Sydney Swifts

Sydney Swifts

Netball team
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league = Commonwealth Bank Trophy
season = 2006
position = 1st
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The Sydney Swifts were an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They were based out of Acer Arena and Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in the suburb of Homebush. Following the 2003 demise of the Sydney Sandpipers, the Swifts were the only team representing the city of Sydney. The Swifts were lasted coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Liz Ellis. The team was recently merged with the Hunter Jaegers and renamed New South Wales Swifts to play in the ANZ Championship.

In 2006, the Swifts achieved a feat unsurpassed in Australian sport for 47 years Fact|date=July 2008 - an undefeated season in the national league. Captain Liz Ellis recovered from a knee reconstruction to lead a group of tough athletes, and take out the MVP award for the third time.

The Swifts were among the most perennially successfully teams in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, which they first won in 2001 and subsequently in four out of the eleven years during which the event was held. The Swifts were in losing Grand Finalists on several other occasions and made the finals series every year.

The team were particularly successful the final years of the competition, winning a memorable Grand Final game against the Melbourne Phoenix in 2004 by a single goal. In 2006, they were undefeated in both the home-and-away series and the finals, and trounced the Adelaide Thunderbirds by 29 goals in the Grand Final.

In 2007, the Swifts defeated the minor premiers, the Melbourne Phoenix, by 8 goals in 2007 in the Grand Final to take out the last ever Commonwealth Bank Trophy title.

2008 squad

* Chrissie Evans ( captain )
* Tara Beaton
* Erin Bell
* Catherine Cox
* Megan Dehn
* Liz Ellis
* Mo'onia Gerrard
* Selina Gilsenan
* Kimberlee Green
* Adelaide Johnson
* Jackie Murphy
* Chelsea Pitman
* Susan Pratley
* Kimberley Purcell
* Joanne Sutton
* Julia Symons
* Vanessa Ware
* Amy Wild

Former players

* Megan Anderson
* Alison Broadbent

Final placings

:1997: 3rd:1998: 2nd:1999: 3rd:2000: 3rd:2001: 1st:2002: 3rd:2003: 2nd:2004: 1st:2005: 2nd:2006: 1st:2007: 1st

External links

* [http://www.sydneyswifts.com.au Official site]
* [http://www.netball.asn.au/apps/matches_cbt/teamDetails.php?TeamID=18&tournamentID=4 Team profile from Netball Australia]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/netball/profiles/swifts.htm Team profile from ABC Sport]


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