26-643: Uniform New South Wales Swifts are an Australian professional netball team based in Sydney , New South Wales . Since 2017 they have reresented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball . Between 2008 and 2016 , they played in the ANZ Championship . The team was formed in 2007 when Netball New South Wales merged its two former Commonwealth Bank Trophy league teams, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers . In 2008, Swifts were
52-401: A captain or player the following season. Cox subsequently departed for West Coast Fever . Other senior and emerging players including Rebecca Bulley , Courtney Tairi and Ashleigh Brazill also left. It was also alleged that the controversy led to some emerging New South Wales players, including Verity Simmons , Gabi Simpson and Kim Ravaillion , taking up contracts with rival teams. Under
78-411: A large spectator sport . In 2005 and 2006, 56,100 Australians attended one to two netball matches, of these, 41,600 were women. 46,200 attended three to five netball matches, with 34,400 of those spectators being women. 86,400 attended six or more netball matches, with 54,800 spectators being female. Overall, 188,800 people attended netball matches, with 130,800 being female. In 2005 and 2006, netball
104-550: A positive for Netball as it allowed people to participate who might not have participated otherwise. Australia's national team toured England in 1957. This tour resulted in a number of Commonwealth countries meeting together in order to try to standardize the rules of the game. The sport's name "netball" became official in Australia in 1940. In Australia 80% of all netball played is played at netball clubs. The number of Netball Clubs around Australia has been in decline since
130-782: A pre-season practice match at Wanganui Park Secondary College . The match was organised by Netball Victoria and the Greater Shepparton City Council . During the match, Vixens' Tegan Philip suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which ended her season. Between 18 and 20 March 2016, two separate three-day events were held simultaneously. Northern Mystics hosted Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic , Southern Steel , Adelaide Thunderbirds and Queensland Firebirds at The Trusts Arena while New South Wales Swifts hosted Melbourne Vixens , West Coast Fever , Central Pulse and Mainland Tactix at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre . The two events experimented with
156-531: A single team in the 2008 ANZ Championship . During the 2008 regular season Swifts won 10 of their 13 matches and finished second behind Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic . With a team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Catherine Cox , Swifts subsequently defeated Magic in both the major semi–final and the grand final to become the inaugural ANZ Championship winners. Swifts went through the entire 2010 regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. They were
182-570: A team coached by Briony Akle and co-captained by Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley , Swifts won their second Suncorp Super Netball title. In the grand final they defeated Giants Netball 63–59. Premierships Minor Premierships Between 2008 and 2019 , Swifts played the majority of their home games at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre . In 2020 , together with Giants Netball , Swifts were due to start to playing their home games at
208-541: A three-point scoring zone and rolling interchanges. Vixens defeated Fever in the final of the Sydney tournament. Source : Source : Source : Source : Source : Source : Source : Sources : Sources : Source : Source : Sources : Source : Qualified for Conference finals Qualified for Elimination finals Source : Queensland Firebirds began their defence of
234-726: The Ken Rosewall Arena . However these plans were put on hold until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Source : Source : Source : Source : Source : Several Swifts player have also played women's Australian rules football in the AFLW Netball New South Wales Waratahs are the reserve team of New South Wales Swifts. They play in the Australian Netball League . In 2011 Waratahs became
260-646: The 1940s. Between 1985 and 2003, only two Western Australian towns decreased the distance that Netball players had to travel in order to compete; these towns were Brookton and Pingelly . Prior to the creation of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship in 2013, the National Netball League was the major competition in Australia. It included teams from the Australian Capital Territory , New South Wales , Queensland , Victoria , South Australia and Western Australia . After
286-903: The 2016 ANZ Championship season, Netball Australia pulled out of that competition and established Suncorp Super Netball as the country's new top league. The Netball demographic profile is a 18 to 24 year old, unmarried, Australian-born, female who is employed full-time. The average Netball player in New South Wales has played the game for 10.8 years. Most New South Wales based school-aged Netball players play at school and with friends. Girls from non-English speaking backgrounds were more likely to play for fun than their English speaking counterparts, who often played for their school or parents. Non-English speaking girls were less likely to have mothers who played netball, 18.2%, compared to 35.2% for their English speaking counterparts. Most New South Wales based adult players played netball for fun, and for
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#1732787363888312-560: The All-Australia Women's Basketball Association formed in 1927. An All-Australian Tournament, later called the Australian National Championships , was first contested between states in 1928, when it was won by Victoria . During the 1930s in Australia, much of the participation in netball at universities was not organised, and players were not required to register. It was believed that this was
