The Jamaica national netball team, commonly known as the Sunshine Girls, represent Jamaica in international netball competitions. Netball is not only the number one women's sport in Jamaica but also the number one team sport in the island, based on World Rankings and recent history and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate.[1] Netball receives full media coverage on television, radio and in newspapers but does not get as much coverage as less successful team sports such as football and cricket.[2] Jamaica were coached by former representative Oberon Pitterson, and captained by midcourt veteran Nadine Bryan up to the end of 2013. However, a Technical Director (Jill McIntosh) and new coach (Minneth Reynolds), were appointed in early 2014. As of 1 July 2020, Jamaica are fourth in the INF World Rankings.[3] The senior Jamaican netball team is widely known as the Sunshine Girls, the Jamaican Fast 5 netball team is known as Jamaica Fast5 or the FAST5 Girls.[4][5][6][7][8]
Netball in Jamaican schools started in 1909. In 1959, the Jamaica Netball Association was formed and affiliated with the West Indies Netball Board. Jamaica was invited to compete at the 1959 West Indies Tournament held in August in Montserrat.[9]
Since their debut international game in 1959, the Sunshine Girls have participated in every INF Netball World Cup, never finishing below sixth. Jamaica placed third in three World Championships – in 1991, 2003 and 2007.[1] They have played in all six Commonwealth Games netball events to date, winning a bronze medal in 2002 in Manchester, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland and 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia.
Pitterson was appointed the new head coach for the Sunshine Girls at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore.[10] Longstanding captain Simone Forbes did not attend the World Championships after testing positive the banned substance Clomiphene and was replaced by Nadine Bryan.[11][12] Forbes subsequently retired, ending her illustrious career.[13][14][15][16][17] After failing to medal in 2011, some of the experienced players on the squad decided to take a break from the national team, while Althea Byfield chose to retire, as they had grown disgruntled with embattled coach Pitterson.[15][18][19][20][21]Malysha Kelly & Romelda Aiken took over co-captaining duties at the 2013 Fast5 tournament and Kelly continued to captain the team in the first half of 2014.[22][23][24][25]Nicole Aiken-Pinnock took over as captain ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also captained them at the 2015 Netball World Cup.[26][27] The team has since won bronze medals in both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the latter medal having been won against two-time gold medallists New Zealand.
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The Jamaica national netball team commonly known as the Sunshine Girls represent Jamaica in international netball competitions Netball is not only the number one women s sport in Jamaica but also the number one team sport in the island based on World Rankings and recent history and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate 1 Netball receives full media coverage on television radio and in newspapers but does not get as much coverage as less successful team sports such as football and cricket 2 Jamaica were coached by former representative Oberon Pitterson and captained by midcourt veteran Nadine Bryan up to the end of 2013 However a Technical Director Jill McIntosh and new coach Minneth Reynolds were appointed in early 2014 As of 1 July 2020 Jamaica are fourth in the INF World Rankings 3 The senior Jamaican netball team is widely known as the Sunshine Girls the Jamaican Fast 5 netball team is known as Jamaica Fast5 or the FAST5 Girls 4 5 6 7 8 JamaicaNickname s Sunshine GirlsAssociationNetball JamaicaConfederationAFNA Americas Head coachMarvette Anderson Sasher Gaye HenryCaptainJhaniele Fowler ReidVice captainPaula ThompsonMost capsNadine Bryan 159 World ranking3Team coloursAlternateNetball World CupAppearances15 Debuted in 1963 2019 placing5thBest result3rd 1991 2003 2007 2023 Commonwealth GamesAppearances7 Debuted in 1998 2018 placing2ndBest result2nd Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Contents 1 History 2 Players 2 1 2022 squad 2 2 Notable past players 2 3 Most capped Jamaican netballers 3 Competitive history 4 Kit suppliers 5 See also 6 External links 7 ReferencesHistory editNetball in Jamaican schools started in 1909 In 1959 the Jamaica Netball Association was formed and affiliated with the West Indies Netball Board Jamaica was invited to compete at the 1959 West Indies Tournament held in August in Montserrat 9 Since their debut international game in 1959 the Sunshine Girls have participated in every INF Netball World Cup never finishing below sixth Jamaica placed third in three World Championships in 1991 2003 and 2007 1 They have played in all six Commonwealth Games netball events to date winning a bronze medal in 2002 in Manchester 2014 in Glasgow Scotland and 2018 in Gold Coast Australia Pitterson was