Swiss Netball was founded in 2009 by a group of volunteers to promote the game of Netball within Switzerland. Netball Switzerland changed its name to Swiss Netball and joined the World Netball in 2011.

The U17 Team have won the Netball Europe Challenge Cup in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019, and played in the Europe Netball Championship Cup Division in 2020.

The National Open Team first obtained a world ranking in 2012 and has climbed as high as 28th in the world. Switzerland is ranked 49th by World Netball.

Development

The Under 17 team first represented Switzerland at the European Netball championships in 2010. The staff driving elite level netball programme launched the Cadre d'Espoir in 2011-12 with the aim of creating a player performance pathway.

  • 2010 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
    2010 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
  • 2011 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
    2011 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
  • 2012 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
    2012 Under 17 Netball team and Coaches
Year Location Captain
2010 Belfast Kate Garden
2011 Dublin Kate Garden
2012 Glasgow Isabelle Turney (Co-C) and Emma Coulsen (Co-C)
2013 Malta Georgia- May Gabb (Co-C) and Lauren Snyder (Co-C)
2014 Worcester Oriane Calmy (C) and Sarah Irwin (VC)
2015 Hull Oriane Calmy (C) and Pasqualina Vonlanthen Di Nenna (VC)
2016 Gibraltar Grace Beesley (C) and Elsa Grand d'Hauteville (VC)
2017 Belfast Grace Beesley (C) and Ruby Gribben (VC)
2018 Dublin Ruby Gribben (C) and Agathe Grand d'Hauteville (VC)

Juniors

Swiss Netball is dedicated to developing netball both in public and international schools in Switzerland. Swiss Netball supports the development of competitions in schools and clubs as well as supporting the start up process for new clubs.

An annual junior tournament ("The JCT") is open to all Junior Clubs who are affiliated to Swiss Netball. The tournament is held in November, the tournament is played in age groups U11, U13, U15 & U17.

Seniors

The Swiss Netball Nationalkader/Cadre national was established in 2012. A squad of 15 represented Switzerland at Netball Europe World Ranking Tournament in Gibraltar, May 2012. Switzerland achieved World Ranking at the tournament alongside Republic of Ireland, Israel, Malta and Gibraltar. In May 2013 the team represented Switzerland at the Netball Europe Open Championships in Aberdeen. Switzerland won the Silver Medal in the Development Section of the Championships and Player of the Tournament.

  • 2012 Swiss National Team
    2012 Swiss National Team
Year Team Captain
2012 Seniors Andrea McKellar
2013 Seniors Mollie Brodie and Charlotte Spelzini
2014 Seniors Mollie Brodie (C) and Claudia Almer (VC)
2015 Seniors Claudia Almer (C) and Helen Stevens (VC)

Annual Peppermill Tournament

The first annual Swiss Netball tournament took place in May at International School of Lausanne (ISL). It has grown from four local teams in 2008 to two tournaments, one in May for Junior's and one later in the year called " The Peppermill Challenge" for Seniors.

Year Event Winners
2008 Seniors GIN
2009 Seniors GIN
2010 Seniors Lancy
2011 Seniors Lancy
2012 Seniors Zurich
2013 Seniors Zurich
2014 Seniors Zurich
2015 Seniors Zurich
2016 Seniors Meinier
2017 Seniors GGNA
2018 Seniors GGNA
2019 No Peppermill due to COVID
2020 No Peppermill due to COVID
2021 Seniors Aubonne
2022 Seniors Lancy Lightning
2023 Seniors GIN

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball_Switzerland
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