Section 6.6 – Netball Knockout Competition
Amended 2025
6.6 Netball
6.6.1
Refer to General Knockout Rules.
6.6.2 Rules and conditions
(a) Competition is to be on an open primary age basis, i.e. must be thirteen (13) years or under in the year of the competition.
(b) Duration of play
Each match shall consist of four ten (10) minute quarters with intervals of two (2) minutes, five (5) minutes and two (2) minutes.
(c) Drawn games
(i) In the event of a drawn game five (5) minutes extra time each way shall be played with no interval in between.
(ii) If at the end of this extra time a draw still remains the ball is returned to the centre and without changing ends, play continues until one team is ahead by two (2) goals. The team with the two (2) goal advantage shall be declared the winner.
(iii) This rule is applicable to all matches except the final.
(iv) In the final, if the game is drawn at full time, both teams are declared joint winners.
(d) The home team will provide, where at all possible, a sealed court of good quality and the two umpires shall have the final say as to the safety of the court.
(e) Each school shall provide an umpire, where possible badged.
(f) The rules of play shall be those of International Netball Federation rules (INF) with the exception of:
i) Rolling Substitutions being permitted instead of Tactical Changes
ii) Using a squad of up to ten (10) athletes.
(j) Medals
Eleven (11) medals will be awarded to the winning team and eleven (11) medals to the runners-up on the day of the final plus one (1) medal for each Coach and one (1) medal for each school.