By 1987 success was achieved in the junior grades with the club fielding a team in the top grade of each junior division. The Sub-Junior 1 team finished 2nd and the Junior 1 team won an exciting final. In 1988, in an attempt to strengthen the senior grades the club amalgamated with Aquarians (a two team club from the northern areas), who had won the B1 premiership. With the added strength injected by these players and with their coach Barry Seaman guiding the seniors the Club progressed to A2. After finishing 2nd in A2 in 1992, the Club successfully challenged South Adelaide and in the best of three series won their way into A1.

When the State League was formulated Cheerio was one of the founding clubs. It is encouraging to witness players who commenced their career at Cheerio as juniors playing at the top level. Cheerio developed an alliance with the Woodville West Torrens Football Club in 2005 which resulted in a name change to the Cheerio Eagles and incorporating blue with the traditional green and gold of our playing uniforms. 

Cheerio decided to discontinue its relationship with the football club and north western suburbs alliance from 2012 and instead embarked upon an ambitious joint venture with the Oakdale Netball Club, submitting the first ever Premier League and Premier League Reserves team supported by two independent clubs. Phoenix Netball was a new innovation in South Australian netball and the joint venture continued for several years, achieving great success on the court and providing a pathway for both Cheerio and Oakdale players to the Premier League.
Eventually, both Cheerio and Oakdale sought the opportunity to operate as solo clubs and the joint venture came to an amicable end in 2016.

We are proudly once again the Cheerio Netball Club.