Silver Ferns dominate inexperienced Sunshine Girls
IT was not an entirely surprising result, but they still had to get the job done, and the Silver Ferns took care of the Sunshine Girls in the first Taini Jamison Trophy test last night. Playing in Auckland, New Zealand won all four quarters by no less than four goals, and was able to tame […]
Taini Jamison Trophy Head-to-Head: Kelly Jury vs. Shimona Nelson
JUST one more sleep until the first match of the Taini Jamison Trophy takes place at Eventfinda Stadium, with the heavily fancied New Zealand Silver Ferns taking on the Jamaica Sunshine Girls. In our Head-to-Head for the first game we take a look at one of the keys in the match, the battle between stand-in […]
2022 Taini Jamison Trophy preview
TWO of the world’s best netballing nations will clash in a three-game series starting this weekend, with Commonwealth Games Silver Medallists Jamaica travelling to Aotearoa to face the Silver Ferns. New Zealand is coming off a Bronze Medal at the same Commonwealth Games, having gone down to the Sunshine Girls in the semi-finals. In the […]
Sunshine Girls name 2022 Taini Jamison Trophy squad
JAMAICA will be without the majority of its first-choice players in the 2022 Taini Jamison Trophy against New Zealand over the weekend, with the Sunshine Girls officially naming their 12-player squad for the three-test series. Headlining the omissions are star goal shooter Jhaniele Fowler and elite goal keeper Shamera Sterling, with Netball Jamaica saying the […]
2022 Commonwealth Games review: Jamaica
AS the curtain closes on another Commonwealth Games, we take a look back at how each of the netballing nations fared in our team-by-team review series. Next up is Jamaica, who recorded its best finish in nation history, rising above their previous best of Bronze at a Commonwealth Games or World Cup, to secure Silver […]
Sunshine Girls reach Gold Medal match
JAMAICA has achieved its best place finish at an international netball tournament outside the Fast5 by defeating New Zealand and reaching the Gold Medal Match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Sunshine Girls have won six Bronze Medals across either the Commonwealth Games or Netball World Cup in the past, but by defeating the Silver […]
Australia and Jamaica book semi-final spots
THOUGH it always seemed like fait accompli, Australia and Jamaica have officially qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games semi-finals. Winning their penultimate Pool A matches overnight means both nations have gone 4-0 and cannot be knocked out of the semi-finals places. In eerily similar scorelines, the Diamonds and Sunshine Girls defeated Wales and Scotland by […]
Jamaica tons up as Diamonds shine again
AUSTRALIA and Jamaica have effectively stamped their tickets into the knockout stage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games netball with third victories in Pool A overnight. Australia took care of South Africa courtesy of a fast start by 25 goals, while Jamaica showed no mercy on its way to a crushing 79-goal victory over Barbados. AUSTRALIA […]
Diamonds and Sunshine Girls edge closer to semis
JAMAICA has beaten a 2022 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal challenger in South Africa to best advance its hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the event. It was less of a surprise to see Australia claim a 53-goal win over Scotland in the other Pool A match, but Jamaica’s 19-goal win over the SPAR Proteas was […]
Diamonds crush Gems as Jamaica quells Wales
AUSTRALIA and Jamaica got their quests for Commonwealth Games golds off to the perfect start, winning their expected first-up Pool A matches. The Diamonds crushed an inexperienced Barbados – in a battle of the top-ranked netball nation up against the lowest ranked one – while the Sunshine Girls shook off an early fight from Wales […]
