It has been almost 10 years since the Sunshine Coast Lightning, the region's first and only national professional sports team, started making a name for itself in the Super Netball league, and registrations have surged as a result.

Sunshine Coast Netball Association operations officer Gabrielle Firth-Taylor says there has been a 25 per cent increase in registrations since 2016.

"Back then we were looking at under 2,000 registrations for our junior fixtures and now we're at like 2,500," she said.

Super Netball is one of the biggest female codes in the country and total attendance for the 2025 season was 386,455 — the most in the league's history.

The Lightning experienced enormous success in its first five seasons — there were three consecutive grand final appearances and back-to-back p

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