Netball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Netball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
City	San Salvador
Venue	Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda
Dates	3–7 July 2023
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica (1st title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15

The Netball at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was the inaugural netball tournament at the Central American and Caribbean Games. The Jamaica Olympic Association had campaigned for netball to be included and in November 2021 it was confirmed that it would feature at the 2023 Games, hosted by El Salvador. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The tournament featured Barbados, Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago playing each other in a series of netball test matches in July 2023. ^[5] With a team coached by Nicole Aiken-Pinnock and captained by Adean Thomas, Jamaica finished the tournament as gold medallists after winning all five of their matches. In their final match they defeated Trinidad and Tobago 50–36. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines finished as bronze medallists after defeating Barbados 51–50 in their final match. ^{[3] [4] [10]}

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Barbados [11]	Cayman Islands [12]	Dominican Republic	Jamaica [6] [13]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [5] [13]	Trinidad and Tobago [13] [14]
Faye Agard Kimani Archer Latonia Blackman Trishan Deane Shonica Griffith Brianna Holder Victoria Monerville Tonisha Rock-Yaw Jada Smith Sabreena Smith Akeena Stoute Tamara Trotman	Kathryn Corkish Charlotte Dowell Alexcina Fraser Micah Leon Shiyan McField Naihma Ordones Miller Shanti Singh Di'Jhaney Valentine Atira White Leah White Rose Wilson		Shadine Bartley Theresa Beckford Paul-Ann Burton Simone Gordon Abbeygail Linton Amanda Pinkney Crystal Plummer Rebekah Robinson Kimone Shaw Abigale Sutherland Adean Thomas (c) Quannia Walker	Joseann Antoine Kimesha Antoine Kaywanna Charles (c) [4] Kristiana Christopher Shellisa Davis Mary-Ann Frederick Kyila Miller Shania Pompey Jo Maria Quashie Zanique Vincent Ruthann Williams Geziel Wilson	Alena Brooks Tia Bruno Joelisa Cooper (cc) Tianna Dillon Shaquanda Greene-Noel Jameela McCarthy Jeresia McEachrane Shaniya Morgan Afeisha Noel (cc) Jellene Richardson Shantel Seemungal Daystar Swift Jellene Richardson
Head Coach:	Head Coach: Lyneth Monteith [15]	Head Coach:	Head Coach: Nicole Aiken-Pinnock [16]	Head Coach: Vasha Adams	Head Coach: Joel Young-Strong

Matches

Round 1

3 July 2023	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	78–21	Cayman Islands
	Mary-Ann Frederick  56/58 (97%) Kimesha Antoine  10/13 (77%) Kristiana Christopher  5/6 (83%) Shellisa Davis  2/3 (67%)	Report	Rose Wilson  19/27 (70%) Alexcina Fraser  1/5 (20%)

3 July 2023	Jamaica	62–25	Barbados

3 July 2023	Trinidad and Tobago	108–10	Dominican Republic	Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda [17]

Source: ^[18]

Round 2

4 July 2023	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	94–12	Dominican Republic

4 July 2023	Jamaica	116–10	Cayman Islands
	Amanda Pinkney  47/47 (100%) Simone Gordon  31/34 (91%) Rebekah Robinson  25/25 (100%)	Report

5 July 2023	Trinidad and Tobago	50–47	Barbados

Notes

• ^1 The match between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados was rescheduled after a rainstorm caused leaks in the roof of the court. ^[19]

Round 3

5 July 2023	Trinidad and Tobago	60–30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Afeisha Noel  25/31 (81%) Joelisa Cooper  20/20 (100%) Tianna Dillon  11/17 (65%)		Mary-Ann Frederick  27/30 (90%) Kristiana Christopher  2/3 (67%) Shellisa Davis  1/2 (50%)

5 July 2023	Jamaica	110–7	Dominican Republic

5 July 2023	Barbados	78–21	Cayman Islands

Source: ^[19]

Round 4

6 July 2023	Barbados	98–12	Dominican Republic

6 July 2023	Trinidad and Tobago	90–12	Cayman Islands

6 July 2023	Jamaica	65–40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Source: ^[20]

Round 5

7 July 2023	Cayman Islands	51–33	Dominican Republic
	Rose Wilson  40/52 (77%) Kathryn Corkish  11	Report

7 July 2023	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51–50	Barbados
	Mary-Ann Frederick  40/44 (91%) Shellisa Davis  11/16 (69%)	Report	Jada Smith  26/39 (67%) Latonia Blackman  24/29 (83%)

7 July 2023	Jamaica	50–36	Trinidad and Tobago	Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda [21]
19:30	Simone Gordon  41/43 (95%) Rebekah Robinson  8/11 (73%)	Report

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	0	403	118	+285	10
2	Trinidad and Tobago	5	4	0	1	344	149	+195	8
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	3	0	2	293	208	+85	6
4	Barbados	5	2	0	3	298	196	-102	4
5	Cayman Islands	5	1	0	4	115	395	-280	2
6	Dominican Republic	5	0	0	5	74	461	-387	0

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