Woodanilling Basketball (Netball) Courts (site 2)

Statement of Significance

The site is important for its association with the development of recreational activities in
the district.

Physical Description

The clay courts were located between the post office and the bakery (now demolished).

History

Netball (referred to as basketball until more recent times) was one of two outdoor winter
sports (with hockey) played by young women in the district.

The first courts were evidently unsuitable and netball was next played at a more central
town location off Robinson Road.

The basketball club was reformed after the Second War and competed successfully in the
Katanning Association winning the grand final on a number of occasions including 1955,
1957 and 1967. Up to three teams represented Woodanilling ( A grade, B grade and
juniors). Matches were played each second week in Woodanilling. On the intervening
Saturday, Mr Spencer, would drive the players to Katanning in the school bus. In the late
sixties, the matches were centralised in Katanning and only one Woodanilling team was
represented. New courts had been constructed above the tennis courts at the
Woodanilling Sportsground only a short time previously.

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