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Canberra Darters
Canberra Darters are a former Australian netball team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The team was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. Between 2003 and 2007 they played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy as AIS Canberra Darters. The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Darters were the Netball ACT team in the ANL between 2008 and 2016. In 2017 they were replaced in the ANL by Canberra Giants. History Commonwealth Bank Trophy AIS Canberra Darters was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. They subsequently entered a combined team in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They joined the competition in 2003, replacing Adelaide Ravens. They continued to play in this competition until its demise in 2007. Their best performance came in 2004 when they finished 5th. Regular season stats Australian Netball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Australia
The following lists events that happened during 2003 in Australia. Incumbents *Monarchy of Australia, Monarch – Elizabeth II *Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General – Peter Hollingworth (until 28 May), then Michael Jeffery (from 11 August) **Administrator (Australia), Administrator of the Commonwealth – Guy Green (judge), Sir Guy Green (from 28 May to 11 August) *Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister – John Howard **Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Deputy Prime Minister – John Anderson (Australian politician), John Anderson **List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition, Opposition Leader – Simon Crean (until 2 December), then Mark Latham *Chief Justice of Australia, Chief Justice – Murray Gleeson State and territory leaders *Premier of New South Wales – Bob Carr **Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), Opposition Leader – John Brogden (politician), John Brogden *Premier of Queensland – Peter Beattie **Leader of the Opposition (Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Dziwoki
Carla Dziwoki (born 29 August 1982) is a former Australian netball player. Dziwoki played with the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She played for Team Northumbria in the 2008–09 Netball Superleague for the . She also played for Leeds Carnegie during the 2009–10 Netball Superleague season. Dziwoki rejoined the Queensland Firebirds for the 2009 ANZ Championship season after Megan Dehn withdrew from the side. Dziwoki also plays in the Netball NSW Premier League where she represents the Sutherland Shire. Dziwoki will also be representing NSW Waratahs in the Australian Netball League. Carla will play for the NSW Swifts in the 2011 ANZ Championship season. She was also a member of the Australian FastNet Diamonds team which played at the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool. After being released by the NSW Swifts at the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, Dziwoki signed with the Melbourne Vixens for the 2015 season. In 2018, she became a contes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Edwards
Mandy Edwards (born 28 July 1982) is an Australian netball player. In 2008, Edwards was signed to play in the ANZ Championship for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Edwards was educated at Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ... in Adelaide. References2008 Adelaide Thunderbirds profile 1982 births Living people Australian netball players Adelaide Thunderbirds players ANZ Championship players Netball players from South Australia People educated at Westminster School, Adelaide AIS Canberra Darters players {{Australia-netball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirby Bentley
Kirby Bentley (born 9 May 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the and Carlton Football Clubs in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Bentley was signed as a priority player by Fremantle in August 2016 ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season. She made her debut in Round 1, 2017, in the club's inaugural match against at VU Whitten Oval. In 2017, Bentley played a State of Origin match for the Allies and injured her knee, which required surgery. She was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2018 season. In October 2018, Bentley joined Carlton as a free agent. The Kirby Bentley Cup, an Australian rules football trophy played for by Indigenous girls aged between thirteen and fifteen, is named for Bentley. Kirby has also played netball for both West Coast Fever and Western Sting The West Coast Fever reserves are an netball in Australia, Australian netball team that represents Netball Western Australia in the Australian Netball League. As the Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Beaton
Emily Beaton (born 9 April 1987) was an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they pla .... She was also starting WA for the Australian Diamonds squad that played in the 2011 World Netball Series tournament in Liverpool. She was part of both Adelaide Thunderbirds premiership teams, both in 2010 and 2013. She retired at the end of the 2016 ANZ Championship season as the only player remaining from the Thunderbirds original ANZ Championship team in 2008. This made her the only Thunderbirds player to play for the Adelaide Thunderbirds throughout the entire ANZ Championship period, having played 100 games. She now runs her typography business, Cleverhand. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaton, Emi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyn Bailey
Karyn Bailey (born 28 July 1986) is a former Australian netball player who played for the Melbourne Vixens, Adelaide Thunderbirds. and played for the Surrey Storm ( UK) from 2018 - 2021. After Storm's final game on Monday 21st June 2021, she retired from domestic netball after 16 years of playing top-flight netball. Early years Bailey was born in Melbourne and moved to Northern Territory as a three-year-old. She earned a scholarship to the Northern Territory Institute of Sport at 15 years of age. She considers Northern Territory her home. Netball career Bailey's career commenced as a player for the Northern Territory state netball team. In 2005, she played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy for the Queensland Firebirds, in 2006 for the AIS Canberra Darters and in 2007 for the Hunter Jaegers. She also played for Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League 2009–2011, including premiership teams in 2009 and 2010. Bailey was a dominant goal scorer in the Victorian Netball Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Themann
