Kirby Mutton

Last updated

Kirby Mutton
Personal information
Full nameKirby Morley(née Mutton)
Born (1984-09-17) 17 September 1984 (age 39)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WA, WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
1996–2012 Contax 276
2003–2004 → AIS Canberra Darters
2005–2009 → Adelaide Thunderbirds
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Youth Netball Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2005 Fort LauderdaleTeam

Kirby Mutton (born 17 September 1984), also known as Kirby Morley, is a former Australian netball player. Mutton played for both AIS Canberra Darters and Adelaide Thunderbirds during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era. Mutton also played for Contax in the South Australia state league and was a member of five premiership winning teams. Between 2003 and 2005, she represented Australia at under-21 level.

Contents

Playing career

Contax

Between 1996 and 2012, Mutton played for Contax. She was a member of Contax teams that won South Australia state league titles in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Her 2002 teammates at Contax included Natalie von Bertouch, Carla Dziwoki and Lauren Nourse. In 2006 she received the club's 10 Year Service Award. In 2010 she received the state league's best and fairest award. In both 2010 and 2011 she was included in the state league's team of the year. In later seasons her teammates included Kristen Hughes and Bianca Reddy. When she retired as a netball player in 2012, Mutton had played 276 senior matches for Contax. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

AIS Canberra Darters

Between 2003 and 2004, Mutton played for AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. [8] [9] [10]

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Between 2005 and 2007, Mutton played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. [11] [12] [13] [14] She played for Thunderbirds in the 2006 grand final, which they lost to 65–36 to Sydney Swifts. [15] [16] She was included in the Thunderbirds squad for the 2008 ANZ Championship season. [1] In 2009, she was included in the Thunderbirds extended squad. [17]

Australia

Between 2003 and 2005, Mutton represented Australia at under-21 level. She was a member of the Australia team that won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships and was named the Australian Player of the Series. [9] [14] [18] [19] [20]

Honours

Contax
Individual Awards
YearAward
2005 [20] World Youth Netball Championships Australian Player of the Series
2006 [4] Contax 10 Year Service Award
2010 [3] [5] [6] Subway Cup Best & Fairest
2010 [3] [6] Subway Cup Team of the Year
2011 [3] [7] Subway Cup Team of the Year

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Thunderbirds</span> Australian netball team

Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian professional netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Thunderbirds have won five premierships. They won their first two premierships in 1998 and 1999 during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, their third and fourth in 2010 and 2013 during ANZ Championship era, and their fifth in 2023 during the suncorp netball era. Historically, Thunderbirds are one of Australia's most successful netball teams. Between 1997 and 2010 they finished in the top three of every regular season, and are the first and only team to win a Trophy at all 3 eras.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalie von Bertouch</span> Australia netball international

Natalie von BertouchBUR-toh;, also known as Natalie Bode, is a former Australia netball international. Between 2004 and 2012 she made 76 senior appearances for Australia. Bertouch was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 2007 and 2011 World Netball Championships. She captained Australia at the latter tournament. She was also a member of the Australia teams that won the silver medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. At club level, Bertouch captained Adelaide Thunderbirds to two ANZ Championship titles in 2010 and 2013. Her older sister Laura von Bertouch is also a former netball player. The two sisters were team mates with both Thunderbirds and Australia.

Laura von Bertouch is a former Australia netball international. Bertouch was a member of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the 2007 World Netball Championships. At club level, Bertouch played for Adelaide Thunderbirds, mainly during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era. She captained Thunderbirds between 2004 and 2007. Her younger sister, Natalie von Bertouch, is also a former netball player. The two sisters were team mates with both Thunderbirds and Australia.

Netball South Australia is the governing body for netball in South Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the Netball South Australia Premier League as well as numerous other leagues and competitions for junior and youth teams. It is also responsible for organizing and managing two elite level representatives teams, Adelaide Thunderbirds, who compete in the Suncorp Super Netball, and Southern Force who compete in the Australian Netball League. Its headquarters are based at Netball SA Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lauren Nourse</span> Australia netball international

Lauren Nourse is a former Australia netball international. Between 2007 and 2011 she made 25 senior appearances for Australia. Nourse was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2007 World Netball Championships and the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Between 2004 and 2012, Nourse played for Queensland Firebirds. In 2011 she captained Firebirds when they won the 2011 ANZ Championship.

Jane Altschwager is a former Australia netball international. During the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Altschwager made 81 senior appearances for Adelaide Thunderbirds, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers. Between 1999 and 2004, she was a member of three premiership winning squads – 1999 with Thunderbirds and 2001 and 2004 with Swifts. During the ANZ Championship era she re-joined Thunderbirds and also played for Central Pulse. Altschwager captained both Jaegers and Pulse. After retiring as a netball player, Altschwager went on to play women's Australian rules football for North Adelaide in the SANFL Women's League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebecca Bulley</span> Australia netball international

Rebecca Bulley, also known as Rebecca Strachan, is a former Australia netball international and current netball coach. Between 2008 and 2015 she made 42 senior appearances for Australia. Bulley was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2015 Netball World Cup and the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bulley also won three ANZ Championship titles with three different teams – the 2008 New South Wales Swifts, the 2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds and the 2015 Queensland Firebirds. She began her senior club career with Melbourne Kestrels during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era and finished it playing for Giants Netball in Suncorp Super Netball.

