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2008 New South Wales Swifts Season
The 2008 New South Wales Swifts season was the inaugural season for both New South Wales Swifts and the ANZ Championship. Swifts were formed in late 2007 when Netball New South Wales merged its two former Commonwealth Bank Trophy league teams, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers, in order to enter a single team in the 2008 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Catherine Cox, Swifts won 10 of their 13 matches during the regular season and finished second behind Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. Swifts subsequently defeated Magic in both the major semi–final and the grand final to become the inaugural ANZ Championship winners. Players Player movements ;Notes * Eight members of the 2008 New South Wales Swifts squad had been members of the 2007 Sydney Swifts squad that had won the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league title. * Megan Dehn was originally a member of the 2008 Swifts squad but subsequently withdrew and joined Southern Steel. Roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Fitzgerald
Julie Fitzgerald is a veteran List of netball coaches in Australia, Australian netball coach. Between 1997 and 2007, Fitzgerald served as head coach of Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She guided Swifts to List of Australian netball premiers, premierships in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Between 2008 New South Wales Swifts season, 2008 and 2011 New South Wales Swifts season, 2011, she served as head coach of New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship. In 2008 ANZ Championship season, 2008, she guided Swifts to the inaugural ANZ Championship title. Between 2014 ANZ Championship season, 2014 and 2016 ANZ Championship season, 2016, she guided Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic to the Finals Series every year in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, 2017, Fitzgerald has served as head coach of Giants Netball in Suncorp Super Netball, guiding them to two grand finals and two minor championships. In 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia), 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |