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Victorian Netball League
Founded2009
CountryAustralia
RegionVictoria, Australia
DivisionsChampionship
Division 1
Under-19
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Current championsGeelong Cougars
Most championshipsCity West Falcons
(5 Championships)
Websitevic.netball.com.au

The Victorian Netball League (VNL) is a state netball league featuring teams from Victoria, Australia. The league is organised by Netball Victoria. The modern league was first played for during the 2009 season. It replaced an earlier state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. On a national level, the VNL is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball League. Since 2018, the league has been sponsored by Bupa and, as a result, it is also known as the Bupa Victorian Netball League. The league features ten teams who enter teams in three divisions – the Championship, Division 1 and an Under-19 division. Historically, the league's most successful team has been City West Falcons. Originally known as Hume City Falcons, they have won five Championships and fourteen premierships across all three divisions. [1][2][3][4][5]

History

Foundation

The modern league was first played for during the 2009 season. It replaced an earlier Netball Victoria state league as the top level netball competition in Victoria. The earlier state league featured eighteen teams but, after restructuring, this number was reduced to ten. The founding ten members of the new league were Ballarat Pride, Boroondara Genesis, Geelong Cougars, Hume City Falcons, Monash University Central, North East Blaze, Peninsula Waves, Southern Saints, VU Western Lightning and Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels. The new league featured three divisions – the Championship, Division 1 and an Under-19 division. The ten teams enter a team in each division. The new structure was designed to encourage player development. [2][6]

City West Falcons

Historically, the league's most successful team has been City West Falcons who have won five Championships and fourteen premierships across all three divisions. [3] As Hume City Falcons they won the inaugural Championship in 2009 and then retained it in 2010. [7][8] With a team that included Kathleen Knott they won their first Championship as City West Falcons in 2012 [9] and then retained it in 2013. [10] In 2018 Falcons won their fifth Championship title. [11]

Victorian Fury

The Australian Netball League team Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the VNL. In turn, Fury is the reserve team of Melbourne Vixens. [12][13][14]

Teams

2020 teams

Team Home venue/base Home city/town/suburb
Ariels VCNA [15][16] Maroondah Nets [17] Heathmont, Victoria
Boroondara Express [18][19] Boroondara Sports Complex Boroondara
Casey Demons [20][21][22] Casey Stadium City of Casey
City West Falcons [3] Maribyrnong College [8] Maribyrnong, Victoria
Geelong Cougars [23][24] Geelong
Hawks Netball [25][26][27]
Melbourne University Lightning [28][29][30] Parkville Campus University of Melbourne
North East Blaze [31][32] Community Bank Stadium Diamond Creek, Victoria
Peninsula Waves [33][34] Mornington Peninsula
Wilson Storage Southern Saints [35][36] City of Bayside
Notes

Source:[2][22][38][39][40]

Former teams

Team Home city/town/suburb Debut season Final season
Ballarat Pride [6][41][42] Ballarat 2009 2014
ACU Sovereigns [42][43][44] Ballarat 2015 2018

Championship grand finals

Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2009 [3] Hume City Falcons Boroondara Genesis [18]
2010 [3] Hume City Falcons
2011 [26] Monash University Storm Boroondara Express [18]
2012 [9] City West Falcons 42–37 VU-Western Lightning
2013 [10] City West Falcons 44–41 Peninsula Waves SNHC
2014 [45] Southern Saints 48–42 City West Falcons SNHC
2015 [46] Boroondara Express 50–44 City West Falcons SNHC
2016 [47] Melbourne University Lightning 53–52 City West Falcons SNHC
2017 [48] North East Blaze 49–46 Melbourne University Lightning SNHC
2018 [11] City West Falcons 56–48 Geelong Cougars SNHC
2019 [49][50][51] Geelong Cougars 69–55 Casey Demons
2020

Notable players

The VNL is a effectively a feeder league for the Suncorp Super Netball teams Melbourne Vixens and Collingwood Magpies. VNL players have also played for the Australia national netball team and other international teams. [12][52]

Internationals

 Australia
 Malawi
 Scotland
 Sri Lanka

Melbourne Vixens

Collingwood Magpies

Source:[7][9][28][46][47][48][49][52]

References

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