The Sunshine Girls (team)

The Sunshine Girls (team)

Netball team
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founded = 1938
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president = Marva Bernard
ceo = Sonya Hamilton
captain = flagicon|Jamaica Elaine Davis
coach = Connie Francis
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url = http://jamaicanetball.org.jm/
league = Netball World Championships
season = 2007
position = 3rd
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The Sunshine Girls are the Jamaican women's national netball team. They participated in the 2007 Netball World Championships and came third.

In the 1991 and 2003 Netball World Championships Jamaica finished third. Netball is the No. 1 one women's sport in Jamaica and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate. Netball receives full media coverage on TV, radio and the newspapers in Jamaica.

In 2007 as build up to the world cup, the Sunshine Girls played a series against England which they lost 3-0. They also played several matches against Australia and New Zealand in July, losing twice to New Zealand 80-36 and 68-46, and to Australia 66-62.

World Championships squad

* Elaine Davis (captain)
* Nicole Aiken
* Romelda Aiken
* Nadine Bryan
* Althea Byfield
* Kasey Evering
* Simone Forbes
* Nichala Gibson
* Sasher-Gaye Henry
* Christina Solmon
* Paula Thompson
* Sharon Wiles

Competitive history

Netball World Championships

Commonwealth Games

References

*http://www.netball.org/FullMembers.aspx?id=83
*http://jamaicanetball.org.jm/
*http://www.jamaicans.com/culture/sports/netball_hockey.shtml


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