Netball NSW is delighted to announce the 12 athletes who have been selected for the 2022 NSW 19U Team which will contest the National Netball Championships in Hobart in April.
The team includes five Suncorp Super Netball Training Partners with Sophie Fawns and Audrey Little from the NSW Swifts selected and GIANTS Charli Fidler, Erin O'Brien and Mille Roach making the cut too.
"To be given a Training Partner contract indicates a readiness to step into Super Netball and to have five State Team athletes in that position is a testament to the strength of the QBE Swifts and GIANTS Netball Academies, Netball NSW Performance programs and the Origin Energy Premier League competition," Margaret Hamley, General Manager of Performance & Pathways at Netball NSW, said.
As well as the Training Partners the team also includes a number of athletes from the QBE Swifts and GIANTS Netball Academies.
Jamie Podmore Taylor, Ella Johnson (GIANTS Academy) and Kiara Bloor and Charlotte Smith (QBE Swifts Academy) have all had previous NSW State Team campaign experience yet, due to the COVID-enforced cancellations of the 2020 and 2021 Nationals, are yet to experience a National Netball Championship.
Samantha Bondietti (QBE Swifts Academy) has progressed through the ACT pathway and is welcomed to NSW as she embarks on a new chapter at university.
For Lucy Matthews (GIANTS Academy) and Erin Bloor, 2022 will be their first State Team campaign. Both athletes are exceptional role models who have demonstrated tenacity and resilience to strive to achieve their goals.
"Netball NSW is proud of the 12 athletes selected in the 2022 19U State Team and wishes them the best of luck for the campaign ahead," Hamley added.
"Head Coach Jen Wright and her coaching team have put in a huge amount of effort to pick the very best up-and-coming talent that NSW has to offer and they will head to Tasmania with big hopes of bringing National Honours back to the state.
"To be selected in the first place takes a huge amount of effort, and I know these athletes are ready for the next step up in their preparations for Nationals."
2022 NSW 19U Team
- Audrey Little (Manly Warringah)
- Charli Fidler (Manly Warringah)
- Charlotte Smith (Sutherland Shire)
- Ella Johnson (Ku-Ring-Gai)
- Erin O'Brien (Northern Suburbs)
- Erin Bloor (Camden & District)
- Jamie Podmore Taylor (Northern Suburbs)
- Kiara Bloor (Camden & District)
- Lucy Matthews (Northern Suburbs)
- Millie Roach (Ku-Ring-Gai)
- Samantha Bondietti (Manly Warringah)
- Sophie Fawns (Wagga Wagga)