Georgia Beaton is an Australian netball player who has played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship, for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League, for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague and for Contax in the Netball South Australia Premier League. She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship and of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 ANL title.

Melissa Rowland is a former Australian netball player. In 2007 Rowland was included in the Melbourne Phoenix Commonwealth Bank Trophy squad. She was also a member of the Adelaide Thunderbirds senior team during the 2008 and 2012 ANZ Championship seasons. Rowland was a member of both the Contax team that won the 2008 South Australia state league title and of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 Australian Netball League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalie Avellino</span> Australia netball international

Natalie Avellino is a former Australian netball international and current netball coach. Between 1994 and 2006 she made 20 senior appearances for Australia. Avellino was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 1995 World Netball Championships and the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Peta Scholz, also known as Peta Squire, is a former Australia netball international. She was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships. Between 1997 and 2007, Scholz made 169 appearances for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She was a prominent member of the Thunderbirds teams that won five successive minor premierships between 1997 and 2001. She also played in six successive grand finals between 1997 and 2002, helping Thunderbirds win premierships in 1998 and 1999. In 2010 and 2011, Scholz played for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.

The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball League. Between 2008 and 2014, when sponsored by Subway the league was known as the Subway Cup. Between 2015 and 2017, when it was sponsored by Nine News, it was known as the Nine News Netball Cup. Previous sponsors include Dairy Farmers and Farmers Union. During the 2010s the league has been dominated by two clubs, Contax and Matrics, who between them have won every Premier Division grand final since 2010.

Simone McKinnis is a former Australia netball international and the current head coach of Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball. As a player she was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991 and 1995 World Netball Championships, the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She also captained the Melbourne Phoenix team that won the 1997 Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She was head coach when Vixens won the 2014 ANZ Championship and the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 1992, McKinnis was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and in 2010 was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.

Samantha Poolman, also known as Sam Poolman, is a former Australian netball player. Between 2010 and 2015, Poolman played for NNSW Blues, NNSW Waratahs and Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. Between 2013 and 2016, she played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2013 ANZ Championship. Between 2017 and 2021, Poolman has played for Giants in Suncorp Super Netball.

Maddy Proud, also known as Madeleine Proud, is an Australian netball player. She was named after her parents love of the French baked good ‘Madeleine'. Between 2011 and 2016, Proud played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, she has played for New South Wales Swifts in Suncorp Super Netball. She captained the Swifts team that won the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title. She has also represented Australia at under-21 and Fast5 level and debuted for the Diamonds in 2022.

Contax Netball Club are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Their senior team currently plays in the Netball South Australia Premier League. Between 1989 and 1996, Contax represented Netball South Australia in the Esso/Mobil Superleague. They were premiers in 1994. They were originally known as Contax Basketball Club, when netball was known as women's basketball. During the Esso/Mobil Superleague era, they were also referred to as Adelaide Contax. Between 1995 and 2012, when the club was sponsored by ETSA, and then ETSA Utilities, they were known as ETSA Contax.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roselee Jencke</span> Australian netball player and coach

Roselee Jencke is a former Australia netball international and netball coach. As a player, Jencke was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Netball Championships and the silver medals at the 1985 World Games and the 1987 World Netball Championships. In 1992 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Between 2009 and 2020, Jencke served as head coach of Queensland Firebirds. Between 2011 and 2016 she guided Firebirds to five ANZ Championship grand finals, winning three premierships in 2011, 2015 and 2016.

The 2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds season saw Adelaide Thunderbirds compete in the 2010 ANZ Championship. After winning nine games, Thunderbirds finished second, behind New South Wales Swifts, during the regular season. However, after defeating Swifts in the major semi-final, Thunderbirds defeated Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 52–42 in the grand final to win their third premiership. The 2010 season was the last season that Thunderbirds played in black, white, teal and silver, the colours of their sponsors, Port Adelaide Football Club. Ahead of the 2011 season, Thunderbirds announced they were changing their team colours to pink.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kirby Mutton". www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "60 Years of "Netball at its best!"" (PDF). www.contax.net.au. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Club History – 2010 onwards". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "10 Year Service Award". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 "State / Premier League Best & Fairest". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Annual Report 2011 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Locals in National Netball League team". www.begadistrictnews.com.au. 28 November 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. 1 2 "2003 AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "2004 AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Thunderbirds outclass Kestrels in Melbourne". www.abc.net.au. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Mutton injury misery". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "(Adelaide Thunderbirds) Past Players & Support Staff (1997–2007)". www.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Club History – 2003 to 2009". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Swifts win netball grand final". www.smh.com.au. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 6)". netballscoop.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "2009 (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Team List". www.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  18. ↑ "AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Netball Australia - Annual Report 04" (PDF). Netball Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  20. 1 2 "Netball Australia - Annual Report 05" (PDF). Netball Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.