History of Netball in the UK

History of Netball in UKNetball is said to have originated in UK in 1895 from Madame Osterberg's College (now Dartford PE College under Greenwich University) in Dartford, Kent. It came over as a form of basketball from USA. The college has produced many netball players who became renouned in UK. Before that, the first netball in the history of the world was played in 1891 in America (Springfield, Massachusetts), where it was known as ‘Women’s Basketball’. A 30-year-old Canadian immigrant to the USA, James Naismith, was ordered to create a high-spirited indoor game for young men at the School for Christian Workers (later called the YWCA).The visiting American academic team who visited England in 1895 offered to teach the game of netball to the locals. They fixed two waste paper baskets on two opposite walls with the help of nails as the basic arrangement of the game. The balls were thrown into the baskets fixed on the two walls, in the oldest games of netball. Although the rules of the oldest games of netball played in UK were very different from that played today, the women of England nevertheless got an engagement for themselves that became popular among them. England enthusiastically accepted the game and the rules were standardized and a governing body was formed to look after these. To get more information like this, you can log on to www.netballforum.com. The following is a brief outline of the chronological list of the milestone events in the history of netball:•First netball played in America1891•First netball played in England1895•The official rules for netball framed1901•International matches between Scotland, Wales and England played1949•The Netball International Federation established1960•First Netball World Championship Tournament held (Eastbourne, England)1963•Youth Tournament held as part of the Australian Bicentenary Celebrations1988•Netball got recognition Olympic sport1995•Netball became a part of the Commonwealth Games (Malaysia)1998Log on to www.netballforum.com to know more.In 1946, Netball Scotland was formed, which was formerly known as the Scottish Netball Association. Before this date, Netball was limited to Glasgow and Lankarshire; which steadily started spreading to other parts of Scotland in popularity after this. The Welsh Netball Association was founded in 1945, though netball was played in Wales since 1930. Until 1988 netball in Wales was organized entirely by volunteers, which became more organized and revenue generating after this. The first international event played by a Welsh team was in 1949, when Wales lost to England but was able to beat Scotland. Since 1949, the Welsh National team has beaten England twice, in 1980 and in 2001 to become European Champions. The under 21 team beat England in 1972, were British Isles Champions in 1984 and the under 18 team were British Isles Champions in 1982. The Welsh National team has competed in all but one World Championship with highest placing being equal sixth in 1975 and 1979. Currently Wales hold a world ranking of 14th following the 2003 World Championships in Jamaica.When England was touring Australia in 1957, there were some serious discussions about the standardization of the rules of netball. This led to the establishment of The International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball in Sri Lanka in 1960, with the participation of England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and Sri Lanka.Here is a list of Netball World Championships held in history so far, with the names of the champions and venues, in brackets:1963 Australia(Eastbourne, England) 1967 New Zealand (Perth, Australia) 1971 Australia (Kingston, Jamaica) 1975 Australia (Auckland, New Zealand) 1979 Australia, (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)1983 Australia (Singapore) 1987 New Zealand (Glasgow, Scotland) 1991 Australia (Sydney, Australia) 1995 Australia (Birmingham, England) 1999 Australia (Christchurch, New Zealand)2003 New Zealand (Kingston, Jamaica)2007 (Suva, Fiji)For more updates on the latest in netball, click www.netballforum.com.

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