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Sharp shooter taking advantage of opportunities

YOU would think being 5’10 would be tall. In general yes, but this day in the age of netball, that is seen as being on the shorter side, especially as a shooter. Nowadays you see 6 ‘5 shooters like Grace Nweke, Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard and Caitlin Bassett. Jess Tetley has figured out how to turn her […]

Country star Lavis takes major leaps to get a taste of SSN

TRAVELLING from Victoria-New South Wales border into Melbourne multiple times a week would take a toll on any person. Numerous hours in the car, training for two hours, then having to drive back. It’s an endless cycle. Mia Lavis has learnt to adapt to that being from the country town of Howlong, but she appreciates […]

Charlotte Sexton’s dreams are becoming a reality

“I WANT to make Suncorp Super Netball, not sure how many years I’m off doing that, but hopefully a training partner role is the next step.” Little did Charlotte Sexton know, that statement would soon become a reality. Sexton was announced as one of the five training partners with the Melbourne Vixens for the 2025 […]

Lightning strikes twice for Hobson

IMAGINE going in for a routine scan to see how your body is holding up and being told you had no ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). Being told that the previous surgery you had five years ago wasn’t performed correctly. Being told you had to have a corrective surgery right when you were climbing up ever […]

Jordan’s joy at reaching her dream

MOVING across the country as big as Australia to chase your dreams at a young is not always easy, but that is exactly what young West Coast Fever star Jordan Cransberg had to do to achieve her dreams in netball. Originally from Victoria, she was given an opportunity to be a training partner at the […]

Wilkinson’s Wild West Adventure to achieve dream

IT has been a huge year for West Coast Fever’s Olivia Wilkinson, with a long held dream finally becoming a reality in the earning of her first full Suncorp Super Netball contract and moving across the other side of the country. Wilkinson said being signed by the Fever was really a “spur of the moment” […]

Glasgow’s gear change sees new plan needed for 2024

WHEN Sasha Glasgow fractured her lower leg back in a Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) practice match earlier this year, the star shooter thought she feared for the worst. “I thought that was definitely my entire netball career over,” Glasgow said. “Just the pain that I was in, just what I was experiencing and I think […]

Namana goes to great heights to reach ANZ dreams

FOUR franchises in five years. The first people you think of might be Sulu Fitzpatrick, Chelsea Pitman or Kadie-Ann Dehaney. Well, Grace Namana knew her goal and she was willing to reach great heights in order to achieve her dreams. Born and raised in Rotorua, Namana moved to St Paul’s College in Hamilton in what […]

Ervin’s enormous career just continuing to grow

IT has been a big few years for one of Australia’s newest Diamonds Ash Ervin. She may not have been in the Suncorp Super Netball competition for long, but has quickly made an impact on the Sunshine Coast Lightning and the wider competition. Although these days she is a well respected defender, she has not […]

Corey’s colossal career only growing year on year

IRISH midcourt star Corey McGlynn may only be in her early-20s, but has packed a lot into her young netball career. McGlynn’s journey started as a teenager out in Leicestershire, England. Now playing in England’s Prem 1 competition, she has progressed through the English pathway and played in the underage teams at both Loughborough Lightning […]

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