about amsterdam netball

Amsterdam Netball started when two Netball-loving ladies, Delle and Nadine, decided to set up a Netball team in Amsterdam in the spring of 2014. Before starting what’s now known as Amsterdam Netball, they used to travel to The Hague to play in a small team of expats. After playing there for two years, they felt it was time to give netball a go closer to home. That’s when they decided to start Netball in Amsterdam, and haven’t looked back since! Amsterdam Netball now counts over 30 regular members and in addition to just playing Netball once a week, the club also strives to develop players skills with focused trainings. Since the launch in 2014, Amsterdam Netball has competed in five international tournaments with like-minded clubs all over Europe! Always finishing in the top three, the club has been able to distinguish themselves as a stellar competitive team in the amateur European Netball scene.

Going forward Amsterdam Netball strives to:

First and foremost, offer a safe and familiar environment to her members
Encourage members to grow and evolve their Netball skills
Develop Netball in The Netherlands by setting up a National Dutch League
Unite fellow amateur European Netball Clubs by hosting annual tournaments and encouraging the development of Netball in Europe
Have as much fun as humanly possible

Our goals

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encourage

Netball is a prominent woman's sport (although we love having men in our club!) and we want to motivate women of all shapes and sizes, to lead a more active life by playing Netball.

Wanting to join our club doesn't mean you have to have years of Netball experience though. We encourage anyone: expats, Dutch natives and everything in between to join our club!

Getting people up and moving is our biggest goal, and hopefully we can inspire others to do so as well!

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develop

Looking forward, we are eternal optimists and envision a the glorious Netballing Nation of The Netherlands, matching the likes of Australia and New Zealand.

Keeping it a bit more realistic though, we are dead set on developing a National Dutch Netball League. This will enable us to attend major international competitions and even get a place on the World ranking!

Our goal is to send a National Dutch team to the European Championship within 5 years. Fingers crossed!

unite

It's not easy setting up an entirely unknown sport...in a foreign country! But more and more grassroots Netball teams all over Europe keep sprouting up.

We want to unite these teams and establish a supportive community for club leaders. One of the ways we want to do this is by hosting an annual tournament in Amsterdam.

This not only encourages friendly competition and development, but it's also a great starting block for clubs to connect and share experiences

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