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Play Social Netball in Melbourne with CitySide Sports
Our netball competitions are played across 8 venues. Clifton Hill, Preston, Bundoora, Doncaster, Richmond (2), Footscray and Braybrook (plus beach netball tournaments at our Brunswick Indoor Beach Sports Centre).
We take a lot of pride in our netball competition that has over 600 teams playing in it, weekly. In particular our well known high standard of umpiring. No other social competition has the calibre of umpires we do based on national accreditations which includes AA badge, A bagde, B badge and C badged umpires. Our Netball Department is headed by Suncorp Super Netball Umpire, Tim Marshall. However, what is more important than any badging level is that we do not tolerate lazy umpires. Our umpires love what they do and work hard to ensure teams are getting what they paid for. They will run all night because they love the working environment provided to them.
The cost to enter a team is $110 per team (includes Premier level insurance) and weekly game fees are $75 per team. We provide the bibs, balls, electronic score boards - you just have to turn up in the same colour tops.
Full Court Netball requires a minimum of 5-players to take the court. While the competition is 7-a-side, teams are permitted to have as many substitute players as they like and make changes at quarter time intervals.
For mixed netball - unlike most competitions - you are only required ONE male on court at all times, not two. We do permit a maximum of THREE males on court at one time and play under the 'one-per-third' rule which basically means with 3 males you must have one shooting, one in circle defence and one in any of the three mid-court positions.
The following is a list of our netball venues.
| Venue | Description | Competitions | Game Times (starting times) |
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| Clifton Hill | 2-court flexi pave outdoor venue opposite Clifton Hill Train Station View venue info & map |
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From 6pm to 10.10pm |
| Preston | 1-court indoor venue inside St. John's Greek Orthodox College View venue info & map |
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From 6.35pm to 9.45pm |
| Bundoora | 4-court venue inside RMIT View venue info & map |
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From 6.15pm to 9.20pm |
| Bundoora has a $2.50 entry fee per player and spectator over 10, charged by RMIT who manage the stadium. | |||
| Doncaster | 2-court indoor venue inside Doncaster Secondary College View venue info & map |
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From 6.35pm to 9.45pm |
| Richmond | TWO VENUES: Venue 1 Ryan's Reserve (RR)- 4-court outdoor venue on Swan St near Burnley Train Station View venue info & map Venue 2 - Melbourne Girls College - 3-court outdoor venue on Yarra Boulevard |
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From 6.00pm to 9.20pm |
| South Yarra | 2-court outdoor venue inside Melbourne High School View venue info & map |
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From 6.00pm to 9.20pm |
| Footscray | 4-court indoor venue on Barkly St within Western Bulldogs home ground View venue info & map |
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From 6.00pm to 10.10pm |
| Footscray has a $2.20 entry fee per player and spectator over 10, charged by Vic Uni who manage the stadium. | |||