Live stream: Hills eyeing major success at 2024 Netball SA Country Championships

‘Our teams can go far and if we didn’t believe that we wouldn’t compete.’ Winning the U17 title in 2023 is only the start for The Hills. Catch the action LIVE from one of SA Netball’s showpiece events from Saturday.

The Hills Netball Association believes it can go all the way in this weekend’s Netball SA Country Championships.

SA’s top regional players in the U11, U13, U15, U17 and senior age groups will take centre stage at Netball SA Stadium over the King’s Birthday for one of the biggest netball events of the year.

The Advertiser website and KommunityTV will be your guide, showcasing almost 60 games from two courts on Saturday and Sunday, and four courts on Monday, including grand finals on all three days.

CATCH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE LONG WEEKEND HERE

Teams from a range of the state’s top netball associations, including Barossa, Light and Gawler, Western Eyre, Eastern Eyre, Great Flinders, Adelaide Plains, Hills, Yorke Peninsula, Great Southern, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Riverland, Mid South East, Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara and Limestone Coast will compete.

Check out the full LIVE STREAM schedule below.

Hills NA U17 coach and association co-ordinator Tracy Goodwin was confident they could achieve more success this weekend after winning the U17 championship last year.

“I think overall we’re a really strong association and our players and coaches are passionate and enthusiastic across all age groups once they put the Hills green and blue on,” Goodwin said.

Players from Hills, Southern Hills and Adelaide Plains with Thunderbirds players Georgie Horjus and Tayla Williams

“All of our teams were in the finals last year and we were good enough to win in the U17s, which we were super proud of because these things don’t come easy.

“That passion and fire never dies and you go in with new teams every year with that same want to win.

“Our teams can go far, and will go far, and if we didn’t believe that we wouldn’t be competing.”

Goodwin’s U17 side will not be as experienced as the team she led last year, but it still had the talent to compete.

She also believed the Hills players would benefit from the experience of competing against SA country’s best.

The Hills Netball Association is confident of more success this weekend.

“A lot of the players in the U17s are quite young, around the 15-16 age group, but it means they’re very excited and ready to go,” she said.

“I think all of our players have the ability to compete across all age groups, they’ve been selected for a reason.

“It is going to be a wonderful experience overall, just to be part of it is fantastic.

“The moment players from any of the associations walk into Netball SA Stadium and see so many other talented players, it’s exhilarating for them and being able to go up against the best is always valuable. Netball SA does the event super well and we’re so lucky to be able to participate.”

The action will begin at 8.45am on Saturday with two senior games – Barossa, Light and Gawler taking on Southern Hills and Western Eyre taking on the Mid South East.