List of Jamaica international netball players

The following is a list of notable Jamaica netball international players who have represented the national team in international tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Netball at the Commonwealth Games, the Netball at the World Games, the Taini Jamison Trophy, the Fast5 Netball World Series and in other senior test matches.

First Jamaica national netball team

The Jamaica Netball Association was formed in 1959. It subsequently became affiliated to the West Indies Netball Board and were invited to send a team to the West Indies Tournament in Montserrat in August 1959. The first Jamaica national netball team made their Test debut at this tournament. The squad featured the players listed below. ^[1]

Player	Years
Grace Beckford-Benjamin
Marie Beckford-Miller
Monica Brown-Mendes
Barbara Buckley-Jones [2] [3]	1959–196x
Hermione Edmonds-Whittaker
Valerie Fleming-Webster
Ouida Golding-Beecher
Joy Grant-Charles
Fay Mills
Dorothea Morris

Captains

Captains	Years
Barbara Buckley-Jones [2] [3]	1959, 1963
Avis Collins	1967
Vilma McDonald	1971
Sonia Nissen	1975
Brenda Khouri	1979, 1983
Janet Johnson	1987, 1991
Marva Lindsay [4]	1993
Connie Francis [5] [6]	1995, 1999
Oberon Pitterson [7] [8]	2002, 2003
Elaine Davis [9] [10] [11]	2006–2007
Simone Forbes [12] [13] [14] [15]	2007–2011
Nadine Bryan [16] [17] [18] [19]	2011–2012
Romelda Aiken [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]	2013–2014
Malysha Kelly [20] [21] [22] [25] [26]	2013–2016
Nicole Aiken-Pinnock [27] [28] [29]	2014–2015
Althea Byfield [30]	2016
Jhaniele Fowler [31] [32] [33] [34]	2017–
Shimona Nelson [35]	2022
Adean Thomas [36]	2023

Source: ^[37]

Most-capped internationals

Player	Appearances	Years
Nadine Bryan [38] [39]	159	1996–2014
Oberon Pitterson	120+	1988–2006
Connie Francis	120+	1985–2003
Georgia Gordon	110	1994–2010
Simone Forbes	102	2000–2011
Jhaniele Fowler [40]	99+	2010–
Elaine Davis [11]	91	1995–2007
Romelda Aiken [40]	86	2005–
Nicole Aiken-Pinnock [28] [41]	82	2005–2018
Kasey Evering [42]	81	2002–2014
Nichala Gibson [43]	79	2000–2009
Sasher-Gaye Henry [44]	75	1996–2015

Netball World Cup

Jamaica have competed at every World Netball Championships and/or Netball World Cup since the inaugural 1963 tournament. ^{[45] [46]} They have been bronze medalists on four occasions – 1991, 2003, 2007 and 2023. Jamaica have also hosted the 1971 and 2003 World Netball Championships. ^{[33] [47]}

Bronze medallists

1991 World Netball Championships [48]	2003 World Netball Championships [7]	2007 World Netball Championships [9]	2023 Netball World Cup
Charmaine Aldridge Valerie Blake Karen Clarke Connie Francis Janet Francis Karlene Hamilton Janet Johnson (c) Marva Lindsay Patricia McDonald Marjorie Patterson Oberon Jean Pitterson Sharon Taylor	Nadine Bryan Althea Byfield Elaine Davis (vc) Kasey Evering Simone Forbes Connie Francis Nichala Gibson Georgia Gordon Oberon Pitterson (c) Sharon Wiles Carla Williams Tiffany Wolfe	Elaine Davis (c) Nicole Aiken Romelda Aiken Nadine Bryan Althea Byfield Kasey Evering Simone Forbes Nichala Gibson Sasher-Gaye Henry Christina Solmon Paula Thompson Sharon Wiles	Romelda Aiken-George Shanice Beckford Kadie-Ann Dehaney Nicole Dixon-Rochester Jhaniele Fowler Crystal Plummer Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Latanya Wilson
Head Coach: Maureen Hall	Head Coach: Maureen Hall	Head Coach: Connie Francis	Head Coach: Connie Francis

