Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Manchester
Venue(s)	MEN Arena
Dates	26 July–4 August 2002
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Top scorer(s)	Irene van Dyk (New Zealand) [1]
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Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the second netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. Ten teams, including the hosts England, featured in a series of matches played in July and August 2002 at Manchester's MEN Arena. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} With a team captained by Kathryn Harby-Williams, ^[6] featuring Catherine Cox, Sharelle McMahon, Nicole Richardson and Peta Squire and coached by Jill McIntosh, Australia won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 57–55 in the gold medal match. The match was tied at 46–46 at the end of normal time, and 14 minutes of extra-time saw the sides still level at 55–55. In sudden death extra-time, Sharelle McMahon scored the vital point to give Australia the necessary two-goal gap to win the gold medal. ^{[1] [7] [8] [9]} Jamaica finished the tournament in third place after defeating England 55–53 in the bronze medal match. ^{[10] [11]}

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Australia [8]	Jill McIntosh [9]	Kathryn Harby-Williams [6]
Barbados
Canada		Sharon Butler [12] Dulcina Wind [13]
England	Lyn Gunson [14]	Olivia Murphy [11] [15]
Fiji	Margaret Corbett [16]	Unaisi Rokoura [17]
Jamaica	Maureen Hall	Oberon Pitterson
New Zealand [8] [18] [19]	Ruth Aitken [20]	Julie Seymour [21]
South Africa	Louise de Plessis	Bronwyn Bock-Jonathan [22] Mable Van Der Vyver [23]
Sri Lanka
Wales [24]	Raewyn Henry	Joanna Griffiths [13]

Sources: ^[25]

Squads

Main article: Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games squads

Pool A

Round 1

26 July 2002	Wales	48–47	Sri Lanka
15:00	Mair Jones  31 Jamilla Harris  13	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe  28 Gishanthi Jayakody  19

26 July 2002	England	87–26	Canada
18:30	Alex Astle  30 Joanne Steed  22 Abby Teare  18 Jess Garland  17	Report	Dulcina Wind  14 Maralyn Hope  12

Round 2

27 July 2002	New Zealand	101–17	Canada
13:00	Daneka Wipiiti  39 Donna Loffhagen  34 Irene van Dyk  20/21 (95%) Belinda Colling  8	Report	Maralyn Hope  10 Patricia Carlson  7

27 July 2002	England	75–34	Sri Lanka
18:30	Alex Astle  31/41 (76%) Jess Garland  25 Joanne Steed  19	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe  13 Prasadi Nalika  12 Gishanthi Jayakody  8 Anoma Sriyakanthi  1

Round 3

28 July 2002	New Zealand	116–26	Sri Lanka
13:00	Irene van Dyk  58/61 (95%) Donna Loffhagen  23 Belinda Colling  21 Daneka Wipiiti  14	Report	Prasadi Nalika  14 Sashika Samarasinghe  6 Gishanthi Jayakody  6

28 July 2002	England	81–18	Wales
20:30	Alex Astle  42/66 (64%) Abby Teare  39/48 (81%)	Report	Sian Edwards  8 Mair Jones  6 ??  2

Round 4

29 July 2002	Wales	49–42	Canada
15:00	Mair Jones  37/47 (79%) Sian Edwards  12	Report	Dulcina Wind  23 Maralyn Hope  19

29 July 2002	England	35–67	New Zealand
20:30	Abby Teare  22 Alex Astle  13	Report	Irene van Dyk  44/48 (92%) Donna Loffhagen  15 Belinda Colling  8

Round 5

30 July 2002	Canada	52–49	Sri Lanka
15:00	Dulcina Wind  30 Maralyn Hope  22	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe  26 ? Gishanthi Jayakody  12 Prasadi Nalika  10

30 July 2002	New Zealand	81–23	Wales
18:30	Donna Loffhagen  35/38 (92%) Belinda Colling  23 Daneka Wipiiti  23	Report	Mair Jones  9 Sian Edwards  7 Jamilla Harris  7

Sources: ^{[3] [5]}

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	365	101	+264	8
2	England	4	3	0	1	278	145	+133	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	138	251	-113	4
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	137	286	-149	2
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	156	291	-135	0

  Qualified for Major semi-finals
  Qualified for Minor Semi-finals
  Qualified for 7th/10th classification

Sources: ^{[5] [26]}

Pool B

Round 1

26 July 2002	South Africa	52–42	Fiji
13:00	Sindiswe Gumede  43/52 (83%) Shani Welthagen  5 Adele Jonker  2 Alicia Senekal  1 Wanda Geldenhuis  1	Report	Matelita Shaw  22 Paulini Tora  20

26 July 2002	Jamaica	65–20	Barbados
20:30	Simone Forbes  37 Elaine Davis  28	Report	Cheryl Squires  37 Olivia Walcott  28

Round 2

27 July 2002	Jamaica	66–55	South Africa
15:00	Elaine Davis  46/54 (85%) Simone Forbes  20/21 (95%)	Report	Sindiswe Gumede  49/58 (84%) Adele Jonker  3 Shani Welthagen  2 Martha Machoga  1

27 July 2002	Australia	75–28	Barbados
20:30	Sharelle McMahon  24 Catherine Cox  22 Eloise Southby  18 Jacqui Delaney  6	Report	Cheryl Squires  16 Olivia Walcott  11

Round 3

28 July 2002	South Africa	56–37	Barbados
15:00	Sindiswe Gumede  49 Adele Jonker  6 Shani Welthagen  1	Report	Cheryl Squires  21 Olivia Walcott  16

