Capital Darters Academy 

The Capital Darters Academy is a high performance training environment for ACT pre-elite and elite athletes who live locally and aspire to play for the Capital Darters Team and beyond.
2025 Nominations

FAQ 

To be eligible for selection athletes must: 
- Be or become a financial member of Netball ACT. 
- Aged 18 years or above in the year of the program. 
- Currently reside in Canberra of surrounding region (within 100km radius of Canberra)
- Moving to Canberra or surrounding region for work or university

All athetels must complete athlete nomination form and submit by the due date. 

A paper selection is used to determine selection (i.e there are no physical trials). 

Netball ACT Head Coach - Kate Carpenter: kate.carpenter@netballact.com.au

Past Academy Athletes 

Alice Henman (Canberra Netball Association) 
Amber Brophy (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Annick Theron (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Caitlin Brady (Canberra Netball Association) 
Elise Robinson (Belconnen Netball Association) 
Favour Lokudu (Belconnen Netball Association) 
Kaylah Upfield (Arawang Netball Association) 
Milla Papallo (UTS Sparks) 
Sophia Martinussen (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Sophie Dixon (South Canberra Netball Association) 
Ashley Weller (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 

Millie Boehm (Arawang Netball Association) 
Favour Lokudu (Belconnen Netball Association) 
Elise Robinson (Belconnen Netball Association) 
Alice Henman (Canberra Netball Association)
Annick Theron (Belconnen Netball Association)
Milla Papallo (UTS Sparks) 
Caitlin Brady (Canberra Netball Association) 
Carly Symons (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Olivia Clark (Queanbeyan Netball Association) 
Sophia Martinussen (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Amber Brophy (Tuggeranong Netball Association) 
Caitlin Brady (Canberra Netball Association)