Canterbury Netball Academy

Our Senior School Canterbury Netball Academy offers a holistic approach to the sport.

Through Curriculum, Competition and Community Engagement, students have the capacity to choose multiple pathways within the sport from playing competitively, professionally or socially, to coaching and umpiring.

Netball students with coach

2024 Australian Education Awards | Best Co-Curricular Program Category Entrant
Canterbury Taipans Netball & Academy Program

Demonstrating our talent identification and sporting community partnerships, as we showcase our commitment to excellence in high-performance netball…

Awards

  • Netball Queensland ‘School of the Year’ Finalist: 2017 – 2023
  • Netball Queensland ‘School of the Year’ Winner: 2018, 2020, 2022
  • Netball Queensland ‘Spirit of Netball’ Award: Canterbury Director of Netball Deanne Hamilton 2021
  • Netball Queensland ‘Community Innovation Award’ Finalist: 2018, 2022
  • Netball Queensland ‘Inclusion Award’ Finalist: 2020
  • Netball Queensland ‘Teacher of the Year’ Winner: Canterbury Director of Netball Deanne Hamilton 2022
  • The Associated Schools (TAS) Competition: Undefeated Opens Team (Firsts) 2020 – 2023
  • The Associated Schools (TAS) Competition: Undefeated 10As Team 2021 – 2023
  • QISSN: Queensland Independent Secondary Schools Netball (64 QLD Teams Competition)
    Division 1: Back-To-Back GOLD Champions 2022 – 2023
    Division 3: Champions 2018
  • Vicki Wilson Cup (Years 10-12): Back-To-Back GOLD Champions 2022 – 2023
  • Vicki Wilson Shield (Years 7-9): Bronze 2017 | Silver 2018, 2023 | Gold 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Vicki Wilson Boys Inaugural State Championships: 6th Overall 2020
  • Logan City Sports Awards Finalist: Coach of the Year, Team of the Year 2022 – 2023
  • Logan City Sports Awards Winner: Coach of the Year 2022

Participation

  • Student Teams (Years 7-12): 11
  • Student Participants: 104
  • Competition Teams: 7
  • Accredited & Officiating Coaches & Umpires: 36
  • Student Coaches & Officials + Alumni: 7 + 4
  • Sapphire Series QLD State Netball League Contracted Athletes: 7 (Inaugural Year 2019)
  • Franchise State Titles Team Players: 15
  • Queensland U17s & U19s Squad Members: 3
  • Queensland Firebirds Training Squad Members: 1
  • Netball Australia National Pathways Program Participants: 2
  • Australian Indoor Team Players: 1
  • Queensland Indoor Team Representatives: 4
  • Queensland School Sport Pathways – Regional/State Representatives From 12U, 13-15 Years & 16-19 Years: 12
Students have access to online and face-to-face coaching accreditation.
Young coaches are supported by mentors as they work through their accreditation process.
Supported by online assessment and local association badging systems, our students can choose to be involved in officiating netball across our TAS competitions and events.
Our Canterbury Netball Academy is an elective subject for Years 9-10 students.
Within the course, students engage in skill development, game analysis and online accreditation modules.
Canterbury players are actively engaged within the wider netball community at club, representative, regional and state levels.