Jacqui Delaney

Jacqui Delaney is a former Australia netball international. Between 1997 and 2002 she made 21 senior appearances for Australia. Delaney was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At club level, Delaney played for Contax in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999.

Jacqui Delaney

Personal information
Full name	Jacqui Delaney
Born	c. 1975 (age 48–49) ^[1]^[2] South Australia^[3]
Spouse	Roger Delaney
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, WA
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
1996	Contax
1997–2003	Adelaide Thunderbirds	95
Years	National team(s)	Caps
1997–2002	Australia	21
Coaching career
Years	Team(s)
2004–2005	Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions
201x–	GSLC Netball Academy
Medal record Representing  Australia World Netball Championships 1999 Christchurch Team Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Team World Youth Netball Championships 1996 Toronto Team

Early life and family

Delaney is originally from South Australia and grew up in the Murray River towns of Berri and Murray Bridge. In her youth, she played basketball before switching to netball at 15. She is married to Roger Delaney, the former Australian rules footballer. They have three children, Yasmine (b. 1998) and twins, Cooper and Jada (born c.2006). The Delaneys settled in Sydney and then the Sunshine Coast. They live and work in the Coolum Beach/Peregian Beach/Noosa district.^[1][2][3][4]

Playing career

Contax

Delaney played for Contax in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague. In 1996 she was a member of the Contax team that won the state league premiership.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Between 1997 and 2003, Delaney made 95 senior appearances for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Kathryn Harby-Williams, Peta Squire and Alex Hodge, she was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 grand final against Adelaide Ravens, she was named the Player of the Match after scoring 38 goals with an 85% accuracy rate. She was also named the Commonwealth Bank Trophy MVP in both 1999 and 2001.^{[3][10][11][12][13]} During her playing career, Delaney made headlines for being "unintentionally controversial". During 1997 she continued to play while pregnant. In 2003 she successfully challenged Netball Australia's residential requirement and continued to play for Thunderbirds even after she and her family relocated to Sydney for work reasons.^[1][2][14]

Australia

Between 1997 and 2002, Delaney made 21 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia team that won the 1996 World Youth Netball Championships. She made her senior debut for Australia on 6 June 1997. She was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

Tournaments	Place
1996 World Youth Netball Championships^[3]^[15]
1999 World Netball Championships^[16]^[17]^[18]
2002 Commonwealth Games^[19]^[20]

Coach

In 2004 Delaney was appointed head coach of the Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions team in the New South Wales State League.^[1][10][21] She later became the head netball coach at Good Shepherd Lutheran College.^[22]

Honours

Australia

• World Netball Championships
  • Winners: 1999
• Commonwealth Games
  • Winners: 2002

Adelaide Thunderbirds

• Commonwealth Bank Trophy
  • Winners: 1998, 1999
  • Runners Up: 1997

Contax

• South Australia State League
  • Winners: 1996

References

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3. "Jacqui Delaney". diamonds.netball.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
4. "Roger living another Port dream here in Noosa". www.noosanews.com.au. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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7. "Esso/Mobil Superleague 1985-1996 (page 3)". netballscoop.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
8. "Australian Selections". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
9. "Club holds all the aces". The Advertiser. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via PressReader.
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11. "Adelaide Thunderbirds – History". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
12. "Commonwealth Bank Trophy Team History". www.anz-championship.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
13. "Past Players & Support Staff". www.anz-championship.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
14. "Sydney Thunderbird cleared for take-off with strings attached". www.smh.com.au. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
15. "Women Netball III World Youth Cup 1996 Toronto". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
16. (PDF). Netball Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
17. "Women Netball X World Championship 1999 Christchurch". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
18. "1999 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame". sahof.org.au. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
19. "Australia accept Kiwi challenge". news.bbc.co.uk. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
20. "Jacqui Delaney". commonwealthgames.com.au. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
21. "Netballers well placed to shoot for finals berth". www.sydney.edu.au. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
22. "GSLC Netball Academy". Good Shepherd Lutheran College. Retrieved 25 November 2020.