Shadine van der Merwe (born 25 November 1992) is a South African

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

player. She was part of the South African squad that finished in fifth place at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. van der Merwe was signed by the

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 UK Superleague in 2018, and was also selected in South Africa's national senior team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matche ...

. In May 2019 she was signed by the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Australian

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league, having been selected by the team as a replacement player for the long-term injured

Beth Cobden Beth Cobden (3 February 1993) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. At club level, she was a member of the Nort ...

. She is now signed to the Manchester Thunder for the 2022- 2023 season.

External links

Varsity Sports SA Profile

Surrey Storm Profile

References

1992 births Living people South African netball players Place of birth missing (living people) Adelaide Thunderbirds players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa 2019 Netball World Cup players South African expatriate netball people in Australia South African expatriate netball people in England Surrey Storm players Netball Superleague players Sportspeople from Pretoria {{SouthAfrica-netball-bio-stub