The Netball South Australia Premier League , also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia . On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball League . Between 2008 and 2014, when sponsored by Subway the league was known as the Subway Cup . Between 2015 and 2017, when it was sponsored by Nine News , it was known as the Nine News Netball Cup . Previous sponsors include Dairy Farmers and Farmers Union . During the 2010s the league has been dominated by two clubs, Contax and Matrics, who between them have won every Premier Division grand final since 2010.
7-475: In 1988, with a team that included Michelle den Dekker and Kathryn Harby , Contax won their fourth premiership, defeating Garville in the grand final. This marked the beginning a rivalry between Contax and Garville. Between 1986 and 1996 Contax and Garville contested every state league grand final. The rivalry saw the two clubs compete in nine consecutive state league grand finals, plus one Mobil Super League final, with both clubs winning five finals each. With
14-657: A record 71 as captain . She received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to sport. Life member of the Garville Netball Club from 1989 to 1995 and helping the club clinch five premierships in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995. In the national league, den Dekker was captain-coach of the Queensland Firebirds in 1997-98 before returning home to
21-597: A team that included Harby and Julie Nykiel , a former Australia women's basketball international , Contax won their fifth and sixth premierships in 1990 and 1991. Between 1992 and 1995 Garville won four successive state league grand finals before, a Contax team featuring Jacqui Delaney won the club's seventh premiership in 1996. In 2011 the state league was renamed the Premier League. Since this time, Contax main rival has been Matrics. Between them, Contax and Matrics played in every Premier League grand final during
28-480: The reserve team of Thunderbirds. The 2024 league features eight clubs, entering teams in two divisions – the Premier Division and Reserves Division. Source : Source : Michelle den Dekker Michelle den Dekker OAM , also known as Michelle Fielke , is an Australian netballer from South Australia. den Dekker represented Australia in 84 tests between 1988 and 1995, including
35-836: The Adelaide Thunderbirds or Adelaide Ravens. She was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame in 2009. den Dekker OAM was appointed Head Coach of Netball Australia’s new Centre of Excellence in Canberra in April 2014. den Dekker was the Diamonds Assistant coach for the Australian Netball Diamonds until August 2015 (the 2015 Netball World Cup ). Currently still works as a consultant for Netball Australia as
42-623: The decade winning 5 Premierships each. The Australian Netball League team Southern Force are effectively the representative team of the Netball South Australia Premier League. They are one of two teams that represent Netball South Australia in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Adelaide Thunderbirds , has represented Netball South Australia in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball . Southern Force are also effectively
49-413: The now defunct Adelaide Ravens . den Dekker made her Australian debut in 1985, and led Australian to two world championships as captain (1991 and 1995). Michelle played a total of 84 test matches for Australia between 1985 and 1995, including 71 as captain. As captain her team enjoyed a win loss ratio of 92% (65 wins, 6 losses). den Dekker was voted as Adelaide's greatest netballer to have fronted for
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