The Sherbrooke Netball Association (SNA) ran competitions from the mid-1970s until 2017-18, with Emerald teams still competing in the final roster available online from August 2017. However, by this point the SNA had been in a slow decline for at least a decade, with teams gradually moving to the Mountain District Netball Association. This Perpetual Shield Trophy - a wooden trophy in the shape of a shield with metal mini-shields designed to have each year's winner engraved on them - only saw four winners engraved on it, with the other 15 slots left empty. The most recent winner was Emerald in 2013; given this was several years before the competition fully ended, it is possible that by 2014 there were alreeady not enough teams and players to continue running the open mixed championship. This shield recalls a long-standing, now-defunct local netball competition, including two consecutive victories by the Emerald team.This item is a wooden shield-shaped trophy. Affixed to it in a rectangular grid (four rows and five columns) are brass mini-shields, in the same shape as the wooden shield. The middle space of the second row of shields is replaced with a badge, showing the logo of the Sherbrooke Netball Association. The first four mini-shields are engraved with years (2010-13) and team names; the other 15 are left blank. At the top, the name of the league is displayed in black on a brass background, atop a title ribbon design.Top: "SHERBROOKE NETBALL ASSOCIATION / ** OPEN MIXED ** / PREMIERS" Centre: "SHERBROOKE / Netball Association" First Shield: "2010 / BEACONSFIELD" Second Shield: "2011 / SILVAN / (BLACK)" Third Shield: "2012 / EMERALD" Fourth Shield: "2013 / EMERALD"sports, 2010s, sherbrooke netball association