Commonwealth Games

Bronze medallists

Jamaica have competed at every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. They were bronze medallists in 2002, 2014 and 2018. ^{[49] [50]}

2002 Commonwealth Games [51]	2014 Commonwealth Games [52]	2018 Commonwealth Games [32] 1
Elaine Davis Georgia Gordon Kaydia Kentish Nadine Ffrench Nadine Bryan Nichala Gibson Oberon Pitterson (c) Sharmalee Watkins Sharon Wiles Simone Forbes Tasha Morgan Tiffannie Wolfe	Romelda Aiken Nicole Aiken-Pinnock (c) Shanice Beckford Stacian Facey Jhaniele Reid Thristina Harwood Sasher-Gaye Henry Malysha Kelly Khadijah Williams Paula Thompson Vangelee Williams Kasey Evering	Romelda Aiken Shanice Beckford Nicole Dixon Stacian Facey Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (c) Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Paula Thompson Jodi-Ann Ward Khadijah Williams Vangelee Williams
Head Coach: Maureen Hall	Head Coach: Minneth Reynolds	Co-Head Coach: Sasher-Gaye Henry
Assistant coach:	Assistant coach:	Co-Head Coach: Marvette Anderson

Notes

• ^1 The 2018 Commonwealth Games squad also won the 2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.

Silver medallists

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with a team coached by Connie Francis and captained by Jhaniele Fowler, Jamaica finished as silver medallists. ^[53] Jamaica defeated Australia 57–55 during the pool stages and topped the pool. ^{[54] [55] [56]} In the semi-finals they defeated New Zealand 67–51 and, as a result, qualified for their first major final. ^{[57] [58]} However, in the final, they lost 55–51 to Australia. ^{[59] [60]}

2022 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Jhaniele Fowler  (c) GS (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 33) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) West Coast Fever Shimona Nelson GS (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 23) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Melbourne Mavericks Shanice Beckford GA, WA (1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 27) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) West Coast Fever Rebekah Robinson GA (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 (aged 27) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Khadijah Williams WA, C (1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 27) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Nicole Dixon-Rochester C, WA (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 27) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Adean Thomas C, WA, WD (1994-07-31)31 July 1994 (aged 27) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Shadian Hemmings WD, C, WA (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 31) – Jodi-Ann Ward WD, GD (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 27) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Giants Netball Latanya Wilson GD, WD (2000-11-10)10 November 2000 (aged 21) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide Thunderbirds Shamera Sterling GK, GD (1995-10-21)21 October 1995 (aged 26) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Adelaide Thunderbirds Kadie-Ann Dehaney GK, GD (1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 25) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) West Coast Fever	Head coach Connie Francis Assistant coach Shawn Murdock Specialist Coach: Rob Wright Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[61] [62]}

World Games

Bronze medallists

1985 World Games [63]	1993 World Games [4]
Avadne Anglin Valerie Balke Pauline Burton Janet Guy Janet Johnson Brenda Khouri Marva Lindsay Patricia McDonald Joan Oldacre Karlene Roese Sharon Taylor	Charmaine Aldridge Angeline Campbell Karen Clarke Connie Francis Ann-Marie Grant Karlene Hamilton Marva Lindsay (c) Jennifer McDonald Patricia McDonald Oberon Pitterson Natalie Tucker Andrea Watson
Head Coach:	Head Coach: Maureen Hall

Gallery

• 
  Romelda Aiken, bronze medallist at the 2007 World Netball Championships, 2023 Netball World Cup and the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 
  Carla Borrego; As Carla Williams, Borrego was a bronze medallist at the 2003 World Netball Championships.
• 
  Shamera Sterling, bronze medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2023 Netball World Cup, silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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