| Founded | 2008 | ||
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| Based in | Perth | ||
| Regions | Western Australia | ||
| Home venue | Perth State Netball Centre | ||
| Head coach | Tasha Richards | ||
| Premierships | 1 (2017) | ||
| League | Australian Netball League | ||
| Website | westcoastfever.com.au | ||
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Western Sting are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Western Australia in the Australian Netball League. They were ANL champions in 2017. Western Sting are effectively the representative team of the West Australian Netball League and the reserve team of West Coast Fever.
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]
Western Sting are effectively the representative team of the West Australian Netball League. [12]
| Season | Winners | Score | Runners up | Venue |
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| 2017 [8] [9] [10] [11] | Western Sting | 63–47 | Victorian Fury | Perth State Netball Centre |
Source: [13]
During the 2019 Australian Netball League season Sting played their home games at the Perth State Netball Centre. [14]
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Australia 
New Zealand | Season | Player |
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| 2017 | Sophie Garbin |
Source: [13]
| Coach | Years |
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| 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– |
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