es
• attendance and effort at pre-season training
• any current/former representative team selection. 

The Grading Sub-Committee, considering all available information, will allocate players to teams and based on the makeup of teams, make a recommendation to Downey Park on the preferred division for the team.    

The registration fee is made up of the following components:

• $120 - Netball Queensland (as the governing body of the sport in Queensland)
• $78 - Downey Park Netball Association (as the association we are affiliated with)
• remainder is retained by the club to pay for:

- umpires fees (our single biggest expense)

- public liability insurance

- sporting equipment

- open night and end of season events (including trophies)

- lighting and court costs

- administration costs

- ground, maintenance and canteen levy (as determined by Downey Park and in addition to the $78 per player fee mentioned above)

Competition points are calculated as follows:

• Win 3
• Draw 2
  
• Loss 1
• Bye or Forfeit 0