Fiona Themann (born 18 April 1990), also known as Fiona Fowler, is a Scotland netball international. She represented Scotland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2015 Netball World Cup. At club level, she has played for Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, Melbourne University Lightning in the Victorian Netball League, Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball. She captained Fury when they won ANL premierships in 2015 and 2016. In 2016 she helped three different teams win league titles. In addition to captaining Fury, she also helped Lightning win the VNL Championship and Newbridge win the LVFNL premiership. Early life and education Themann was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia and was raised in the nearby town of Mooroopna. Between 2006 and 2007 she attended Caulfield Grammar School. Between 2008 and 2011 she attended Victoria University where she gained a BEd in Health and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Mulheron
Hayley Mulheron (born 27 April 1986) is a Scotland netball international. She captained Scotland at the 2015 Netball World Cup. She also represented Scotland at the 2007 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. At club level, she has played for Glasgow Wildcats, Team Northumbria and Sirens in the Netball Superleague and for Canberra Darters and New South Wales Waratahs in the Australian Netball League. Playing career Netball Superleague ;Glasgow Wildcats Between 2008 and 2011, Mulheron played for Glasgow Wildcats in the Netball Superleague. ;Team Northumbria Mulheron has had two spells playing for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague. She first played for them in 2015. She returned to play for Team Northumbria in 2018. ;Sirens Mulheron has also had two spells playing for Sirens. She first played for them in 2017. She rejoined Sirens in 2018 and played for them in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club and in the 2018 British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Pratley
Susan Leanne Pettitt (née ''Pratley'' on 23 March 1984) is a former Australian international netball player, who played goal attack or goal shooter. She was a member of the Australian national team from 2006–2018, replacing the likes of Eloise Southby-Halbish, Megan Dehn, and Cynna Kydd. Prior to this she was quite an experienced campaigner as captain of the Australian 21 and under team, and the national league team AIS Canberra Darters. She made her debut in 2002 with Sydney Sandpipers. From 2003 to 2005 Pettitt was the cornerstone of Australia's development squads, with her notable leadership, composure, and shooting accuracy and reliable volume. Then in 2006 she joined the Sydney Swifts national league team to suddenly become a partner to shooting dynamo Catherine Cox, and with both Cox and Sharelle McMahon in the Australian team. She has captained the Australian 21U Team and was Vice-Captain of the Australian 21U Team which competed in the World Youth Cup in Fort Laude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Nourse
Lauren Nourse (born 10 August 1982) is a former Australia netball international. Between 2007 and 2011 she made 25 senior appearances for Australia. Nourse was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2007 World Netball Championships and the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Between 2004 and 2012, Nourse played for Queensland Firebirds. In 2011 she captained Firebirds when they won the 2011 ANZ Championship. Early life and education Nourse is originally from South Australia. She was born in Loxton and grew up in Port Lincoln where she attended St Joseph's School and played netball for Saint Mary's. She later attended Immanuel College, Adelaide. Playing career South Australia Between 1998 and 2003, Nourse represented South Australia in the Australian National Netball Championships at under-17, under-19, under-21 and Open levels. Contax Nourse also played for Contax in the South Australia state league. In 2002, together with Natalie von Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlyn Nevins
Caitlyn Nevins (born 1 June 1987), also known as Caitlyn Strachan, is a former Australia netball international. Between 2014 and 2016, she was a member of three successive ANZ Championship winning teams. She won her first title with the 2014 Melbourne Vixens before winning the 2015 and 2016 titles with Queensland Firebirds. She was a member of the Victorian Fury teams that won Australian Netball League titles in 2009, 2013 and 2014. Early life, family and education Strachan is the daughter of Lyn and Rob Strachan. She is originally from Victoria, born in Geelong and raised in Echuca. Between 1999 and 2004 she attended Echuca High School and between 2005 and 2008 she attended La Trobe University where she gained a Bachelor of Podiatry. Throughout her netball career, Strachan continued to work as a podiatrist. In November 2014, Strachan married Sam Nevins, an osteopath. Playing career Early career In her youth, Strachan played both basketball and netball. She played basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharni Layton
Sharni Norder (née Layton; born 6 January 1988) is a retired Australian sportsperson, known for her top level careers in netball and Australian rules football. Over fifteen years Norder played for six netball clubs in multiple elite competitions, and was a dual premiership player for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. She earned 46 caps for the Australia national netball team, won two gold medals at the Netball World Cup and one gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, and was captain of the team in 2017. After ending her professional netball career at the Collingwood Magpies in 2018, Norder transitioned to Australian rules football and played for Collingwood's AFL Women's team. As a footballer, Norder earned All-Australian honours in 2020, was part of Collingwood's VFLW premiership in 2019 and was vice-captain of the club in 2021. Netball career Domestic Born in Mordialloc, Victoria, Layton began her career in 2004 for the Melbourne Kestrels. She then received a scholarship to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
