Hitting the netball court Hitting the netball court ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ THE COURT Read the content for this topic then answer the following Use the labels to mark the parts of a netball court. questions to see how much you understand about what You may have to use each label twice. you read. Goal circle Goal third base line Centre circle 1. If 7000 goals are scored at this year’s World Cup, on average how many goals will be scored each day? Centre third sideline transverse line 2. Which country and city is hosting the Netball World Cup 2015? Draw in two goal posts. 3. How many venues will games be played at during the 10.17m tournament? 4. There are four pools. How many teams in each pool? 5. How many regions of the world are represented? 4.9m 6. How many previous Netball World Cup competitions have 15.25m been held before this year? 0.9m 7. Other than this year’s host which other Australian city has held the World Cup championships? 8. How long is a game of netball? 9. What does the WD positional bib stand for? Use the dimensions to work out the area of: - the whole court 10. How many years has it been since the first game of netball was - a goal circle played in England? - a third - a centre circle Hitting the netball court Hitting the netball court ACTIVITY 3 ACTIVITY 4 KNOW YOUR DIAMONDS THE TEAMS Use the clues to identify the 12 members of the Australian Match the teams with their flag and which region of the world netball team – the Diamonds – in the photo below. they come from. List them in order of height from tallest to shortest. Teams: Australia, Barbados, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Malawi, New I’m Caitlin Bassett. I play Goal Shooter. I am 192cm tall. Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, I’m Erin Bell. I play Goal Attack. I am 178cm tall. Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Wales, Zambia. I’m Rebecca Bulley I play Goal Defence. I am 186cm tall. I’m Julie Corletto. I play in defence. I am 184cm. I’m Laura Geitz, captain of the team and Goal Keeper. I am 185cm. I’m Kimberlee Green. I play Wing Attack. I am 176cm tall. I’m Paige Hadley. I play on the wings. I am 173cm tall. I’m Renae Hallinan. I play Wing Defence. I am 178cm tall. I’m Sharni Layton. I play Goal Keeper. I am 188cm tall. I’m Natalie Medhurst. I play Goal Attack. I am 178cm tall. I’m Kim Ravaillion. I play Centre. I am 175cm tall. I’m Caitlin Thwaites. I play Goal Shooter. I am 188cm tall. Africa: (4 teams) Americas: (3 teams) Asia: (3 teams) Europe: (3 teams) Oceania: (3teams) Hitting the netball court Hitting the netball court ACTIVITY 5 ACTIVITY 6 COMPETITION SCHEDULE HISTORY OF NETBALL WORLD CUP After day four, all the pool games will be completed. Fill in the missing information about past World Cups. Use the schedule below to work out who will play in which pool in the qualification rounds based on the standings given in red. POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D YEAR HOST (city / country) WINNER RUNNER UP Australia 1 England 2 Malawi 2 Fiji 2 1963 Eastbourne / Australia Barbados 4 Jamaica 1 Singapore 3 Uganda 3 1967 / Australia Australia New Zealand 2 Samoa 3 South Africa 1 Wales 1 Kingston / Jamaica Australia Trinadad/Tobago 3 Scotland 4 Sri Lanka 4 Zambia 4 1975 Auckland / England Top two teams from each pool to first eight. Bottom two teams to second eight. Port of Spain/ - - - - - - - - - - - 1983 Singapore New Zealand 1987 Glasgow / New Zealand Sydney / New Zealand QUALIFICATION ROUNDS 1995 Birmingham / South Africa Christchurch / New Zealand FIRST EIGHT SECOND EIGHT 2003 Kingston / Jamaica New Zealand POOL E POOL F POOL G POOL H 2007 Auckland / Australia A1, B2, C1, D2 A2, B1, C2, D1 A3, B4, C3, D4 A4, B3, C4, D3 Singapore Australia 2015 Top two teams from pool E and F through to the semi-finals. CATCH IT Find 10 words related to netball. O H E L D B A L L O SEMI FINALS SEMI FINAL 1 SEMI FINAL 2 T O O R O R O T D O E1 v F2 F1 v E2 H O O E O E O C E U I O O T O P O A F M R O G O A L O T E P Winners play World Cup final Gold Medal match D O O O O A O N N I O O O H O Y O O C R O P A S S E O C E E O O O O O D O O O S S T E P P I N G O O .