2015 New South Wales Swifts season

New South Wales Swifts
2015 season
Head coach	Rob Wright
Asst. coach	Megan Anderson
Manager	Toni Kidwell
Captain	Kimberlee Green
Vice-captain	Sharni Layton Abbey McCulloch
Main venue	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
Season results
Wins–losses	10–3 (4 draws)
Regular season	2nd (Australian Conference)
Finals placing	2nd
Team colours

The 2015 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2015 ANZ Championship. Swifts finished the regular season in second place in the Australian Conference. In the play-offs, they defeated West Coast Fever and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic but twice lost narrowly to Queensland Firebirds in both the Australian Conference final and the Grand Final. It was Swifts' first appearance in the title decider since their successful 2008 campaign.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Players

Player movements

Summary of 2015 player movements

Gains	Losses
Jade Clarke (Mainland Tactix) [9][10] Julie Corletto (Northern Mystics) [11] Erin Hoare (Melbourne Vixens) Stephanie Wood (Queensland Fusion) [12]	Carla Dziwoki (Melbourne Vixens) Maddie Hay (NNSW Waratahs) April Letton (West Coast Fever) Brooke Miller Sonia Mkoloma (retired) [13] Gretel Tippett (Queensland Firebirds) Sarah Wall

Source:[14]

2015 roster

2015 New South Wales Swifts roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Jade Clarke C, WA (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 31) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Julie Corletto GD, WD, GK (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 28) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Taylah Davies WA, C (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 (aged 20) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Kimberlee Green (c) C, WA (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 28) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Paige Hadley C, WA, WD (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 22) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Erin Hoare GS, GA (1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 25) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Sharni Layton (cc) GK, GD, WD (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 26) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Abbey McCulloch (cc) WD, C, GD (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 25) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Susan Pettitt GA, GS (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 30) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Caitlin Thwaites GS, GA (1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 28) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Micaela Wilson GK, GD, WD (1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 22) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Stephanie Wood GA, WA (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 23) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Head coach Rob Wright Assistant coach Megan Anderson Anita Keelan Apprentice Coach: Amber Cross Manager: Toni Kidwell Physiotherapist: Paula Peralta Daniel Vukovic Strength and conditioning: Jason Howell Performance Analyst: Bjorn Maddern Doctor: Dr Grace Bryant OAM Sport Psychologist: Sam Rand Dietician: Karen Haddad Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:[1][2][14]

Debutants

• Jade Clarke and Julie Corletto both make their Swifts debut in Round 1 against Southern Steel.
• Stephanie Wood made her ANZ Championship debut for Swifts in Round 2 against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.
• Erin Hoare made her Swifts debut in Round 7 against Adelaide Thunderbirds.

Source:[15]

Gold medallists

Julie Corletto, Kimberlee Green, Paige Hadley, Sharni Layton and Caitlin Thwaites were all members of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the 2015 Netball World Cup. The squad also included former Swifts' players, Erin Bell and Rebecca Bulley. [2][16][17][18][19]

Summer Shootout

Between 6 and 8 February, New South Wales Swifts hosted the Summer Shootout at Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park. This was the first major netball tournament to be held at the venue. All ten ANZ Championship teams participated in the three-day tournament. A total of 25 games, consisting of both full length and shortened games consisting of two 15-minute periods, were played over the weekend.[2][20][21][22][23][24]

Fri 6 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	58–47	Northern Mystics
6:30pm

Sat 7 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	25–19	Central Pulse
9:00am

Sat 7 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	21–25	West Coast Fever
2:30pm

Sat 7 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	27–25	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
5:30pm

Sun 8 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	49–46	Melbourne Vixens
2:00pm

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sun 1 March	Southern Steel	62 - 68	New South Wales Swifts	Stadium Southland
7.10 PM (NZDT)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  46/55 (84%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/19 (84%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  29/32 (91%) Caitlin Thwaites  39/43 (91%)

Round 2

Mon 9 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	43 - 48	New South Wales Swifts	ASB Arena
7:40 PM (NZDT)	Joanne Harten  15 Malia Paseka  10/17 (59%) Ellen Halpenny  18/25 (72%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  7/10 (70%) Caitlin Thwaites  34/42 (81%) Stephanie Wood  7/10 (70%)

Round 3

Sun 15 March	New South Wales Swifts	47 - 47	Queensland Firebirds	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12.18 PM (AEDT)	Susan Pettitt  29/37 (78%) Caitlin Thwaites  18/22 (82%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  36/46 (78%) Gretel Tippett  11/14 (79%)

Round 4

Mon 23 March	New South Wales Swifts	59 - 59	West Coast Fever	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7.18 PM (AEDT)	Susan Pettitt  23 Caitlin Thwaites  36	Report	Caitlin Bassett  51 Natalie Medhurst  8

Round 5

Mon 30 March	Queensland Firebirds	51 - 47	New South Wales Swifts	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
7:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  43 Gretel Tippett  ?	Report	Susan Pettitt  ? Caitlin Thwaites  ?

Round 6

New South Wales Swifts received a bye.

