For the 1st time in Sri Lanka, Ladies’ College Old Girls’ Association (LC OGA) will introduce Fast5 Netball with the LC Fast5 Netball Challenge Tournament.
The event will be conducted on 31st August from 7am onwards at the St. Joseph’s College Sports Complex. The tournament will consist of three categories; Women’s Open, Men’s Open & Mixed Open.
Women’s Teams
- Speedbirds Netball Club
- LC Red Ferns
- Trackmasters Netball
- Metho OGA
- Musaeus Legends
- Familians Netball
Men’s Teams
- United SC
- Gem City
- Team Anuradhapura
- S.Senanayake OBA
Mixed Teams
- CDB Finance
- Thunderhawks (STCML OBA)
- Old Joes
- Firefoxes
- Panthers SBC PPA
Matches will be played according to the International Fast5 Netball Rules, except that each game will be limited to two halves of six minutes. Only 5 players may be on court at any time. Mixed division must have 3 female and 2 male players. Male players may only play in positions of Goal Defense (GD) and Goal Attack (GA).
The Women’s Open Division winners will be awarded the ‘Mabel Simon Memorial Trophy’ – Former Principal, Ladies’ College (1946-1963). Mixed Division will be played for ‘Delita Fernando Challenge Trophy’ – Former Sports Teacher, Ladies’ College (1960-1998). Men’s Open Division will be played for ‘Jerry Perera Memorial Trophy’ – Former Netball Coach, Ladies’ College.
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Fast5 Netball History
Fast5 netball is a five-a-side version of netball. It evolved from the Fastnet rules first introduced by the International Federation of Netball Associations for the 2009 World Netball Series. Fastnet featured four six-minute quarters, two-point shots from outside the goal circle and a power play during which all goals counted double. However, like traditional netball, Fastnet was a seven-a-side game.
Ahead of the 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series, the rules were revised and Fastnet became known as Fast5. As part of this transition, the game changed from seven-a-side to five-a-side. In 2017, Netball Superleague teams began playing in the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. In 2023, Fast5 netball made its debut at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
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