High performing State players will be identified by Netball Australia at the National Netball Championships for their underage national development squads and teams.
Athletes are supported through camps at the Australian Institute of Sport and selected for pinnacle events such as the Netball World Youth Cup every four years.
The Melbourne Vixens franchise was launched in 2008, following the amalgamation of the Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels elite netball teams that participated in the pre-existing National Netball League Competition (1997-2007).
The Melbourne Vixens compete in Australia’s premier netball league, Suncorp Super Netball.
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