Beryl Friday (born 19 January 1994) is an Australian netball player. Friday was a member of the

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. 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 played in the C ...

teams that won the

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and 2016 ANZ Championships. She has also played for

Queensland Fusion Queensland Sapphires are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Queensland in the Australian Netball Championships. Between 2008 and 2019, as Queensland Fusion, they played in the Australian Netball League. Sapphires are effectivel ...

, Territory Storm and

Canberra Giants GIANTS Netball Academy is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. The team was originally formed in 2016 as a partnership between Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netb ...

in the

Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008 it has served as a second level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Netb ...

Team Bath TeamBath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, TeamBath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper of t ...

in the

Netball Superleague The Netball Super League is a top level netball league featuring teams from the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was commenced playing at the 2005–06 ...

and

West Coast Fever West Coast Fever is an Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they competed in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007, as Perth Orioles, th ...

Suncorp Super Netball Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...

Early life, family and education

Friday is an

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

woman from Ingham,

North Queensland North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...

. She is a Kuku Nyungkal woman of the

Kuku Yalanji The Kuku Yalanji, also known as Gugu-Yalanji, Kuku Yalandji or Kokojelandji, are an Aboriginal Australian people originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland. Language The traditional language of the people is Guugu Yaland ...

nation. She is also a descendant of the Olkolo, the

Birri Gubba The Birri Gubba people, formerly known as Biria, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Language The Birri Gubba people spoke a number of languages in the Biri language group. Country The Biria held sway over some , ...

and the

Kamilaroi The Gamilaraay, also known as Gomeroi, Kamilaroi, Kamillaroi and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose lands extend from New South Wales to southern Queensland. They form one of the four largest Indigenous nations in Aust ...

nations. She was one of five children. Her mother and two older sisters were keen netballers and at eight years old, Beryl was taken to the local courts of the Herbert River Netball Association. While attending a coaching clinic in

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, she was spotted by

Vicki Wilson Vicki Wilson, OAM, (born 11 February 1965 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian netball coach and retired international player. She is the current head coach of the Netball Fiji side. Netball career Wilson was a part of the Australian nati ...

. She subsequently gained a sports scholarship to attend St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School. As of 2021, Friday is studying for an education degree at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...

. She was an inaugural recipient of a scholarship named in honour of

Ron Clarke Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 – 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for ...

Playing career

Queensland

Between 2011 and 2015, Friday represented

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at the

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at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. She was a vice captain of the 2014 under-21 team and she captained the 2015 under-21 team.

Queensland Firebirds

Friday was a member of the

teams that won the

and 2016 ANZ Championships.

Australian Netball League

;Queensland Fusion Between 2012 and 2015, Friday played for

in the

. She helped Fusion finish as runners up in the 2014 season. ;Territory Storm In 2017, Friday played for Territory Storm in the

. ;Canberra Giants During the 2018 season, Friday played for

in the

. She helped Giants finish as runners up in the ANL. In the grand final against

Tasmanian Magpies Tasmanian Magpies are an Australian netball team that represents Tasmania in the Australian Netball League. They were ANL champions in 2018. The team was formed in 2017 in Australia, 2017 as a partnership between Netball Tasmania, the Tasmanian ...

, Friday scored 22 from 29.

Team Bath

Friday played for

in the 2018

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and the 2019 Netball Superleague. On 5 January 2019, she made her

debut in a 58–41

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win against

Celtic Dragons Celtic Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as r ...

West Coast Fever

Friday played for

during the

2019 Suncorp Super Netball season The 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season was the third season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 15 September 2019, however it was suspended for most of the month of July due to the Netball Wor ...

as a temporary replacement player for Kaylia Stanton. She made her debut for Fever on 3 August 2019 in the

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match against

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Queensland state netball leagues

Friday has played for several teams in various

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competitions. She played for

Carina Leagues Club Tigers Carina Leagues Club Tigers, also known as CLC Tigers, are an Australian netball team based in East Brisbane. Their senior team plays in the HART Sapphire Series. They also enter teams in Netball Queensland's Ruby Series as well as under-18 and ...

in the Queensland Champions Cup, winning the MVP award in 2013 and 2014. In 2014 she shared the award with

Abigail Latu-Meafou Abigail Latu-Meafou (born 5 July 1997) is a New Zealand-born Australian netball player in the ANZ Premiership, playing for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. Latu-Meafou was born in Auckland, New Zealand though grew up playing netball in Ipswich, ...

. She played for Tigers again in 2018. Friday has played in the

HART Sapphire Series The HART Sapphire Series is a state netball league featuring teams from Queensland. The league is organised by Netball Queensland. The current semi-professional league was first played for during the 2019 season. It replaced earlier state league ...

for QUT Wildcats in 2020 and for USQ Ipswich Jets in 2021.

Coach, mentor and ambassador

In February 2021, together with

Sharon Finnan Sharon Louise Finnan-White ( Finnan, born 7 September 1967) is a former Australian netball player and a two-time winner of the INF Netball World Cup with the Australian national netball team. Finnan was born in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surr ...

, Friday became a founding member of

Netball Queensland Netball Queensland is the governing body for netball in Queensland. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing Queensland Firebirds who compete in Suncorp Super Netball. It is also responsible for organiz ...

's Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee. Since February 2021, Friday has served as an ambassador for the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite com ...

' Beyond the Broncos Girls Academy. In March 2021, Friday was named as an assistant coach for the Netball Queensland's under-17 team at the

Honours

;

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

**''Winners'':

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;

*Holden Cruze Cup **''Winners'': 2012 ;

**''Runners up'': 2018 ;

**''Runners up'': 2014

Gallery

File:Brisbane Firebirds Netball Players-02 (16146263459).jpg, 21 January 2015; Beryl Friday (third from right) with members of the 2015 Queensland Firebirds team. From left to right,

Clare McMeniman Clare McMeniman (born 11 July 1985), also known as Clare Ferguson, is a former Australia national netball team, Australia netball international. She List of Australia national netball team captains, captained Australia when they won the 2016 Ne ...

Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken-George (néé Aiken) (born 19 November 1988) is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during ...

Rebecca Bulley Rebecca Bulley (born 18 August 1982), also known as Rebecca Strachan, is a former Australia netball international. Between 2008 and 2015 she made 42 senior appearances for Australia. Bulley was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold ...

Laura Clemesha Laura Clemesha (born 21 January 1992) is a retired Australian netball player. Career Clemesha grew up in the south-eastern Queensland city of Toowoomba and was school captain of her private secondary school Downlands College, before moving to th ...

, Friday,

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 ...

and

Kim Ravaillion Kimberley Ravaillion (born 26 July 1993), is an Australia netball international. Ravaillion was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Netball World Cup and the silver medal at the ...

. File:Team Bath 2019 squad.jpg, 7 December 2018; Beryl Friday (top row, first left) with the 2019 Team Bath squad

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Friday, Beryl Living people 1994 births Australian netball players Australian netball coaches Netball players from Queensland Queensland Fusion players Queensland Firebirds players Territory Storm players Canberra Giants (ANL) players Team Bath netball players West Coast Fever players Australian Netball League players ANZ Championship players Netball Superleague players Suncorp Super Netball players Queensland state netball league players Indigenous Australian netball players Australian expatriate netball people in England People from North Queensland People educated at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School Griffith University alumni New South Wales state netball league players