Trinidad and Tobago national netball team

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Trinidad and Tobago
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Nickname(s)Calypso Girls
AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Netball Association
Confederation AFNA (Americas)
Head coachWesley "Pepe" Gomes
Asst coachGrace Parkinson Griffith
ManagerCarol Gittens
CaptainJoelisa Cooper
Top scorer Samuel McCready
World ranking 11 Steady2.svg
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Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances15
2023 placing12th
Best resultJoint 1st (1979)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances3
2022 placing11th
Best result8th (2010)

The Trinidad and Tobago national netball team, known as the Calypso Girls, represent Trinidad and Tobago in international netball. The Caribbean team competed at the first World Netball Championships in 1963, and are the only nation outside of Australia and New Zealand to have won a World Championship (in 1979). Throughout the mid-1970s and 1980s the Calypso Girls were a dominant force in international netball, but since the early 1990s the team have become less competitive. [1] [2]

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Players

2023 Calypso Girls Netball World Cup Team

Trinidad and Tobago national netball team
PlayersManagement
Amanda Cameron,

Kielle Connelly,

Samuel McCready,

Joelisa Cooper,

Kemba Duncan,

Candice Guerero,

Onella Jack,

Rhonda John-Davis,

Tricia Liverpool,

Kalifa McCollin,

Afeisha Noel,

Daystar Swift,

Coach – Wesley "Pepe" Gomes

Asst. Coach – Grace Parkinson Griffith

Manager – Carol Gittens

Trainer – Wayne Samuel

President - Patrica Butcher

Competitive history

Netball World Cup
YearChampionshipLocationPlacing
1963 1st World Championships Eastbourne, England4th
1967 2nd World Championships Perth, Australia5th
1971 3rd World Championships Kingston, Jamaica4th
1975 4th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand4th
1979 5th World Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Med 1.png Joint 1st
1983 6th World Championships Singapore Med 3.png 3rd
1987 7th World Championships Glasgow, Scotland Med 2.png Joint 2nd
1991 8th World Championships Sydney, AustraliaDNP
1995 9th World Championships Birmingham, England6th
1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand8th
2003 11th World Championships Kingston, Jamaica10th
2007 12th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand11th
2011 13th World Championships Singapore7th
2015 14th World Cup Sydney, Australia9th
2019 15th World Cup Liverpool, England9th
2023 16th World Cup Cape Town, South Africa12th

See also

References

  1. "World Netball Champion: Peggy Castanada-Phillip speaks". TriniView.com. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. Johannsen, Dana (8 July 2011). "A tale of two women and their sport". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2011.