appointed the new head coach for the Sunshine Girls at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore 10 Longstanding captain Simone Forbes did not attend the World Championships after testing positive the banned substance Clomiphene and was replaced by Nadine Bryan 11 12 Forbes subsequently retired ending her illustrious career 13 14 15 16 17 After failing to medal in 2011 some of the experienced players on the squad decided to take a break from the national team while Althea Byfield chose to retire as they had grown disgruntled with embattled coach Pitterson 15 18 19 20 21 Malysha Kelly amp Romelda Aiken took over co captaining duties at the 2013 Fast5 tournament and Kelly continued to captain the team in the first half of 2014 22 23 24 25 Nicole Aiken Pinnock took over as captain ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also captained them at the 2015 Netball World Cup 26 27 The team has since won bronze medals in both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games with the latter medal having been won against two time gold medallists New Zealand Players edit2022 squad edit The current squad was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games 28 29 Jamaica national netball team rosterPlayers CoachesName Pos DOB Height Club Nat CapsJhaniele Fowler c GS 21 July 1989 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in West Coast Fever nbsp Shimona Nelson GS 1 December 1998 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in Collingwood Magpies nbsp Shanice Beckford GA WA 16 April 1995 1 70 m 5 ft 7 in nbsp Rebekah Robinson GA 23 January 1995 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in nbsp Khadijah Williams WA C 29 December 1994 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in nbsp Nicole Dixon Rochester C WA 3 February 1995 1 65 m 5 ft 5 in nbsp Adean Thomas C WA WD 31 July 1994 1 73 m 5 ft 8 in nbsp Shadian Hemmings WD C WA 9 November 1990 nbsp Jodi Ann Ward WD GD 1 September 1994 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in Collingwood Magpies nbsp Latanya Wilson GD WD 10 November 2000 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Adelaide Thunderbirds nbsp Shamera Sterling GK GD 21 October 1995 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Adelaide Thunderbirds nbsp Kadie Ann Dehaney GK GD 4 September 1996 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in Sunshine Coast Lightning nbsp Head coachVacant Notes c Captain cc Co captain vc Vice captain nbsp Injury maternity leave TRP Temporary Replacement PlayerPlayer profiles Team website Last updated 5 August 2022Notable past players edit Connie Francis Elaine Davis Simone Forbes Carla Borrego Oberon PittersonMost capped Jamaican netballers edit Name Test Caps Test Team YearsNadine Bryan 159 30 31 32 1996 2014Oberon Pitterson 120 1988 2006Connie Francis 120 1985 1999 2003Georgia Gordon 110 1994 2005 2010Simone Forbes 102 2000 2011Elaine Davis 91 33 1995 2007 33 Nichala Gibson 79 2000 2009Kasey Evering 78 2002 2011 2012 2014Nicole Aiken Pinnock 78 2005 2011 2014 presentSasher Gaye Henry 75 1996 1997 2006 2011 2014 2015 34 35 36 Romelda Aiken 74 2005 presentCompetitive history editNetball World CupYear Championship Location Placing1963 1st World Championships Eastbourne England 5th1967 2nd World Championships Perth Australia 6th1971 3rd World Championships Kingston Jamaica 4th1975 4th World Championships Auckland New Zealand 5th1979 5th World Championships Port of Spain Trinidad amp Tobago 5th1983 6th World Championships Singapore 5th1987 7th World Championships Glasgow Scotland 5th1991 8th World Championships Sydney nbsp 3rd1995 9th World Championships Birmingham England 5th1999 10th World Championships Christchurch New Zealand 4th2003 11th World Championships Kingston Jamaica nbsp 3rd2007 12th World Championships Auckland New Zealand nbsp 3rd2011 13th World Championships Singapore 4th2015 14th World Cup Sydney Australia 4th2019 15th World Cup Liverpool England 5thNetball at the Commonwealth GamesYear Games Event Location Placing1998 XVI Games 1st Netball Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4th2002 XVII Games 2nd Netball Manchester England nbsp 3rd2006 XVIII Games 3rd Netball Melbourne Australia 4th2010 XIX Games 4th Netball Delhi India 4th2014 XX Games 5th Netball Glasgow Scotland nbsp 3rd2018 XXI Games 6th Netball Gold Coast Australia nbsp 3rd2022 XXII Games 7th Netball Birmingham Australia nbsp 2ndFast5 World Netball Series formerly Fastnet Year Tournament Location Placing2009 1st World Series Manchester England nbsp 2nd2010 2nd World Series Liverpool England nbsp 3rd2011 3rd World Series Liverpool England 4th2012 4th World Series Auckland New Zealand 4th2013 5th World Series Auckland New Zealand nbsp 3rd2014 6th World Series Auckland New Zealand 4th2016 7th World Series Melbourne Australia 5th2017 8th World Series Melbourne Australia nbsp 2ndKit suppliers editJamaica s kits are currently supplied by Gilbert See also editCWG 2002 Results CWG 2006 SSG Roster Jamaican netball playersExternal links editSunshine Girls Squad SSG at NWCReferences edit a 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