The Northern Football Netball League’s representative netball teams will again take on the Eastern Football League in 2018.
The NFNL’s open and under-19 teams will take on the best from the East at Knox Regional Netball Centre on Friday May 18.
Both the senior and under-19 netball teams won their respective matches against the EFL at Bundoora’s Parade College last year to keep the league’s undefeated representative netball status intact.
The under-19 side got the night off to a great start with a 43-38 win, before the open side held on for a 48-44 victory.
The wins extended the netballers’ unbeaten streak at representative level to eight matches, following triumphs over the MPNFL and SFNL over the past three years.
NFNL netball manager Delwyn Berry said the league was excited for the challenge the EFL would again present.
“We are thrilled to again give our netballers the opportunity to play representative netball and we are very much looking forward to the challenge of taking on the best from the Eastern league,” Berry said.
“Last year’s matches were played to an exceptionally high level and we will again have to be at our best this year to continue our winning ways.”
The EFL has re-appointed former Australian Diamond Shelley O’Donnell as its senior interleague netball coach.
An announcement on the NFNL’s coaching staff and details on playing squads will be announced shortly.
