Melton is one of the locations that has been selected to host the Netball Victoria’s 2025 School Championships, taking place at nine locations across the state in August and September.
Bendigo, Frankston, Geelong, Hamilton, Kilsyth, Knox, Melton, Traralgon and the State Netball Centre in Parkville will host the preliminary rounds of competition, featuring four divisions for primary and secondary school students:
Primary (years 5 and 6), junior (years 7 and 8), intermediate (years 9 and 10) and senior (years 11 and 12), with all divisions playing off in finals days at the State Netball Centre.
The Secondary Boys Gala Day has been moved to Knox Regional Netball Centre, a larger venue to facilitate the increasingly popular division, eliminating the need for a wait list as per the 2024 competition.
This is also a trend reflected in Netball Victoria’s membership database from 2023-2024, which has seen an increase of 13 per cent male members, and a 12 per cent increase of 10–18-year-old male members.
Melton’s Cobblebank Stadium will host the secondary girls competition on August 12.
Teams play in a round robin format across multiple preliminary days around Victoria, with the top teams advancing through to the Finals Day at the State Netball Centre, where the state champions are crowned.
Netball Victoria’s community general manager Abbey Misso said Netball Victoria’s School Championships is Netball Victoria’s largest participation event on the calendar.
“Netball is embedded in so many sport programs in schools across the state and the country, so by coming together for the School Championships, students are able to not only put their skills to practice but strive for being named the best in the state.”
