Sydney Sandpipers were an Australian netball team based in

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. Between 1997 and 2003, they represented

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in the

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league. Together with

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 te ...

and

Hunter Jaegers Hunter Jaegers were an Australian netball team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. Together with Sydney Swifts and Sydney Sandpipers, they were one of three teams to represent Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Hun ...

, they were one of three teams to represent NNSW in the competition. In 1997 Sandpipers were founder members of the league. They continued to play in the competition until 2003, when they were replaced by Hunter Jaegers.

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Between 1997 and 2003, Sydney Sandpipers played in the

league. Together with

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and

, Sandpipers were one of the founding members of the league. The majority of the teams were named after native Australian birds. The team was initially referred to as Sydney Eagles before been re-named Sydney Sandpipers after the

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. Together with Sydney Swifts and

, Sandpipers were one of three teams to represent

in the competition. Sydney Sandpipers best performance in the league came in 2000. With a team featuring

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and Joanne Morgan, they finished third in the regular season, above their neighbours, Sydney Swifts. Sandpipers continued to play in the competition until 2003. NNSW withdrew the team from the competition, saying it was unable to support a second

-based team. NNSW successfully applied to replace Sandpipers with a new team based outside the Sydney metropolitan area and in 2004 they were replaced by the

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-based Hunter Jaegers. ;Regular season statistics

Home venues

In 1997 Sandpipers played their home games at the Anne Clark Netball Centre in

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. In 1998 they moved to the

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Notable former players

Internationals

; ; *

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Captains

;Notes * In 2001 and 2002, Joanne Morgan and

were co-captains.

Most Appearances

Award Winners

;Best New Talent

Head coaches

Sponsorship

References

{{Netball in New South Wales Defunct Australian netball teams Netball teams in Sydney Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams Sports clubs established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia 2003 disestablishments in Australia Sports clubs disestablished in 2003