338-786: The Australian Conference, the Challenge Trophy and the overall championship. Firebirds became the first and only team to retain the title. In a repeat of 2015 , Firebirds defeated New South Wales Swifts in both the Australian Conference Final and the Grand Final. Sources : ^1 In June 2016, Michelle Den Dekker was replaced as Adelaide Thunderbirds head coach by Kristy Keppich-Birrell. Source : On 5 March 2016, Melbourne Vixens played Adelaide Thunderbirds in
364-1181: The Australian Diamonds are ranked first on the INF World Rankings . Australia beat the Silver Ferns to win the World Youth Netball Championships in July 2009 in the Cook Islands . Australia also has a men's national team. It has competed in the 2009 and 2011 International Challenge Men's and Mixed Netball Tournament. 1920 1927 1928 1931 1938 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1971 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2016 ANZ Championship season The 2016 ANZ Championship season
390-546: The Australia–New Zealand Netball Test held at the Sydney Super Dome game in 2004. Netball, at the time called "women's basketball" (distinct from the form of basketball played by women), was introduced to Australia reportedly as early as 1897, although most sources agree that it was established in that country around the start of the 20th century. Interstate competition began in 1924, with
416-502: The Challenge Trophy in Round 1 against Mainland Tactix . Firebirds were unbeaten at home throughout the season and, as a result, retained the Challenge Trophy. Sources : Sources : Sources : Sources : Sources : Sources : Source : ^2 Madison Robinson was the MVP player in the Australian Conference and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid was
442-492: The Suncorp Super Netball title. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud , to injury early in the season, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning . However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final. In the grand final they faced Lightning again but time defeated them 64–47 to emerge as champions. In 2021 with
468-468: The first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to do this. However they subsequently lost both the major semi-final and the preliminary final to Adelaide Thunderbirds and Magic respectively and finished the season in third place. The 2011 , 2012 and 2013 seasons proved to be a turbulent time for Swifts. After fifteen seasons as Sydney Swifts /New South Wales Swifts head coach, 2011
494-567: The first team other than Victorian Fury to win the ANL title. In the grand final they defeated Fury 55–46. Netball in Australia Netball is the most popular women's team participation sport in Australia. In 1985, there were 347,000 players, and in 1995, there were over 360,000 Australian netball players. Throughout most of Australia's netball history, the game has largely been a participation sport; it has not managed to become
520-417: The inaugural ANZ Championship winners. Swifts were also grand finalists in 2015 and 2016 . They won their second and third premierships in 2019 and 2021 . Between 2008 and 2016 , Swifts played in the ANZ Championship . Swifts were formed in late 2007 when Netball New South Wales merged its two former Commonwealth Bank Trophy league teams, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers , in order to enter
546-736: The leadership of Fitzgerald and Fox, New South Wales Swifts had been champions in 2008 and had reached the final series/play-offs in 2010 and 2011. Under Beehag's two-year reign, the team failed to make the finals. In 2013, the Swifts finished eighth. At the end of 2013 Beehag's contract was not renewed. Beehag was subsequently replaced by Rob Wright. Wright guided Swifts to two successive grand finals in 2015 and 2016 . However, on both occasions they lost out to Queensland Firebirds . Premierships Runners Up Minor Premierships Since 2017 , Swifts have played in Suncorp Super Netball . In addition to Swifts,
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#1732787363888572-456: The new league featured a second Netball New South Wales team, Giants Netball . Two veteran members of the 2016 Swifts roster, Kimberlee Green and Susan Pettitt , subsequently switched to the Giants, who were coached by former Swifts head coach, Julie Fitzgerald . The 2018 season saw Rob Wright replaced by Briony Akle . In 2019 , Akle guided Swifts to their second premiership when they won
598-455: The physical benefits of the sport. The country has hosted several major important international netball events including: The Australian national netball team is regarded as the most successful netball team in international netball. It won the first world championships in 1963 in England, and nine of the twelve Netball World Championships. In addition to being the current world champions,
624-408: Was the 10th most popular spectator sport for women with Australian rules football (1,011,300), horse racing (912,200), rugby league (542,600), motor sports (462,100), rugby union (232,400), football (212,200), harness racing (190,500), cricket (183,200) and tennis (163,500) all being more popular. The country set an attendance record for a Netball match with a record crowd of 14,339 at
650-479: Was the last season that Julie Fitzgerald served as head coach. Following a controversial "internal review", Fitzgerald was replaced as head coach by Lisa Beehag. The review was conducted during the 2011 season. Catherine Cox and Liz Ellis publicly criticized Netball New South Wales for distracting players with the review and even alleged that it was responsible for Swifts losing the 2011 minor semi-final. Beehag subsequently informed Cox that she would not be needed as
676-563: Was the ninth and last season of the ANZ Championship . The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 4 July 2016. Southern Steel were minor premiers. However they subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and were defeated in the semi-finals by Queensland Firebirds . With a team coached by Roselee Jencke , captained by Laura Geitz and featuring Romelda Aiken , Clare McMeniman and Kim Ravaillion , Firebirds won
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