2025 Athletes
Halle Baggio
Lily Ceccato
Joella Creasy
Mayah Dowling
Phoebe Dyce
Addison Farmer
Georgia Hall
Annabel Hannaford
Elise Harris
Miya Hoffman
Poppy Hulm
Abbey Hunt
Tess Jamieson
Annie Jones
Evie Julian
Zoe Priest
Eloise Quintal
Ella Richens
Sophie Webb

2025 Officiating Athlete
Emily Jordan-Downes

Head Coach
Sally Hunter

Assistant Coaches
Georgia Tilyard
Sarah Croker

Manager
Kim Jones

Umpire Coaches
Shannon Bahr
Kahlie Flynn

The RSL SSA Netball program provides high-performance coaching and training opportunities to up-skill athletes and assist them in progressing to higher representation within the sport of netball.

Netball NSW endorses the program and provides talented netballers the opportunity to grow as netballers and people within the Netball NSW Athlete Pathway Framework

The program sits between local representative netball and higher-order representation, such as NSW state team selection.

The 2025 netball program will run from October 2024 to September 2025. Trials for the 2025 RSL Netball Program: 19th October 2024 at Narrandera Sports Stadium

This year will also see a Netball Officiating Program – please see the nomination form for further information.

To be eligible for selection in the 2025 program, athletes must:

• be turning 15 or 16 years old in 2025
• be living or attending school in the SSA catchment area
• be a current financial member of their local association and Netball NSW
• submit a nomination form before the closing date and attend the trial.

The following selection criteria may be taken into consideration during the selection process:

• Physical attributes and capabilities
• Technical competence
• Tactical awareness
• Potential to improve
• Competitive ability
• Individual application
• Performance and results at specific events
• Coachability and behaviour

READ THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION HERE

• Intensive training sessions by local elite coaches
• Skill development
• Inter-Academy Development camps
• Strength and conditioning/Injury prevention screenings and programs
• Sports science fitness testing
• Educational seminars
• Opportunities to compete in elite events such as the Your Local Club Academy Games

A program levy will be applicable to successful athletes.  Also an athlete uniform ordered though our online clothing supplier is required for new athletes.

Athlete levies are subsidised by minimum $100 worth or raffle ticket sales by athletes, this program is also eligible for the NSW Government Active Kids $50 voucher rebate.

* Scholarships are not in the form of a monetary sum but enable the athlete to participate in Academy development programs at a greatly reduced rate.

Nominations are now closed.If you are interested in becoming a part of the Southern Sports Academy’s Netball Program for 2024, please fill out an Expression of Interest form below, and you will be notified once Nominations open.

Netball Expression of Interest