Kathryn Ainsworth, also known as Katt Ainsworth, is an Australian netball player who played for

Surrey Storm Surrey Storm is an English netball team based at the University of Surrey. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. Between 2001 and 2005 they played in the Super Cup as London Hurricanes. After forming a partnership with Brunel U ...

in the

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. She was a member of the Storm teams that won Superleague titles in

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and

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Playing career

Australia

Ainsworth is originally from

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/ Ballina, New South Wales and attended Southern Cross K-12. She initially played junior

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with the local association. She subsequently played with both the Lismore–based North Coast Academy of Sport and the

New South Wales Institute of Sport The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) is a high performance sports training institute located in New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales government agency provides world leading coaching, performance support and daily training ...

. She also represented New South Wales at under-17 level. She later played for the

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, for Suncoast Lynx of the Queensland State League and represented Queenlands at under-17 and under-21 levels, captaining the latter team.

Surrey Storm

Between

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and

, Ainsworth played for

in the

. She arrived in

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in 2010 on a Contiki holiday and decided to stay. After she began playing social netball, she was encouraged to try out for Surrey Storm. She was a member of the Storm teams that won Superleague titles in

and

Honours

;

**''Winners'':

: 2 **''Runners up'':

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: 2

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ainsworth, Kathryn 1980s births Living people Australian netball players Netball Superleague players Australian expatriate netball people in England Surrey Storm players New South Wales Institute of Sport netball players Netball players from New South Wales Queensland state netball league players Sportswomen from New South Wales