Matrics Netball Club was formed in 1972 by a group of girls who were undertaking Matriculation (Year 12) at Elizabeth. The Club was formed as a social group to play netball and to reduce stress whilst studying. The Club grew slowly through the seventies and played in summer and winter competitions in the Adelaide area. In 1983, the Club expanded by playing in the Adelaide Metropolitan Netball Division (AMND) competition, starting off in lower grades and finally winning its way into A1 in 1991. This was also the start of the Club's junior program that was run so successfully by Shirley Milner. The first State League coach was Clive Winter who,at that time,was also President of the Club. That year, the first time a team competed in A1, was not a very successful one with the team finishing near the bottom. Notable players for the Club that year were Jane Angove (now Woodlands)and Marnie Winter (now Lock) who were to have a great impact on the Club in later years. In 1992, the Club again struggled, this time under the coaching of Ms Shaw. High profile players in that year were Trudy Gardner, Poalina Hearn and Lee Smith. It wasn't until 1993 that the Club first made the A1 final series under the expert coaching of former Australian Basketball player and State Netball player Jenny Cheeseman; the Club finished fourth. This was the first and last year that any club had flown in interstate imports as the other clubs voted at the end of the season to ban this from then on. Basketball Australia, who was Jenny's employer, was concerned with her coaching netball and she consequently stood down the following year.

After the success of the previous year, the Club decided in 1994 on a strategic direction that included encouraging our junior players to step up. This offended some senior players and they departed, leaving the Club with a team of young players and captain Fiona Huppatz and new coach, Rae Blair, to battle out the season. We finished last and were beaten badly in many games. At the end of this difficult season, both Rae and Fiona departed. The presiding committee (now called the Board) decided to continue the strategy of putting faith in our juniors. Enter Jane Woodlands, a strong person in herself who demanded the same from her players. She was, at the time, the State 19 and Under coach and knew many of our players and what was required of them to succeed at the highest level. Greater emphasis was also put on achieving consistently strong results in our junior grades and skills teaching became the focus for coaches. The Club also recruited back Trudy Gardner to captain the A1 team and a young goalie from Garville, Cassie Mogg. The team also included Alex Hodge, Sally Browning, Anna Coldbeck and Lou Souter (now Dickeson), all of whom had done the hard yards the previous year. In 1995 we finished sixth, just missing out on the finals. However, the good times were coming fast!!!!