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ABOUT OUR CLUB

People

For all information regarding Committee Members, Life Members & Sub-Committee Members.

Coaching

See our current coaches.

Our Story

For our club's detailed history

Committee & Life Members

The Morialta Committee consists of the Minister OR Chairperson of the Morialta Congregation (appointed by the Church Council) as President, three confirmed members of the Morialta Uniting Church (one of which must be the Chairperson) and six additional members in a variety of roles. The committee is elected at the club AGM each year.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Bruce Ind - President (Church Member, Chairperson of Morialta Council)
Jude Johnson - Chairperson (Life Member, Church Member)
Sandy Barker - Secretary (Life Member, Church Member)
Phil Johnson - Treasurer (Life Member)

General Members

Cheryl Buckingham - Complaints Officer (Church Member)
Lee Tremonte - Wellbeing Officer
Kylie Pedler
Karyn Leicester
Julie Thomas
Eliza Cornish - Player's Representative

LIFE MEMBERS

Sally White
Bill Markwick (dec)
Heather Vincent
Graham Vincent
Gwenda Dansie (dec)
Neil Dansie
Amy Brebner
Chris Murdoch
Ray Clogg
Rusty Palmer (dec)
Helen Kreig
Jude Johnson
Sandy Barker
Katie Dansie
Mary Johnson
Phil Johnson

SELECTIONS SUB-COMMITTEE

Sandy Barker
Cheryl Buckingham
Erin Buckingham
Eliza Cornish
Paige Cowles
Morgan Dale
Tara Grove
Isabella Jawadi
Jude Johnson
Kylie Pedler
Kate Plew
Leah Overstreet
Matt Winterford

SPONSORSHIP AND MARKETING SUB-COMMITTEE

David Dall
David Fotheringham
Sam Ion
Steve Lydeamore
Nick Clark
Colm Walsh
Rajesh Singh
Greg Vincent

Coaches

Morialta has a great community of volunteers that help the club run as smoothly as it does. A large group of these volunteers are our coaches. Take a look below at our current coaches.

Winter Coaches 2022

A Team - Jude Johnson - Development NetballSA and Level 2 CANA
B Team - Shelley King
C Team - Ian Parker
U17 (1) - Katie Dansie
U17 (2) - Matthew Harrison
U17 (3) - Joanna Caon
U17 (4) - Lee Tremonte
U15 (1) - Dave Forster
U15 (2) - Claire Creighton
U15 (3) - Liz Craft
U15 (4) - Jon Eime
U15 (5) - Jude Johnson - Development NetballSA and Level 2 CANA
U13 (1) - Sonia Clarke
U13 (2) - Kim Sexton
U13 (3) - Leah Overstreet
U13 (4) - Dan Pryor
U13 (5) - Matt Winterford - Foundation NetballSA
U13 (6) - Sara Fotheringham
U13 (7) - Erin Buckingham
U11 (1) - Peta Thompson
U11 (2) - Kylie Pedler - Development NetballSA
U11 (3) - Brianne Pryor
U9 (1) - Kylie Pedler - Development NetballSA
U9 (2) - Hannah Fotheringham & Sara Fotheringham

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Our Story

Founded in 1950, Morialta Uniting Netball Club has had a storied past that has lead us to grow to our largest ever size, with 27 teams taking the court in season 2022.

1950

In the beginning...

1950 saw the first recorded history of Newton Methodist Basketball Club, located at Newton Methodist Church, Montacute Road Newton. In this first year, the club won a premiership and photographs show the Church courts as made of dirt, with "ditch" lines.

1964

Our Uniform

The earliest uniform (which survived in the lowest grades until 1982) was a green tunic (box pleat) with a wide tartan band, a red girdle and a white blouse. In 1964 Buchanan tartan ribbon replaced the material band and this ribbon has become part of the continuing tradition and is still and is still a part of the current uniform.

1970 - 1977

Our Name

The first of three name changes occurred in 1970 to Newton Methodist Netball Club, when Australia and New Zealand changed from Women's Basketball to Netball. With the union of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches to form the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the club was renamed Newton Uniting Church Netball Club.

1984 - 1990

A Period of Dominance, and another new name...

In 1984 and 1985, Newton Uniting won the A1 premiership and this team of players moved to SA Netball Association in 1986 to form Newton Netball Club, which in 1990 amalgamated with Jaguars Netball Club to form Newton Jaguars Netball Club.

1990

Amalgamation, and one final name change...

1990 saw the amalgamation of Newton, Magill, Finchley Park and Rostrevor Uniting Churches and a move from Montacute Road to the Magill Church location of 26 Chapel Street and another name change, from Newton to Morialta Uniting Netball Club.

Although Magill Uniting and Rostrevor Uniting had previously entered teams into the United Church Netball Association, both clubs had disbanded by 1990 and therefore there was only a name change, rather than an amalgamation of clubs.

2001

Creation of the Under 8's

By 2001, the club only fielded one team in the Open competition. In Summer 2002/2003 a number of ex-player's children had reached an age to play and together with some school friends, entered the first U8 team for a number of years. 2013 saw the first of these players being selected in the A team.

2015

A Fully Matured Club

In 2015, Morialta had grown to its largest size ever, fielding 20 teams in the United Church Netball Association Summer season.

Now

TODAY

Currently, Morialta regularly fields 25+ teams in both the Winter & Summer SAUCNA competitions.