The exact date when the Welsh Netball Association was founded is not known. 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. Morton became the first Honorary Secretary and Beatrice Williams and became the first Chair
The WNA was one of the eight founder members of the International Federation of Women's Netball and Basketball Associations, now known as World Netball
1989
The WNA was a founder member of the Federation of European Netball Associations, now known as Europe Netball
1992
The WNA became a limited company and forms its first board of directors.
In 2025, Wales Netball introduced a new long-term strategic plan titled Ymladd 2030, designed to guide the organisation’s development over the decade. The plan follows a period of organisational challenge and sets out priorities including high-performance development, restructuring of operational functions, and strengthening athlete, coach and official pathways.