Kasey Evering (born 14 February 1983) is a

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n international

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

player. Evering is primarily a defender at international level, although she also plays as a shooter in domestic competition. Evering made her debut with the

Jamaica national netball team The Jamaica national netball team, commonly known as the Sunshine Girls, represent Jamaica in international netball competitions. Netball is the number one women's sport and the number one team sport in Jamaica, and the majority of the schools i ...

, the Sunshine Girls, in 2000 against England. That year she also competed at the World Youth Netball Championships in Wales. During her international career, Evering has won bronze medals with the Sunshine Girls at two

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(

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and

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), and has competed at two

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

(in

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and

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), where Jamaica placed fourth both times. Evering left the national team after the 2007 World Championships, following an injury and a dispute with the Jamaican Netball Association. She continued to play domestic netball with Tivoli Gardens, whom she had played with since 2001. Evering suffered a potentially career-ending knee injury during a league match in 2009. After a long recovery involving two surgeries, Evering returned the following year to help guide Tivoli to a Berger Super League title. Evering returned to the national team that year in time for the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

in Delhi, and played in the January 2011 test series against Australia. In 2011, Evering made her debut in the Australasian

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 ...

, signing with New Zealand franchise the

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Champions ...

. She injured the

anterior cruciate ligament The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. In ...

in her left knee during a regular season match, ending her season with the Tactix and ruling her out of the 2011 Netball World Championships in Singapore. She once again rejoined the team in 2014 and was selected for the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

where the team won bronze. As of 2014, she has over 70 caps for her country.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evering, Kasey Jamaican netball players Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Mainland Tactix players 1983 births Living people ANZ Championship players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in netball Jamaican expatriate netball people in New Zealand 2003 World Netball Championships players 2007 World Netball Championships players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games