After a successful draft night last Friday at the Royal Hotel, all four teams Royal Hotel, Sportspower, Armidale Realty and Knights Store are now preparing for the first round next Tuesday.

Just like the name suggests, the competition is fast paced and held over the space of four weeks at SportUNE.

Following next Tuesday’s first match, a further two rounds will be held on March 10 and 17, followed by the finals on March 24.

The Fast5 Netball World Series is a new event created to showcase netball to the world using a new set of rules. 

Fast5 format provides a fast, dynamic and exciting environment for players and spectators. 

Each team will have a squad of 10 players with five players on the court at a time.

Positions on court are goal shooter, goal attack, centre, goal defence and goal keeper.

There are three goal scoring zones, with a goal from zone one resulting in one point, two points from zone two and three from zone three.

Unlimited substitutions may be made at any time during the game, which is made up of four six minutes quarters.

Each team will also nominate a power play quarter where all goals are doubled.