2013 New South Wales Swifts season

New South Wales Swifts
New South Wales Swifts
2013 season
Head coach	Lisa Beehag
Asst. coach	Rob Wright
Manager	Toni Kidwell
Captain	Mo'onia Gerrard; Kimberlee Green
Vice-captain	Susan Pettitt
Main venue	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
Season results
Wins–losses	4–9
Regular season	8th
Finals placing	Did not qualify
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New South Wales Swifts seasons
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The 2013 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2013 ANZ Championship. During the regular season they finished eighth with a 4–9 record and did not qualify for the play-offs. During the season they defeated West Coast Fever, Northern Mystics, Canterbury Tactix and Melbourne Vixens.^[1]^[2]

Players edit

2013 roster edit

2013 New South Wales Swifts roster

Players

Coaching staff

Name	Position(s)	DoB	Height
Kaitlyn Bryce (TRP)			–
Carla Dziwoki	GS, GA	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 30)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Mo'onia Gerrard (cc)	GD, WD	(1980-11-15)15 November 1980 (aged 32)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Kimberlee Green (cc)	C, WA	(1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 27)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Paige Hadley	C, WA, WD	(1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 20)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
April Letton	GK, GD	(1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 22)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Samantha May	GD, WD	(1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 25)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Kristiana Manu'a (TRP)	GD, GK	(1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 17)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sonia Mkoloma	GD, GK	(1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 34)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Susan Pettitt (vc)	GA, GS	(1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 29)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Melissa Tallent	GS, GA	(1991-02-04)4 February 1991 (aged 22)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Vanessa Ware	WA, C	(1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 27)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ashlee Weir	WD, C, WA	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 24)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Amorette Wild	GA, GS, WA	(1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 23)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Head coach

Lisa Beehag

Assistant coach

Robert Wright

Manager: Toni Kidwell
Physiotherapist:
Paula Peralta
Brett Doring
Daniel Vukovic
Sports science:
Dr Grace Bryant
Strength and conditioning:
Damien Austin

Notes

(c) – Captain
(cc) – Co-captain
(vc) – Vice-captain
– Injury / maternity leave
(TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Milestones edit

Melissa Tallent made her ANZ Championship debut in Round 5 against West Coast Fever.
Vanessa Ware played her 100th game for Sydney Swifts/New South Wales Swifts against Southern Steel in Round 7. After 107 games and 11 seasons, Ware retired from elite netball after the Round 14 game against Canterbury Tactix.
Susan Pettitt played her 150th elite netball game in Round 13 against Queensland Firebirds.

Source:^[1]^[2]

Melbourne Vixens Summer Challenge edit

The main pre-season event was the Summer Challenge, hosted by Melbourne Vixens at the State Netball Hockey Centre on 23 and 24 February.

Saturday 23 February	New South Wales Swifts	28–35	Adelaide Thunderbirds	State Netball Hockey Centre

Saturday 23 February	New South Wales Swifts	45–34	Canterbury Tactix	State Netball Hockey Centre

Sunday 24 February	Southern Steel	36–35	New South Wales Swifts	State Netball Hockey Centre

Sunday 24 February	Queensland Firebirds	30–29	New South Wales Swifts	State Netball Hockey Centre

Sources:^[5]^[6]

Regular season edit

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1

Monday 25 March	New South Wales Swifts	55 – 41	West Coast Fever	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:40 pm	Carla Dziwoki 18/21 (86%) Susan Pratley 32/38 (84%) Amorette Wild 5/6 (83%)	Stats	Caitlin Bassett 3/5 (60%) Kate Beveridge 7/13 (54%) Catherine Cox 29/36 (81%) Lisa Millman 2/2 (100%)

Round 2

Sunday 31 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61 – 35	New South Wales Swifts	ASB Baypark Arena
7:20 pm	Ellen Halpenny 12/18 (67%) Irene van Dyk 32/33 (97%) Jessica Waitapu 17/20 (85%)	Stats	Carla Dziwoki 10/14 (71%) Susan Pratley 23/29 (79%) Amorette Wild 2/4 (50%)

Round 3

Monday 8 April	Central Pulse	55 – 49	New South Wales Swifts	TSB Bank Arena
7:40 pm	Caitlin Thwaites 30/32 (94%) Donna Wilkins 25/27 (93%)	Stats	Susan Pratley 26/30 (87%) Carla Dziwoki 21/24 (88%) Amorette Wild 2/2 (100%)

Round 4

Monday 15 April	New South Wales Swifts	53 – 61	Queensland Firebirds	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:40 pm	Susan Pratley 34/43 (79%) Amorette Wild 19/23 (83%)	Stats	Romelda Aiken 38/39 (97%) Natalie Medhurst 23/27 (85%)

Round 5

Sunday 21 April	West Coast Fever	71 – 51	New South Wales Swifts	Challenge Stadium
12:10 pm	Caitlin Bassett 47/55 (85%) Catherine Cox 23/26 (88%) Kate Beveridge 1/1 (100%)	Stats	Carla Dziwoki 19/22 (86%) Susan Pratley 14/17 (82%) Amorette Wild 9/11 (82%) Melissa Tallent 9/12 (75%)

Round 6

New South Wales Swifts received a bye.

