There is evidence that netball was played in Wales in the late 1930s when a Miss George of the YMCA, organised matches in South Wales for the Coalfield Federation and a Miss Pugh Williams arranged matches in Cardiff. Sometime between 1943 and 1945, a group PE teachers, including Marion Morton of the Mary Datchelor School, which was evacuated to Llanelli for the duration of World War II, and Beatrice Williams from Carmarthenshire, formed a small committee to organise netball matches. This committee later became the Wales Netball Association. In 1944–45, Marion Morton also formed the first county team, Carmarthen, which began competing in English inter-counties tournaments.[2][3]
1975 saw the introduction of the Senior National Club Championship. Newport Athletic Club were the inaugural champions.[2][3] In 2023, after several years of inactivity the Championship was revived.[32] Clubs compete in local leagues across Wales during the winter season, which typically concludes in the April/May. The top-performing clubs from these eligible leagues, plus the reigning champions, qualify for the national championship.[33][34]
