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Clare McMeniman (born 11 July 1985), also known as Clare Ferguson, is a former Australia netball international. She captained Australia when they won the
2016 Netball Quad Series The 2016 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five INF World Rankings, highest ranked nations in netball. Australia national netball team, Australia were the winners of the series. Tea ...
and the
2016 Constellation Cup The 2016 Constellation Cup was the 7th Constellation Cup series played between Australia national netball team, Australia and New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Netball Series, featured four T ...
. McMeniman was also 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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,
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and 2016 ANZ Championships.


Early life, family and education

McMeniman was raised in
Warwick, Queensland Warwick ( ) is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in southeast Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Region Local government in Australia, local governme ...
. She is the daughter of Geoff and Anne-Maree McMeniman. Her father, a solicitor, died in 2009 and her mother died in 2012. Her older brother,
Hugh McMeniman Hugh McMeniman (born 1 November 1983 in Brisbane) is an Australian retired professional rugby union footballer. He represented Australia national rugby union team, Australia in 22 tests and played for the Queensland Reds and Western Force in Sup ...
, is a former Australian rugby union international. She was educated at Warwick West State School and John Paul College, Brisbane. She also attended the
University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...
were she gained a Bachelor of Science in 2007 and a Masters of Speech Pathology in 2010. During her playing career she also worked full-time as a
speech pathologist Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are th ...
at the
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a major Australian teaching hospital of the University of Queensland, located in Brisbane, Queensland. It is a tertiary level teaching hospital with all major medical and surgical specialities onsite excep ...
.


Playing career


AIS Canberra Darters

Between 2004 and 2006, McMeniman played for
AIS 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 The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...
league. Her Darters team mates included
Laura Geitz Laura Geitz (born 4 November 1987) is a former Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...
. In 2005 she received the league's
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award.


Queensland Firebirds

Between 2007 and 2016, McMeniman played for
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 ...
, originally in the
Commonwealth Bank Trophy The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...
league and subsequently in the
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 ...
. After helping Firebirds win the 2011 ANZ Championship, she initially announced her retirement. However, after missing the
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and
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seasons, she returned to play for Firebirds in
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. She subsequently helped Firebirds win two further ANZ Championships in
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and
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. Together with
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 ...
and
Laura Geitz Laura Geitz (born 4 November 1987) is a former Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...
, McMeniman was one of only three players who featured in all three Championship winning squads.


Australia

McMeniman was a member of the Australia U21 that won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships On 22 October 2014, McMeniman made her senior Australia debut during a Test series against
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. Together with
Erin Bell Erin Bell (born 30 April 1987) is a former Australian netball player. Bell's career started in 2005 with the Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She was the first player in the history of the ANZ Championship to win three premiershi ...
, she subsequently co-captained Australia at the
2014 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2014 Fast5 Netball World Series was the sixth staging of the annual World Netball Series. The tournament was held at Vector Arena in Auckland, for the 3rd year in a row. The 2014 tournament was contested by the six top national netball teams in ...
. McMeniman was included in an 18-player squad for the
2015 Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating ...
but missed out on selection when the squad was reduced to 12. In January 2016 McMeniman captained Australia when they won an away Test series against England. She subsequently captained Australia as they won the
2016 Netball Quad Series The 2016 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five INF World Rankings, highest ranked nations in netball. Australia national netball team, Australia were the winners of the series. Tea ...
. She retired as a netball player after leading Australia to victory in the
2016 Constellation Cup The 2016 Constellation Cup was the 7th Constellation Cup series played between Australia national netball team, Australia and New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Netball Series, featured four T ...
.


Coaching career

In 2014 McMeniman and
Laura Geitz Laura Geitz (born 4 November 1987) is a former Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...
established Fuel2Fly, a company organizing netball training sessions and clinics. In 2018 and 2019 McMeniman, now Ferguson, was a member of
Lisa Alexander Lisa Alexander (born September 22, 1968) is a Canadian former competitor in synchronised swimming and Olympic medallist. Career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Alexander began synchronized swimming at age eight. She had success in solo, duet and team ...
's coaching staff with
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. In 2020 Ferguson joined
Roselee Jencke Roselee Jencke is a former Australia netball international and netball coach. As a player, Jencke was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Netball Championships and the silver medals at the 1985 World Ga ...
's coaching staff at
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 ...
.


Honours

;
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
*
Netball Quad Series The Netball Quad Series is an annual international netball series contested by the national teams of Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa. Background In December 2015, the governing bodies of netball in Australia, New Zealand, Eng ...
**''Winners'':
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*
Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series is an international Fast5 netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The ...
**''Runners Up'':
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;
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 ...
*
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'':
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
,
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
,
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
;Individual *
Best New Talent Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporatio ...
** 2005


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McMeniman, Clare 1985 births Living people Australian netball players Australia international netball players Australia international Fast5 players Netball players from Queensland AIS Canberra Darters players Queensland Firebirds players ANZ Championship players Australian netball coaches University of Queensland alumni People educated at John Paul College (Brisbane) People from Warwick, Queensland Australian netball commentators