West Coast Fever reserves

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West Coast Fever reserves
Founded 2008
Based in Perth
Regions Western Australia
Home venuePerth State Netball Centre
Head coachTasha Richards
Premierships1 (2017)
League Australian Netball League
Website westcoastfever.com.au
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The West Coast Fever reserves are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Western Australia in the Australian Netball League. As the Western Sting, the team was ANL champions in 2017. The Fever reserves are effectively the representative team of the West Australian Netball League and the reserve team of West Coast Fever.

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History

Australian Netball League

In 2008, Netball Western Australia entered a team in the Australian Netball League. They were founder members of the league. [1] In 2011 the team began playing as Western Sting. [2] [3] [4] Between 2013 and 2014 future West Coast Fever head coach, Stacey Marinkovich (née Rosman) served as the Sting head coach. [5] In 2017 with a squad that included Olivia Lewis, Sophie Garbin, Lindal Rohde, Annika Lee-Jones and Kaylia Stanton, Western Sting reached their first grand final and won their first ANL title. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Representative team

The Fever reserves are effectively the representative team of the West Australian Netball League. [12]

ANL Grand finals

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners upVenue
2017 [8] [9] [10] [11] Western Sting63–47 Victorian Fury Perth State Netball Centre

Source: [13]

Home venues

During the 2019 Australian Netball League season Sting played their home games at the Perth State Netball Centre. [14]

Notable players

2020 squad

Western Sting – 2020 Australian Netball League roster
PlayersCoaches
NamePosDOBHeightClubNatCaps
Sunday Aryang GDRangers
Sloan BurtonGS, GA
Stephanie CooperGD, GK West Coast Warriors
Emma CoshGA East Freo Sharks
Jessica EalesC, WD West Coast Warriors
Courtney KrutaC East Freo Sharks
Jessica PennyGD, GK East Freo Sharks
Helen TaylorC, WD West Coast Warriors
Brittany TurnbullC, WD Southside Demons
Donnell Wallam GS, GA West Coast Warriors
Head coach
  • Tasha Richards



Notes
  • (c) Captain
  • (cc) Co-captain
  • (vc) Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 2 August 2020
Notes

Source: [6] [12] [15] [16]

Internationals

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West Coast Fever

Source: [2] [5] [17] [18] [19] [20]

ANL MVP

SeasonPlayer
2017 Sophie Garbin

Source: [13]

Head coaches

CoachYears
Michelle Wilkins [17] 2009–2010
Jon Fletcher [2] [18] 2011–2012
Stacey Rosman [5] 2013–2014
Michelle Wilkins [8] [10] [20] 2015–2017
Andrea McCulloch [12] 2018
Karly Guadagnin [21] 2019
Tasha Richards [22] 2020–

Premierships

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