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2012 Netball Quad Series
The 2012 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. It featured Australia national netball team, Australia, England national netball team, England, New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand and South Africa national netball team, South Africa playing each other in a series of twelve Test match (netball), netball test matches in October and November 2012. The series featured six double headers with three played in Australia and three played in New Zealand. The three in Australia were also known as the Holden International Quad-Series, while the three in New Zealand were also known as the New World Quad Series. With a team coached by Lisa Alexander (netball), Lisa Alexander and List of Australia national netball team captains, captained by Natalie von Bertouch, Australia won the inaugural series. It would be 2016 Netball Quad Series, 2016, before the next Netball Quad Series was organised. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as well as Fox Sports News, Fox Cricket, Fox League, Fox Footy, Watch AFL and Watch NRL. Fox Sports channels such as Fox Netball are available via Foxtel or Kayo. The group's main competitors are beIN Sports, ESPN, Optus Sport and Stan Sport. Unlike the American Fox Sports, the group is not owned directly by the Fox Corporation. However News Corp formerly held a 65% stake in Foxtel is Fox Corporation's sister company until April 2025. Fox Sports Australia is now a DAZN Company History Early years Launch Fox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just Premier Sports) as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service, Galaxy. Premier Sports' backers included Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 premierships; the first with the New South Wales Swifts in 2008 and the second and third with the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2010 and 2013. ANZ Championship Erin Bell played with the NSW Swifts for the first two years of the ANZ Championship. Unhappy with the amount of court time she received, she moved to the Adelaide Thunderbirds 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 league and was reappointed captain. Bell led the Thunderbirds to a disappointing season, finishing la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Cookey
Pamela Asibie Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a former English netball player who mostly played at goal attack (GA). Club career In domestic netball, Cookey has played with Team Bath in the Netball Superleague since the competition's inception in 2005, winning two titles in 2005–06 and 2008–09. She also played in the Australasian ANZ Championship in 2009, signing with New Zealand franchise the Northern Mystics. Pam was announced as a Surrey Storm player joining ahead of the 2015 Super League season. This could see the playing partnership with Tamsin Greenway return once again. International career Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the England national netball team as a seventeen-year-old, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury. She was also named in the team the following year, but withdrew due to study commitments at the University of Bath. She made her senior debut with England in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eboni Beckford-Chambers
Eboni Usoro-Brown (; born 4 February 1988) is an English former netball player who played for England and Team Bath as a defender. She was part of the England team which won a historic gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life and education Usoro-Brown attended Gordon's School in Surrey from 2001 to 2004. She then studed Law at the University of Bristol graduating in 2009, before completing the LLM degree in 2010 at the same Law School. Usoro-Brown went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at the University of the West of England. Club career Team Bath Usoro-Brown joined Team Bath in 2006 and was part of the Super League winning squads of 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. West Coast Fever She joined Australian club West Coast Fever, based in Perth in 2011 to play under legendary coach Norma Plummer. She was named Fever’s Most Valuable Player for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Adelaide Thunderbirds Usoro-Brown moved to the Adelaide Thunderbirds for the 2015 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ama Agbeze
Ama Agbeze (born 12 November 1982) is an England netball international. She was captain when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019 she received an for her services to netball. She was also a member of the England team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. As of 2020, Agbeze has played for at least sixteen different club teams in England, Australia and New Zealand. Early life, family and education Agbeze was born to Nigerian parents in Birmingham. She has two older sisters and a younger brother. She was educated at Kings Norton Girls' School and Monkton Combe School. Between 2004 and 2007 she attended Loughborough University where she gained an MSc in Finance and Management. She also studied Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Leicester and is a qualified lawyer. In 2016 she married Fred Donovan, a New Zealander, in Auckland. Playing career Super Cup During the Super Cup era, between 2001 and 2005, Agbeze played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlin Thwaites
Caitlin Thwaites (born 29 December 1986) is a former Australian netball player and volleyballer. Career Caitlin Thwaites was born in Bendigo, Australia. Thwaites began her career at for the Melbourne Kestrels of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy at the age of 16. However, once the ANZ Championship was founded in 2008 she moved to the Melbourne Vixens. Thwaites played for the Vixens from 2008 to 2010 and was part of the 2009 premiership team which defeated the Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2011 she joined New Zealand–based ANZ Championship side the Central Pulse. In 2012 Thwaites made her international debut for the Australian Diamonds. Thwaites performed a vital role for the Pulse, scoring 431 goals for an accuracy percentage 81.3 per cent in the 2011 season. Thwaites later became the only New Zealand–based player to be picked for the Australia national team. She returned to Australia to play her domestic league netball in 2014 with the New South Wales Swifts and won the club's M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Pratley