28 July 2002	Australia	83–32	Fiji
18:30	Catherine Cox  29/36 (81%) Sharelle McMahon  26 Eloise Southby  18 Jacqui Delaney  10	Report	Matelita Shaw  14 Taraima Rara  10 Paulini Tora  8

Round 4

29 July 2002	Australia	74–38	South Africa
13:00	Catherine Cox  39/50 (78%) Sharelle McMahon  18 Eloise Southby  17	Report	Sindiswe Gumede  27/29 (93%) Adele Jonker  4 Martha Machoga  7

29 July 2002	Jamaica	84–33	Fiji
18:30	Elaine Davis  58/64 (91%) Simone Forbes  18/20 (90%) Tiffannie Wolfe  8	Report	Matelita Shaw  14/23 (61%) Paulini Tora  12 Taraima Rara  7

Round 5

30 July 2002	Barbados	46–44	Fiji
13:00	Cheryl Squires  30 Olivia Walcott  16	Report	Matelita Shaw  19 Taraima Rara  19 Paulini Tora  6

30 July 2002	Australia	60–33	Jamaica
20:30	Sharelle McMahon  23 Eloise Southby  20 Catherine Cox  17	Report	Elaine Davis  22 Simone Forbes  11

Sources: ^{[3] [5]}

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	292	131	+161	8
2	Jamaica	4	3	0	1	248	168	+80	6
3	South Africa	4	2	0	2	201	219	-18	4
4	Barbados	4	1	0	3	131	240	-109	2
5	Fiji	4	0	0	4	151	265	-114	0

  Qualified for Major semi-finals
  Qualified for Minor Semi-finals
  Qualified for 7th/10th classification

Sources: ^{[5] [27]}

Classification

7th/10th classification

31 July 2002	Sri Lanka	41–40	Barbados
13:00	Sashika Samarasinghe  22 Gishanthi Jayakody  19		Olivia Walcott  13 Cheryl Squires  11 Denise Alleyne  11 ? Harris  5

31 July 2002	Fiji	74–39	Canada
15:00	Taraima Rara  30 Matelita Shaw  23 Paulini Tora  16 Maria Bereso  6	Report	Maralyn Hope  22 Dulcina Wind  17

9th/10th playoff

2 August 2002	Barbados	64–30	Canada
11:00	Cheryl Squires  39 Olivia Walcott  21 Laurel Browne  3 ? Harris  1	Report	Dulcina Wind  18 Patricia Carlson  7 Maralyn Hope  5

7th/8th playoff

2 August 2002	Fiji	80–42	Sri Lanka
13:00	Paulini Tora  25 Taraima Rara  22 Matelita Shaw  22 Maria Bereso  11	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe  24/31 (77%) Gishanthi Jayakody  15 Prasadi Nalika  3

Sources: ^{[3] [5]}

Medal competition

Minor semi-finals

31 July 2002	Jamaica	72–32	Wales
	Elaine Davis  42 Simone Forbes  19	Report	Mair Jones  24 Sian Edwards  5 Jamilla Harris  3

31 July 2002	England	55–40	South Africa
21:00	Abby Teare  29/39 (74%) Joanne Steed  16 Alex Astle  10	Report	Sindiswe Gumede  28 Martha Machoga  12

5th/6th playoff

2 August 2002	South Africa	71–27	Wales
15:00	Sindiswe Gumede  56 Adele Jonker  10 Martha Machoga  5	Report	Jamilla Harris  17 Sian Edwards  8 Mair Jones  2

Major semi-finals

2 August 2002	New Zealand	69–51	Jamaica
18:30	Irene van Dyk  41/48 (85%) Donna Loffhagen  28		Elaine Davis  28 Simone Forbes  23

2 August 2002	Australia	49–38	England
20:30	Eloise Southby  28 Sharelle McMahon  15 Jacqui Delaney  6		Joanne Steed  19 Abby Teare  17 Alex Astle  2

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [28] [29]}

Bronze medal match

4 August 2002	Jamaica	55–53	England
11:00	Elaine Davis  42 Simone Forbes  13		Alex Astle  32/38 (84%) Abby Teare  21	Attendance: 10,000

Sources: ^{[10] [11]}

Gold Medal Match

4 August 2002	Australia	57–55	New Zealand
13:00	Sharelle McMahon  33 Catherine Cox  15 Eloise Southby  9		Irene van Dyk  35 Donna Loffhagen  20	Attendance: 10,000

Sources: ^{[1] [7] [9]}

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Coach: Jill McIntosh	New Zealand Coach: Ruth Aitken	Jamaica Coach:Maureen Hall
Alexandra Hodge Alison Broadbent Catherine Cox Liz Ellis Eloise Southby Jacqui Delaney Janine Ilitch Kathryn Harby-Williams (c) Nicole Richardson Peta Squire Rebecca Sanders Sharelle McMahon	Anna Rowberry Anna Veronese Belinda Colling Daneka Wipiiti Donna Loffhagen Irene van Dyk Jenny-May Coffin Julie Seymour (c) Lesley Nicol Linda Vagana Sheryl Clarke Vilimaina Davu	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

Sources: ^{[8] [18] [25]}

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	Australia
	New Zealand
	Jamaica
4	England
5	South Africa
6	Wales
7	Fiji
8	Sri Lanka
9	Barbados
10	Canada

Sources: ^{[5] [30]}

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