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ATTENTION: SPORTS EDITOR AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT JOURNALIST

ALTONA NETBALL ASSOCIATION TO

CHANGE RULES AMID A SUCCESSFUL
SUPER NETBALL COMPETITION

(October 14th 2020 – Altona Meadows)

The committee of Altona Netball Association has voted in the Super Shot and Rolling
Substitutions to their Summer Season in January 2021 as a trial following the
successful introduction of these rules to the Suncorp Super Netball.

Altona Netball Association is the only league to have announced such rule changes
to their upcoming season. Diana Porter, the president of Altona Netball Association’s
committee, says this introduction will help prepare the players for the professional
league.

“This change is not only astronomical for our league but will be a big change for our
community as well,” Porter says.

"There are challenges at every level of implementing the Super Shot and rolling
subs. But I am sure the players and coaches will welcome this implementation, and I
hope we can provide adequate training for our umpires.

“2021 will be an exciting year for the association, new courts, new sponsorships and
now some new rules.

“We look forwards to the continued support from Netball Victoria and Netball
Australia in helping implement these rules into community sport.”

Marg Lind, coach of Altona’s VNL team City West Falcons, was part of the
committee to approve the change and is hopeful for a positive outcome.

"I would like to see more Altona players coming into the professional league, and I
think this is a great preparation tool for them," Marg says,

"I have been a coach in the area for almost 20 years, and these girls have got some
talent it just needs to be perfected."

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Altona Netball Association is looking forward to the introduction of these rules after
not completing a 2020 season due to COVID-19 and renovations to Altona Sports
Centre. Altona Sports Centre recently completed building 5 new netball courts
following a grant of $12million from local government and Netball Victoria.

Images and interviews are available upon request.

Contact Details
For more information, please contact:
Sharon Hayes
Communications Lead
0400 000 000
altonanetball@netballvic.gov.au

Altona Netball Association is a junior netball association located within the Hobson
Bay City Council, with representative squads from Under 11s to Under 19s. The
association continues to run with a dedication of professionalism to the sport and
openness to more inclusive measures, including a male-only competition. Currently,
the competitions are on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic and renovations.
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Media Backgrounder
About Altona Netball Association
Altona Netball Association is an inclusive community sports association tasked with
running netball within the Hobson Bay Community. Altona Netball Association is
based at the Altona Sports Centre which has undergone two renovations in the last
10 years to help support growing participation in netball. The Altona Netball
Association also supports VNL regional representatives City West Falcons and
regularly feeds players into their player development. The association has
successfully run both a summer and a winter season since 1988 and has continued
to support inclusive development by holding regular mixed seasons and male-only
competitions on Thursday nights.

About Suncorp Super Netball

The Suncorp Super Netball is Australia’s professional netball league, following the
dismemberment of the ANZ Championship. The league is financially back by
Telstra, Channel 9, Deakin University and Suncorp and shares a player pool of $5.4
million between 96 athletes. Following a successful 2017 season, the league
introduced Bonus Points encouraging quarter-by-quarter wins and in the 2020
season has introduced the Super Shot, rolling substitutions and increased team size.
Our recently appointed seven-member board has the aim to become the number one
women’s sporting league in the world.

Netball Fast Facts

 Netball is played by 793,000 people in Australia and is the largest female
sport.
 304,000 players are under the age of 14 (The Roar, 2018).
 Suncorp Super Netball is available to be streamed in 8 countries, including
the UK and NZ.
 Suncorp Super Netball is the leading organisation for implementing a fair
player payment system for women athletes.
 The Australian Diamonds are ranked No. 1 in the world (INF, 2020).
 Suncorp Super Netball hosts players from all top 8 nations (Suncorp Super
Netball, 2020).
 The super shot originated from Fast5, a modified version of netball with only
five players and the ability to shoot from anywhere.
 In 2019, the World Cup Final was held in Liverpool, and 112,000 people
attended, the most who have ever attended a women's sporting event in
England (UKSport, 2019).

Reference Links
Altona Netball Association: http://altonana.vic.netball.com.au/
UK Sport: https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2019/10/02/netball-world-cup
Suncorp Super Netball: https://supernetball.com.au/about
INF: https://netball.sport/
The Roar: https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/11/18/netball-australia-taking-netball-to-new-
heights/
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