Susan Leanne Pettitt (née ''Pratley'' on 23 March 1984) is a former Australian international netball player, who played goal attack or goal shooter. She was a member of the Australian national team from 2006–2018, replacing the likes of Eloise Southby-Halbish, Megan Dehn, and Cynna Kydd. Prior to this she was quite an experienced campaigner as captain of the Australian 21 and under team, and the national league team AIS Canberra Darters. She made her debut in 2002 with Sydney Sandpipers. From 2003 to 2005 Pettitt was the cornerstone of Australia's development squads, with her notable leadership, composure, and shooting accuracy and reliable volume. Then in 2006 she joined the Sydney Swifts national league team to suddenly become a partner to shooting dynamo Catherine Cox, and with both Cox and Sharelle McMahon in the Australian team. She has captained the Australian 21U Team and was Vice-Captain of the Australian 21U Team which competed in the World Youth Cup in Fort La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Pitman
Chelsea Pitman (born 8 June 1988) is an Australian-born netball player and coach who represented England and Australia at international level. She won a gold medal with the Australian diamonds at the 2011 World Netball Championships and a historic gold medal with the English Roses at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She predominantly played wing attack, but also played goal attack. In 2025 she was announced as the head coach for new Netball Super League franchise Nottingham Forest Netball. Domestic career Pitman's career began in New South Wales, representing the state at underage national championships before moving to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra where she was noticed by national head coach Norma Plummer. Canterbury Tactix In 2010, she was signed by New Zealand ANZ Championship franchise the Canterbury Tactix. However, in round 6 against the Northern Mystics, she suffered an ACL injury that ended her season. Queensland Firebirds After a successful ACL re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renae Hallinan
Renae Ingles (née Hallinan) (born 18 July 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australia netball international who played in 67 tests for Australia. Career Ingles was primarily a wing-defence and centre player. She started her career with the Melbourne Phoenix and played with them for five seasons in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, before joining the Melbourne Vixens in 2008 in the new ANZ Championships. In 2009, she was an integral member of the Melbourne Vixens lineup that won the Vixens' first ANZ Championship title. She moved to the Adelaide Thunderbirds for the 2012 and 2013 season. She stayed with the Thunderbirds until announcing her retirement in 2017. She returned to netball mid-way through the following year for Melbourne Vixens and was later selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season. Ingles announced her retirement from netball at the end of the 2019 season. Ingles was awarded Netball Australia Netball Australia is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberlee Green
Kimberlee Green (born 5 March 1986) is an Australian former international netball player. Green was the captain of the Giants Netball team in the Suncorp Super Netball league and represented the Australia national netball team, Australian national netball team on 74 occasions. Career Green played six years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters. With the start of the ANZ Championship, Green signed with Sydney franchise the New South Wales Swifts, which won the inaugural championship in 2008. Later that year, she was selected for the Australia national netball team, Australian Netball Diamonds team. During her international career, Green has won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Netball Series in Manchester, and a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In 2011, for the first time for Australia, Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo'onia Gerrard
Mo'onia Frances Gerrard (born 15 November 1980 in Bathurst, Australia) is a former Australian netball player of Tongan descent. Her netball career commenced at a very young age; she would often participate in training sessions of her mother's senior Dee Why Beach Netball Club team. When she was old enough to register in a team, Gerrard commenced playing with Narrabeen Youth Club and was later selected to represent Manly Warringah Netball Association at State Age, State Championships and State League. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Gerrard is a current member of the Australian national team, and from 2011 is playing for the New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship. She is the sister of Australian rugby union player Mark Gerrard. Gerrard is also greatly admired for her dedication to the community, mentoring younger people, promoting healthy lifestyles and sporting and personal excellence, particularly in disadvantaged communities. On 14 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Cox (netball)
Catherine Anne Cox (born 24 May 1976) is a former Australian netball international and current netball commentator. Between 1997 and 2013, she made 108 senior appearances for Australia. She was a prominent member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 and 2011 World Netball Championships. She was also a member of the Australia teams that won silver medals at the 2003 World Netball Championships and the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Cox captained Australia on seven occasions, including when they won the 2011 Constellation Cup. During the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Cox played for Sydney Swifts. She was a member of Swifts teams that won premierships in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Between 2008 and 2011, she captained New South Wales Swifts, including when they won the inaugural 2008 ANZ Championship. During her playing career, she also captained Perth Orioles and West Coast Fever. In her final season as a player, Cox won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |