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
Season placing	8th
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The 2013 New South Wales Swifts season was the sixth year that the New South Wales Swifts contested the ANZ Championship. In 2013, the team were coached by Lisa Beehag, with Mo'onia Gerrard and Kimberlee Green serving as co-captains. The 2013 Swifts roster featured Australian representative players Susan Pettitt, Mo'onia Gerrard and Kimberlee Green, former English Captain Sonia Mkoloma and rising star Paige Hadley.

After 13 round-robin matches, the Swifts finished in eighth with a 4–9 win–loss record, including victories against the West Coast Fever, Northern Mystics, Canterbury Tactix and semi-finalists, Melbourne Vixens.

Season Overview

The 2013 ANZ Championship season has seen the sport soar to new heights, with records tumbling across the board. Record scorelines, record crowds, and record memberships, all reflect the growing popularity of the world’s premier domestic netball competition, ANZ Championship.

While the NSW Swifts did not feature in the Finals this year, the team won many admirers throughout the competition for their never-say-die attitude, contesting a number of close matches down to the wire.

In years to come, 2013 will be fondly remembered for a series of extraordinary feats. As a roster, there were ten player milestones celebrated, a debut for NSW netballing “Tallent”, and players rewarded with selection in Australian representative squads. NSW Swifts’ athletes were named the game MVP on six occasions, and the Club retained the Sargeant-McKinnis Cup for a fourth straight season with a stirring nine-goal away victory over the Melbourne Vixens.

The NSW Swifts also enjoyed record Membership in 2013, and the Club’s Round 11 game against the Adelaide Thunderbirds at Allphones Arena saw a new NSW Swifts’ regular season home crowd record of 8,021.

2013 will also be remembered as the season the Club celebrated the career and contribution of Vanessa Ware, who after 107 games as a Swift decided to hang up the netball shoes at season’s end. Mo’onia Gerrard also announced she was taking a break from playing elite netball during the 2014 ANZ Championship to pursue her Olympic Rugby Sevens dream, but will remain part of the Club with a role in the restructured Swifts’ coaching panel next season.

Season Highlights

The Club celebrated numerous milestones throughout the 2013 ANZ Championship, from ANZ Championship debuts to 150 elite games...

Milestones:

Melissa Tallent: ANZ Championship debut (Round 5 v West Coast Fever, Perth)
Carla Dziwoki: 25 ANZ Championship cap (Round 11 v Adelaide Thunderbirds, Allphones Arena, Sydney)
Lisa Beehag: 25 ANZ Championship games (Round 13 v Queensland Firebirds, Brisbane)
Samantha May: 25 ANZ Championship caps (Round 2 v Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre)
Amorette Wild: 25 ANZ Championship caps (Round 10 v Northern Mystics, Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre)
Rob Wright: 50 ANZ Championship games (Round 9 v Adelaide Thunderbirds, Adelaide)
Vanessa Ware: 60 ANZ Championship caps, 100 elite netball caps (Round 7 v Southern Steel, Invercargill)
Kimberlee Green: 75 ANZ Championship caps (Round 7 v Southern Steel, Invercargill)
Mo'onia Gerrard: 75 ANZ Championship caps (Round 3 v Central Pulse, Wellington) and 175 elite netball caps (Round 4 v Queensland Firebirds, Brisbane)
Sonia Mkoloma: 75 ANZ Championship caps (Round 8 v Melbourne Vixens, Melbourne) and 50 NSW Swifts caps (Round 9 v Adelaide Thunderbirds, Adelaide)
Susan Pettitt: 75 ANZ Championship caps (Round 5 v West Coast Fever, Perth) and 150 elite netball caps (Round 13 v Queensland Firebirds, Brisbane)

Players

2013 team

2013 New South Wales Swifts roster

Players

Coaching staff

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Name	Position(s)	DoB	Height
Carla Dziwoki	GS, GA	29-08-1982	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Mo'onia Gerrard (c)	GD, WD	15-11-1980	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Kimberlee Green (c)	C, WA	05-03-1986	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Paige Hadley	WA, C, WD	26-08-1992	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
April Letton	GK, GD, WD	19-04-1990	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Samantha May	WD, GD	16-09-1987	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sonia Mkoloma	GK, GD	17-01-1979	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Susan Pettitt (vc)	GA, GS	23-03-1984	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Melissa Tallent	GS, GA	04-02-1991	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Vanessa Ware	WA, C	26-10-1985	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ashlee Weir	WD, C, WA	29-04-1988	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Amorette Wild	GA, GS, WA	10-08-1989	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Head coach

Lisa Beehag

Assistant coach

Robert Wright

Manager: Toni Kidwell
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

Transfers

2013 Swifts player movements
Gains	Positions	Former team
Paige Hadley	WA, C, WD	2012 NSW Swifts Replacement Player
Melissa Tallent	GA, GS	Former NSW Swifts Replacement Player
Ashlee Weir	WD, C, WA	Former NSW Swifts Player
Losses	Positions	New team
Kimberly Borger	GS	Not signed
Kristy Guthrie	C, WA	Not signed
Joanne Sutton	WD, C	Retired

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Notes

Colours: Swifts win Swifts loss Not played/scheduled
Home teams are listed left, away teams right. Times listed are local.

