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Netball - Stirling
Netball was originally called basquette and its creation comes
from a
simple
misunderstanding.
When Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the modern game of
basketball, was asked to send a copy of the rules to Clara Baer, a
sports teacher in New Orleans, he sent a drawing of the court with
lines on it. Baer thought that the lines indicated that the players
couldn't leave those areas and thus was the game of netball
created.
Until the formal rules were established in 1960 by the
International Federation of Women's Basketball and Netball
(www.netball.org/Netball.aspx?id=18), both nine-a-side and
five-a-side versions were played.
Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC)recognised
netball as an Olympic sport in 1995, there are no plans for it to
be included in the 2012 Games.
Visit England Netball for the rules of
netball.
The Stirling Centre hosts nine floodlit courts for tennis,
netball and five-a-side football.
Prices
- Monday - Friday evenings and weekends: £20 (off-peak); £37
(peak
times)
- Five-a-side netball for adults: £27 (off-peak); £45.90
(peak)
- Five-a-side netball for juniors; £10.30; after 4pm, £27.
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