5-679: The British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship is a Fast5 netball pre-season tournament featuring teams from the Netball Superleague . The rules of the tournament are similar, though not identical, to the Fast5 Netball World Series . In 2017 Loughborough Lightning won the inaugural championship. The tournament was established in March 2017 by England Netball in partnership with Barry Hearn 's Matchroom Sport . In September 2017 Loughborough Lightning won
10-572: The Fast5 Netball World Series . The rules were revamped for 2012 , with the variation being renamed Fast5. In 2008, the IFNA released the details of a new, faster format of netball, which eventually became known as "fastnet". The new format was developed for a new international netball competition, the World Netball Series. According to the IFNA, the new rules were ultimately designed to make games faster and more television-friendly, with
15-582: The inaugural championship. Source : Source : Fast5 netball Fast5 (originally called Fastnet ) is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) (now the International Netball Federation) in 2008, and was primarily developed for a new international competition,
20-693: The standard rules of netball apply (see Netball rules ). The main Fast5 competition is the Fast5 Netball World Series ; presently, it is the only international competition based on the new format. It was first held in October 2009 and is contested on an annual basis between the top six national netball teams in the IFNA World Rankings . Regional fastnet competitions also emerged in 2009 in England. The Jamaica Netball Association announced plans for
25-637: The ultimate aim of raising the sport's profile and attracting more spectators and greater sponsorship. Previously, the new rules had been trialled by England junior and senior netball squads over a 12-month period. Some of the new rules were announced in December 2008, including six-minute playing quarters and power plays; others were announced in February 2009. The new format was quickly compared to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens . Fast5 features modified rules that are outlined below. Outside of these,
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