Netball in the Americas

[4][5] As of August 2016, several teams in the region ranked amongst the top thirty-five in the world, including Jamaica (4th), Trinidad & Tobago (9th) Barbados (13th), Canada (18th), Grenada (22nd), Saint Lucia (24th), the United States of America (28th) and Argentina (35th).

[7] One of the top performances of the Canadian women's team was at the 2nd World Youth Netball Championship when they came in third.

[9] As of 2010, the national organisation has affiliates in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, the District of Columbia, Tennessee, Nevada, Washington, Arizona and Virginia.

[10] In 1992, the United States of America Netball Association organised the first national championship to be held in the country.

[9] The Americans played their first international games at the Netball World Championship in Birmingham, England in 1995, where they won their pool but ultimately finished 14th in the competition.

[9] In 2007, Netball America was founded by Steve Anderson, Moreen Logsdon, Jo O'Key, and Sonya Ottaway.

[17] Pancho Rankine, Margaret Beckford and Margarietta St. Juste created the Jamaica Netball Association in 1958.

They were subsequently invited to have a national team compete in the West Indies Tournament that was held in Montserrat in August 1959.

[15] In 1960, a member of the All England Netball Association went to Jamaica to coach, lecture and test umpires.

[24] Jamaica's national association was involved in the protests against apartheid policies that discriminated against black South Africans.

This new entity supersedes the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) and brings with it fundamental changes to how the sport is administered going forward.