Round 7

Monday 6 May	Southern Steel	60 – 55	New South Wales Swifts	Stadium Southland Velodrome
7:40 pm	Jhaniele Fowler 59/63 (94%) Jodi Brown 1/3 (33%)	Stats	Susan Pratley 33/34 (97%) Carla Dziwoki 22/27 (81%)

Round 8

Sunday 12 May	New South Wales Swifts	42 – 50	Melbourne Vixens	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:10 pm	Carla Dziwoki 19/21 (90%) Susan Pratley 18/25 (72%) Melissa Tallent 5/6 (83%)	Stats	Tegan Caldwell 22/25 (88%) Karyn Howarth 19/23 (83%) Sharelle McMahon 9/14 (64%)

Round 9

Sunday 19 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	50 – 48	New South Wales Swifts	Netball SA Stadium
1:40 pm	Carla Borrego 30/33 (91%) Erin Bell 20/27 (74%)	Stats	Melissa Tallent 10/11 (91%) Susan Pratley 29/35 (83%) Carla Dziwoki 9/12 (75%)

Round 10

Sunday 26 May	New South Wales Swifts	63 – 44	Northern Mystics	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:10 pm	Susan Pratley 40/45 (89%) Carla Dziwoki 21/26 (81%) Melissa Tallent 2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes 13/16 (81%) Maria Tutaia 19/23 (83%) Cathrine Latu 12/14 (86%)

Round 11

Sunday 2 June	New South Wales Swifts	43 – 46	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Allphones Arena
12:10 pm	Susan Pratley 26/29 (90%) Carla Dziwoki 14/16 (88%) Melissa Tallent 3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Carla Borrego 31/33 (94%) Erin Bell 15/16 (94%)

Round 12

Saturday 8 June	Melbourne Vixens	39 – 48	New South Wales Swifts	Hisense Arena
2:10 pm	Karyn Howarth 7/8 (88%) Sharelle McMahon 10/15 (67%) Tegan Caldwell 22/26 (85%)	Stats	Carla Dziwoki 25/32 (78%) Susan Pratley 23/37 (62%)

Round 13

Sunday 16 June	Queensland Firebirds	52 – 48	New South Wales Swifts	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:10 pm	Romelda Aiken 37/40 (93%) Natalie Medhurst 15/17 (88%)	Stats	Susan Pratley 30/37 (81%) Carla Dziwoki 18/20 (90%)

Round 14

Monday 24 June	New South Wales Swifts	62 – 42	Canterbury Tactix	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:40 pm	Susan Pettitt 39/42 (93%) Carla Dziwoki 12/14 (86%) Amorette Wild 3/7 (43%) Melissa Tallent 8/12 (67%)	Stats	Joanne Harten 25/34 (74%) Julianna Naoupu 12/17 (71%) Sophia Fenwick 5/9 (56%)

Sources:^[2]^[7]^[8]

Final table edit

2013 ANZ Championship ladder v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	12	1	688	620	+68	111.0	24
2	Melbourne Vixens	13	9	4	692	589	+103	117.5	18
3	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	9	4	749	650	+99	115.2	18
4	Queensland Firebirds	13	9	4	793	691	+102	114.8	18
5	Central Pulse	13	8	5	736	706	+30	104.2	16
6	Southern Steel	13	6	7	812	790	+22	102.8	12
7	West Coast Fever	13	5	8	715	757	−42	94.5	10
8	New South Wales Swifts	13	4	9	652	672	−20	97.0	8
9	Canterbury Tactix	13	2	11	700	882	−182	79.4	4
10	Northern Mystics	13	1	12	699	879	−180	79.5	2
Updated 7 April 2021

Qualified for Major semi-final
Qualified for Minor semi-final

Pld = Games played
W = Win (2 points)
L = Loss (0 points)
GF = Goals For
GA = Goals Against
GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)

Pts = Points

Sources:^[9]^[10]

Statistics edit

As of Sunday 17 November 2013

Player	GS	GA	G%	A	R	CPR	I	D	P	T
Carla Dziwoki	208	249	83.5	42	16	61	2	5	35	49
Mo'onia Gerrard	0	0	0	0	6	84	10	21	145	14
Kimberlee Green	0	0	0	133	0	52	9	18	92	30
Paige Hadley	0	0	0	55	0	43	6	10	66	15
April Letton	0	0	0	0	15	9	11	36	84	3
Samantha May	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	5	23	1
Sonia Mkoloma	0	0	0	0	11	30	26	45	228	4
Susan Pettitt	367	451	81.4	55	17	90	4	7	51	75
Melissa Tallent	37	48	77.1	6	1	0	0	2	3	12
Vanessa Ware	0	0	0	104	0	164	2	6	25	22
Ashlee Weir	0	0	0	0	0	21	3	3	50	4
Amorette Wild	40	53	75.5	18	3	32	1	0	11	16

Statistics key
GS	Goals scored	A	Assists	I	Intercepts
GA	Goal attempts	R	Rebounds	D	Deflections
G%	Goal percentage	CPR	Centre pass receives	P	Penalties
= Competition leader				T	Turnovers conceded

Award winners edit

Award	Winner
QBE NSW Swifts MVP^[11]	Kimberlee Green
NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year^[11]	Kimberlee Green
NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year^[12]	Sonia Mkoloma
NSW Swifts Coaches' Player Award ^[13]	Paige Hadley

Source:^[2]^[14]

References edit

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "2013 NSW Swifts Player Profiles". nswswifts.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Gun NWS Swifts staying put this season". www.news.com.au. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ "The Vixens turn up the heat at the Summer Challenge". melbournevixens.com.au. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
^ "Firebirds unbeaten in Melbourne Vixens Summer Challenge". www.perthnow.com.au. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "ANZ Championship 2013". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "ANZ Championship 2013". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "ANZ Championship 2013 - Standings". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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^ ^a ^b "Green wins 2013 QBE MVP & Members' award". www.nswswifts.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Sonia Mkoloma is players' pick for 2013". www.nswswifts.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Hadley wins inaugural Coaches' Award". www.nswswifts.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Awards". nswswifts.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

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