Round 7

Sun 12 April	Adelaide Thunderbirds	56 - 49	New South Wales Swifts	Netball SA Stadium
1:48 PM (ACST)	Carla Borrego  39/46 (85%) Erin Bell  ?	Report Stats	Susan Pettitt  ? Caitlin Thwaites  ? Erin Hoare  ?

Round 8

Sun 19 April	New South Wales Swifts	66 - 50	Northern Mystics	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  ? Caitlin Thwaites  30/33 (91%)	Report Stats	Maria Tutaia  ? Cathrine Latu  ? Paula Griffin  10/16 (63%)

Round 9

Sat 25 April	Central Pulse	47 - 47	New South Wales Swifts	TSB Bank Arena
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jodi Brown  21/25 (84%) Ameliaranne Wells  26/33 (79%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  22/26 (85%) Caitlin Thwaites  25/29 (86%)

Round 10

Sun 3 May	New South Wales Swifts	67 - 43	Melbourne Vixens	Allphones Arena
12:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  28/30 (93%) Caitlin Thwaites  39/41 (95%)	Report	Tegan Philip  ? Karyn Bailey  ?	Attendance: 10,370

Round 11

Sun 10 May	New South Wales Swifts	65 - 54	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
2:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  27/31 (87%) Caitlin Thwaites  38/42 (90%)	Report	Carla Borrego  39/47 (83%) Erin Bell  15/17 (88%)

Round 12

Sun 17 May	New South Wales Swifts	68 - 49	Mainland Tactix	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
2:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  32/34 (94%) Caitlin Thwaites  31/35 (89%) Stephanie Wood  5/6 (83%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  33/35 (94%) Bailey Mes  16/21 (76%)

Round 13

Sun 24 May	Melbourne Vixens	48 - 52	New South Wales Swifts	Margaret Court Arena
2:18 PM (AEST)	Tegan Philip  21/27 (78%) Karyn Bailey  27/32 (84%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  23/27 (85%) Caitlin Thwaites  29/38 (76%)

Round 14

Sat 30 May	West Coast Fever	56 - 63	New South Wales Swifts	Perth Arena
10:18 AM (AWST)	Caitlin Bassett  44/51 (86%) Natalie Medhurst  12/15 (80%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  28/32 (88%) Caitlin Thwaites  35/37 (95%)	Attendance: 9,703

Source:[1][2]

Standings

2015 Australian Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	G%	Pts
1	Queensland Firebirds	13	11	1	1	708	608	116.4%	23
2	New South Wales Swifts	13	8	3	2	746	665	112.2%	19
3	West Coast Fever	13	9	1	3	744	701	106.1%	19
4	Melbourne Vixens	13	7	0	6	670	657	102.0%	14
5	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	4	2	7	667	682	97.8%	10
2015 New Zealand Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	G%	Pts
1	Northern Mystics	13	7	2	4	682	695	98.1%	16
2	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	5	1	7	643	663	97.0%	11
3	Southern Steel	13	3	2	8	759	775	97.9%	8
4	Central Pulse	13	3	2	8	620	656	94.5%	8
5	Mainland Tactix	13	1	0	12	664	801	82.9%	2

  Qualified for Conference finals
  Qualified for Elimination finals

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• D = Draw (1 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
• Pts = Points

Sources:[25]

Play-offs

Elimination Final

Australian Conference

Fri 5 June 7:18 PM (AEST)	Stats	New South Wales Swifts	60–53	West Coast Fever		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
		Caitlin Thwaites  32/34 (94%) Susan Pettitt  28/29 (97%)		Caitlin Bassett  37/40 (93%) Natalie Medhurst  16/18 (89%)

Source:[26]

Conference Finals

Australian Conference

Sun 7 June 12:18 PM (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	55–44	New South Wales Swifts		Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 5,175
		Romelda Aiken  36/39 (92%) Gretel Tippett  ?		Susan Pettitt  ? Caitlin Thwaites  17/21 (81%) Stephanie Wood  ?

Source:[27][28]

Semi-final

Sun 14 June 7:10 PM (NZST)	Stats	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	52–60	New South Wales Swifts		Claudelands Arena Attendance: 4,200
		Joanne Harten  39/44 (89%) Malia Paseka  ? Ellen Halpenny  ?		Susan Pettitt  27/29 (93%) Caitlin Thwaites  33/36 (92%)

Source:[29][30]

Grand Final

Sun 21 June 12:10 PM (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	57–56	New South Wales Swifts		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Romelda Aiken  47/51 (92%) Gretel Tippett  10/17 (59%)		Susan Pettitt  26/28 (93%) Caitlin Thwaites  30/34 (88%)

Source:[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Award winners

NSW Swifts awards

Award	Winner
QBE NSW Swifts MVP	Caitlin Thwaites
NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year	Sharni Layton
NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year	Sharni Layton
NSW Swifts Coaches' Player Award	Susan Pettitt

Source:[2][16][17][31]

ANZ Championship awards

Award	Winner
ANZ Championship Finals Series MVP	Sharni Layton[32]

All Star Team

Position	Player
GA	Susan Pettitt
WA	Kimberlee Green
GD	Julie Corletto
GK	Sharni Layton

Sources:[33][34][35]

Australian Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year[36][37][38]	Sharni Layton

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