Erin Bell (born 30 April 1987) is a former Australian

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

player. Bell's career started in 2005 with the

Sydney Swifts Sydney Swifts were an Australian netball team based in Sydney. Between 1997 and 2007, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Sydney Sandpipers and Hunter Jaegers, they were one of three t ...

in the

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. She was the first player in the history of 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 ...

to win three premierships; the first with the

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was ...

in 2008 and the second and third with 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 ...

in 2010 and 2013.

ANZ Championship

Erin Bell played with the

NSW Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team w ...

for the first two years of the ANZ Championship. Unhappy with the amount of court time she received, she moved to the

in 2010. She helped secure a premiership for the Thunderbirds, playing at GA in the Grand Final. Bell remained with the Thunderbirds for the remainder of the ANZ Championship and took over as captain for the 2016 season.

Super Netball

In 2017 Bell re-signed with the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the new

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 ...

league and was reappointed captain. Bell led the Thunderbirds to a disappointing season, finishing last on the ladder. She left the Thunderbirds at the end of the season to join the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

, where she filled an important goal attack/shooter role alongside Caitlin Thwaites. Bell announced her retirement from professional netball at the end of the 2018 season.

Australian Diamonds

Bell made her international debut for the

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during the 2011 Netball World Cup in Singapore. However she did not play in the Final against the

Silver Ferns The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern ('' Cyathea dealbata''), which is an emblem for many New Zealand ...

. She played a pivotal role in earning Australia the 2011 Constellation Cup title, replacing Nat Medhurst at GA during the third and deciding match in

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. After not making the

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team in 2014, she was selected to co-captain the Australian

Fast5 Fast5 (originally called Fastnet) is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) (now the International Netball Feder ...

team later that year at the Fast5Netball World Series in

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. Bell worked her way back in to the Diamonds squad ahead of 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 a ...

in Sydney. She again was selected for the Fast5 team in 2016.

References

External links

Netball Australia profileCollingwood Magpies profile
1987 births Living people New South Wales Swifts players Adelaide Thunderbirds players Collingwood Magpies Netball players Australia international netball players Manchester Thunder players Suncorp Super Netball players Sydney Swifts players Victorian Netball League players Australia international Fast5 players South Australian Sports Institute netball players New South Wales Institute of Sport netball players Netball players from New South Wales 2011 World Netball Championships players 2015 Netball World Cup players {{Australia-netball-bio-stub