25 March	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	55 – 41	West Coast Fever		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney Attendance: 2,789
		Dziwoki 18/21 (86%) Pettitt 32/38 (84%) Wild 5/6 (83%)		Bassett 3/5 (60%) Beveridge 7/13 (54%) Cox 29/36 (81%) Millman 2/2 (100%)

31 March	Report Stats	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	63 – 35	New South Wales Swifts		ASB Baypark Arena, Tauranga
		Halpenny 12/18 (67%) van Dyk 32/33 (97%) Waitapu 17/20 (85%)		Dziwoki 10/14 (71%) Pettitt 23/29 (79%) Wild 2/4 (50%)

8 April	Report Stats	Central Pulse	55 – 49	New South Wales Swifts		TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
		Twaites 30/32 (94%) Wilkins 25/27 (93%)		Dziwoki 21/24 (88%) Pettitt 21/24 (88%) Wild 2/2 (100%)

15 April	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	53 – 61	Queensland Firebirds		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney
		Pettitt 34/43 (79%) Wild 19/23 (83%)		Aiken 38/39 (97%) Medhurst 23/27 (85%)

21 April	Report Stats	West Coast Fever	71 – 51	New South Wales Swifts		Challenge Stadium, Perth
		Bassett 47/55 (85%) Cox 23/26 (88%) Beveridge 1/1 (100%)		Pettitt 14/17 (82%) Wild 9/11 (82%) Dziwoki 19/22 (86%) Tallent 9/12 (75%)

Round 8	NO MATCH

6 May	Report Stats	Southern Steel	60 – 55	New South Wales Swifts		Stadium Southland Velodrome, Invercargill
		Fowler-Reid 59/63 (94%) Brown 1/3 (33%)		Dziwoki 22/27 (81%) Pettitt 33/34 (97%)

12 May	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	42 – 50	Melbourne Vixens		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney Attendance: 3,569
		Dziwoki 19/21 (90%) Pettitt 18/25 (72%) Tallent 5/6 (83%)		McMahon 9/14 (64%) Bailey 19/23 (83%) Caldwell 22/25 (88%)

19 May	Report Stats	Adelaide Thunderbirds	50 – 48	New South Wales Swifts		Netball SA Stadium, Adelaide
		Borrego 30/33 (91%) Bell 20/27 (74%)		Tallent 10/11 (91%) Pettitt 29/35 (83%) Dziwoki 9/12 (75%)

26 May	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	63 – 44	Northern Mystics		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney Attendance: 3563
		Pettitt 40/45 (89%) Dziwoki 21/26 (81%) Tallent 2/3 (67%)		Mes 13/16 (81%) Tutaia 19/23 (83%) Latu 12/14 (86%)

2 June	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	43 – 46	Adelaide Thunderbirds		Allphones Arena, Sydney Attendance: 8,021
		Pettitt 26/29 (90%) Dziwoki 14/16 (88%) Tallent 3/5 (60%)		Borrego 31/33 (94%) Bell 15/16 (94%)

8 June	Report Stats	Melbourne Vixens	39 – 48	New South Wales Swifts		Hisense Arena, Melbourne
		Bailey 7/8 (88%) McMahon 10/15 (67%) Caldwell 22/26 (85%)		Dziwoki 25/32 (78%) Pettitt 23/37 (62%)

16 June	Report Stats	Queensland Firebirds	52 – 48	New South Wales Swifts		Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
		Aiken 37/40 (93%) Medhurst 15/17 (88%)		Pettitt 30/37 (81%) Dziwoki 18/20 (90%)

24 June	Report Stats	New South Wales Swifts	62 – 42	Canterbury Tactix		Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney
		Pettitt 39/42 (93%) Dziwoki 12/14 (86%) Wild 3/7 (43%) Tallent 8/12 (67%)		Harten 25/34 (74%) Naoupu 12/17 (71%) Fenwick 5/9 (56%)

Standings

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:^[2]^[3]

Finals

Template:ANZ Championship finals bracket

Final placing

8th (4 wins, 9 losses)

Statistics

As of Sunday 17 November.

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

Awards

QBE Most Valued Player - Kimberlee Green^[4]
Members' Player of the Year - Kimberlee Green^[5]
Players' Player - Sonia Mkoloma ^[6]
Coaches' Award recipient - Paige Hadley^[7]
Club Person of the Year - Gail Eckert

References

ANZ Championship team page: New South Wales Swifts

^ "2013 NSW Swifts Player Profiles". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "ANZ Championship 2013 - Standings". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "ANZ Championship 2013 - Standings". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "Green wins 2013 QBE MVP & Members' award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Green wins 2013 QBE MVP & Members' award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Sonia Mkoloma is players' pick for 2013". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Hadley wins inaugural Coaches' Award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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[1] "2013 NSW Swifts Player Profiles". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[sbanz2013standings-2] "ANZ Championship 2013 - Standings". www.scoreboard.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[fsanz2013standings-3] "ANZ Championship 2013 - Standings". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[4] "Green wins 2013 QBE MVP & Members' award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[5] "Green wins 2013 QBE MVP & Members' award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[6] "Sonia Mkoloma is players' pick for 2013". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[7] "Hadley wins inaugural Coaches' Award". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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Season Overview

Season Highlights

Players

2013 team

Transfers

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Standings

Finals

Final placing

Statistics

Awards

See also

References