Giants Netball Academy
Founded | 2016 | |
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Based in | Greater Western Sydney | |
Regions | New South Wales | |
Home venue | Genea Netball Centre | |
Head coach | Rebecca Bulley | |
League | Australian Netball League | |
Website | giantsnetball.com.au | |
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GIANTS Netball Academy is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. The team was originally formed in 2016 as a partnership between Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball. Between 2017 and 2019 they played in the ANL as Canberra GIANTS. They were grand finalists in 2018. In 2019, Netball ACT and Giants Netball ended their partnership and the latter relaunched the team as the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters.
History
Canberra Giants
In late 2016, Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball formed a partnership in order to enter a team in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Giants subsequently replaced Canberra Darters as Netball ACT's ANL franchise.[1][2] Between 2017 and 2019, Giants played in the ANL.[3][4][5] With a team captained by Taylah Davies and featuring Maddie Hay, Teigan O'Shannassy and Amy Parmenter, Giants reached the 2018 ANL grand final but lost to Tasmanian Magpies.[4][6][7][8][9]
GIANTS Netball Academy
In September 2019 it was announced that Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball had ended their partnership. It was also announced that Netball ACT and Giants Netball would be entering separate teams in the Australian Netball League from 2020. Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball subsequently launched the Giants Netball Academy.[1][2][10] Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters.[11][12][13]
ANL Grand finals
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2018 [4][7][8][9] | Tasmanian Magpies | 54–53 | Canberra GIANTS | AIS Arena |
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Home venues
During the 2019 ANL season Canberra Giants played their home matches at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre and the Genea Netball Centre.[15]
Notable players
2020 squad
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Player profiles: Team website | Last updated: 31 August 2020 |
- Notes
- ^1 Toni Anderson, Latika Tombs, Matisse Letherbarrow, Clare Iongi and Claire O'Brien are training partners with Giants Netball.
Source:[16][17][18]
Giants Netball
Source:[3][4][5][6][17][19][20]
Head coaches
Coach | Years |
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Sharyn Hill / Maria Lynch [3][4][19] | 2017–2018 |
Melinda Clarke [5][21][22] | 2018–2019 |
Rebecca Bulley[17] | 2019–2021 |
Premierships
- Australian Netball League
- Runners up: 2018: 1
References
- ^ a b "GIANTS Netball Launch New Academy". giantsnetball.com.au. 9 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Netball ACT to introduce stand alone Australian Netball League team". www.canberratimes.com.au. 11 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Netball New South Wales – 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Netball New South Wales – 2018 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Netball New South Wales – 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Canberra GIANTS ready to walk tall in 2018". netball.com.au. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Tasmanian Magpies, finally, deliver on ANL big stage against Canberra Giants in grand final win". www.smh.com.au. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Canberra Giants fall agonisingly short in ANL grand final thriller". www.examiner.com.au. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Tassie Magpies celebrate first DUANL title". netball.com.au. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "GIANTS Netball Academy". giantsnetball.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Capital Darters". act.netball.com.au. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Inaugural Capital Darters Team Announcement". act.netball.com.au. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Lightning To Align With Netball ACT's Capital Darters in ANL". sunshinecoastlightning.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Australian Netball League". netball.com.au. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "2019 DUANL Fixture" (PDF). netball.com.au. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "2020 GIANTS Netball Academy". giantsnetball.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "2019/20 GIANTS Netball Academy Athlete Announcement". giantsnetball.com.au. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "GIANTS Netball Sign Six to 2020 Training Squad". supernetball.com.au. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Canberra GIANTS". nsw.netball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Canberra GIANTS". www.giantsnetball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Canberra GIANTS Announce Coaching Team for 2019" (PDF). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Canberra Giants announce world champion on new-look coaching panel". www.smh.com.au. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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