Saturday netball

Laburnum Netball Club enters teams in the Whitehorse Netball Association (WNA) Saturday competition, played at Sportlink in Vermont South.

The competition has about 128 teams from 17 clubs and is open to girls aged 10 and over and boys aged 10 to 13. Teenagers can also play in our mixed teams.

2027 Autumn season dates

WNA registrations close: Friday 11 December 2026
Season starts: Saturday 6 February 2027
Semi-finals: Saturday 5 June 2027
Grand final: Saturday 19 June 2027
Monday GO (ages 9 to 10) starts Monday 8 February 2027

Dates are from the Whitehorse Netball Association season calendar.

How Saturday games work

Games run from about 8.20am to 4pm at Sportlink.
Most sections play four 10-minute quarters. Section 1 plays four 15-minute quarters and Section 2 plays four 12-minute quarters.
Your team's game time is set by the WNA fixture each week.

Training

Most of our teams train at Laburnum Primary School, usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Some of our higher-section teams train at Sportlink, where games are played. Your coach will confirm your team's training night each season.

Grading and registration

Laburnum is a graded club, so players are placed in teams with others of a similar age and ability. Our Club Information page explains how grading and registration work.

How to join

1. Email us at laburnumnc.president@gmail.com with your child's name, age and any netball experience, or use the contact form below.

2. We'll let you know about grading and find the right team.

3. We'll send you the club's registration link. All WNA players register through Netball Connect.

Monday GO (ages 9 to 10)

Monday GO is the WNA's version of the GO stage of NetSetGo. Teams play modified matches at Sportlink on Monday afternoons. Players need to be in a club team, so join through us.

Coaching and umpiring

Our Coaches Co-ordinator, Gwen Ellington, is in her 65th year of coaching netball and has coached at Laburnum for the last decade. Gwen heads our grading and represents the club at the Whitehorse Netball Association. In the 2026 season the club had 8 senior coaches and 13 junior coaches, and every junior coach works from the same club-wide coaching framework that Gwen put in place.

Many of our junior players coach younger teams, and juniors can start umpiring through the WNA's Have-A-Try program.

Player pathways

Our players go on to representative netball. In 2026:

Laila, Jezzy and Chloe from our Swans team were identified for the Netball Victoria 2026 Talent Academy, and Chloe earned a place in the Academy.
Abbey was selected as a training partner for the Chisholm region team at the State Championships.
Abbey and Georgia were talent identified at the Association Championships and invited to trial for Netball Victoria's 2027 Talent Academy or state team programs.
36 of our girls represent the Whitehorse Netball Association in the Waverley Night Netball competition.
Will, from our mixed program, was part of the Victorian team that won the national 17 and under title, then represented Australia at the Pacific Horizon Cup.