Community netball in Blackburn

Laburnum Netball Club is a community netball club in Blackburn, in Melbourne's east. Two mums started the club in 2000 with ten girls and one team, the Bellbirds. Today we have 16 Saturday teams in the Whitehorse Netball Association, all named after native Australian birds, from NetSetGo for 5 to 10 year olds through to Saturday competition and mixed netball for teenagers.

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Our players come from Blackburn, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Box Hill South, Burwood, Forest Hill, Nunawading and nearby suburbs. Teams train at Laburnum Primary School and play at Sportlink in Vermont South.

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• NetSetGo for kids aged 5 to 10

• Saturday netball for girls 10 and over and boys 10 to 13

• Mixed netball for teenage boys and girls

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Our Coaches Co-ordinator, Gwen Ellington, is in her 65th year of coaching netball and leads a team of 8 senior coaches and 13 junior coaches. In 2026, one of our mixed players represented Australia at the Pacific Horizon Cup, and 36 of our girls represent the Whitehorse Netball Association in the Waverley Night Netball competition.

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Be respectful. Be kind. Play fair. Have fun. That is Laburnum Netball Club.