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description: "How the South Australian netball club championship is calculated: grade weightings, ranked seasons, and documented data gaps."
site: "Netball Open Data"
title: "Method"
url: "https://netballsa.com/method"
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# Method

How the South Australian netball club championship is calculated: grade weightings, ranked seasons, and documented data gaps.

## Scoring

A club's championship score for a season is the sum, across every grade it fields a team in, of its ladder position converted to points — first in a grade of ten earns ten, second earns nine — with each grade multiplied by a weight reflecting its standard.

From 2022 positions come from published PlayHQ regular-season ladders, not finals. Two points for a win, one for a draw; teams level on points are separated by goal percentage (goals for ÷ goals against × 100).

Earlier AMND seasons (2000–2014 and 2016) come from archived Final Premiership Placings PDFs. Those rows are placement-only, and the top four may reflect finals rather than the minor-round ladder, so they score but cannot award a minor premiership.

Seasons still being played are excluded: a mid-season ladder is not a finish.

_Data last updated 2026-08-13._

## Grade weights

| Grade | Competition | Tier | Division | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Premier Division | Premier League | 1 | — | 1 |
| Reserves Division | PL Reserves | 2 | — | 0.8 |
| AMND League | AMND | 3 | — | 0.75 |
| A. Grade | AMND | 4 | — | 0.68 |
| B 1 | AMND | 5 | 1 | 0.62 |
| B 2 | AMND | 5 | 2 | 0.59 |
| B 3 | AMND | 5 | 3 | 0.56 |
| B 4 | AMND | 5 | 4 | 0.53 |
| B 5 | AMND | 5 | 5 | 0.5 |
| B 6 | AMND | 5 | 6 | 0.47 |
| Inter. 1 | AMND | 6 | 1 | 0.45 |
| Inter. 2 | AMND | 6 | 2 | 0.435 |
| Inter. 3 | AMND | 6 | 3 | 0.42 |
| Inter. 4 | AMND | 6 | 4 | 0.405 |
| Inter. 5 | AMND | 6 | 5 | 0.39 |
| Inter. 6 | AMND | 6 | 6 | 0.375 |
| C 1 | AMND | 7 | 1 | 0.36 |
| C 2 | AMND | 7 | 2 | 0.34 |
| C 3 | AMND | 7 | 3 | 0.32 |
| C 4 | AMND | 7 | 4 | 0.3 |
| C 5 | AMND | 7 | 5 | 0.28 |
| C 6 | AMND | 7 | 6 | 0.26 |
| Junior 1 | AMND | 8 | 1 | 0.38 |
| Junior 2 | AMND | 8 | 2 | 0.365 |
| Junior 3 | AMND | 8 | 3 | 0.35 |
| Junior 4 | AMND | 8 | 4 | 0.335 |
| Junior 5 | AMND | 8 | 5 | 0.32 |
| Junior 6 | AMND | 8 | 6 | 0.305 |
| Junior 7 | AMND | 8 | 7 | 0.29 |
| Junior 8 | AMND | 8 | 8 | 0.275 |
| Junior 9 | AMND | 8 | 9 | 0.26 |
| Sub-Junior 1 | AMND | 9 | 1 | 0.32 |
| Sub-Junior 2 | AMND | 9 | 2 | 0.305 |
| Sub-Junior 3 | AMND | 9 | 3 | 0.29 |
| Sub-Junior 4 | AMND | 9 | 4 | 0.275 |
| Sub-Junior 5 | AMND | 9 | 5 | 0.26 |
| Sub-Junior 6 | AMND | 9 | 6 | 0.245 |
| Sub-Junior 7 | AMND | 9 | 7 | 0.23 |
| Sub-Junior 8 | AMND | 9 | 8 | 0.215 |
| Sub-Junior 9 | AMND | 9 | 9 | 0.2 |
| Primary 1 | AMND | 10 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Primary 2 | AMND | 10 | 2 | 0.245 |
| Primary 3 | AMND | 10 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Primary 4 | AMND | 10 | 4 | 0.215 |
| Primary 5 | AMND | 10 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Primary 6 | AMND | 10 | 6 | 0.185 |
| Primary 7 | AMND | 10 | 7 | 0.17 |
| Sub-Primary 1 | AMND | 11 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Sub-Primary 2 | AMND | 11 | 2 | 0.185 |

## Coverage

| Competition | Ranked seasons | Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adelaide Metropolitan Netball Division | 2000–2025 | 20 |
| Netball SA Premier League | 2023–2025 | 3 |
| Premier League Reserves | 2023–2025 | 3 |

Years with no ranked season: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.


## Frequently asked questions

### How are grade weights chosen?

Each grade carries a published weight reflecting its standard, running from 1.0 for Premier Division down to the low tenths for junior and lower metro divisions. Every weight in use is listed in the grade weights table on the Method page.

### Do finals count toward the championship score?

No. From 2022, positions are taken from the published PlayHQ regular-season ladder, not from finals. Ladders cover the regular season only, and finals are flagged separately and excluded when fixtures are reconciled against a ladder.

### Why can an archived season not award a minor premiership?

AMND seasons from 2000 to 2014 and 2016 come from Final Premiership Placings PDFs. Those rows are placement-only and the top four places may reflect finals outcomes rather than the minor-round ladder, so an uncertain top-four finish still scores in the championship but cannot count as a minor premiership.

### How are teams level on points separated?

By goal percentage — goals for ÷ goals against × 100 — which is the standard Netball SA method. Ladders award two points for a win and one for a draw.

### How are forfeits and byes handled?

A forfeit is recorded by PlayHQ as a nominal 0–20, so it counts toward won–lost–drawn but contributes no goals and shows no margin. Byes are stored as fixtures with one side, and a scheduled final with undecided sides appears in the grade’s fixture list rather than being dropped.

### Why is win rate missing before 2022?

Archive rows carry a placement and nothing else — no played, won, lost or goals — so there is no basis for a rate. Win rate and games played are therefore shown from 2022 onward only.