The Sunshine Girls (team)

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The Sunshine Girls
Union	Jamaica Netball Association
Full name	The Sunshine Girls
Founded	1938
Region	Americas
CEO	Sonya Hamilton
Captain	Elaine Davis
Coach	Connie Francis
Website	http://jamaicanetball.org.jm/
League	Netball World Championships
2007	3rd
Team colours

The Sunshine Girls are the Jamaican women's national netball team. They participated in the 2007 Netball World Championships and came third.

In the 1991 and 2003 Netball World Championships Jamaica finished third. Netball is the No. 1 one women's sport in Jamaica and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate. Netball receives full media coverage on TV, radio and the newspapers in Jamaica.

In 2007 as build up to the world cup, the Sunshine Girls played a series against England which they lost 3-0. They also played several matches against Australia and New Zealand in July, losing twice to New Zealand 80-36 and 68-46, and to Australia 66-62.

Contents 1 World Championships squad 2 Competitive history 2.1 Netball World Championships 2.2 Commonwealth Games 3 References

[edit] World Championships squad

• Elaine Davis (captain)
• Nicole Aiken
• Romelda Aiken
• Nadine Bryan
• Althea Byfield
• Kasey Evering
• Simone Forbes
• Nichala Gibson
• Sasher-Gaye Henry
• Christina Solmon
• Paula Thompson
• Sharon Wiles

[edit] Competitive history

[edit] Netball World Championships

Year(s)	Result
1963
1967
1971	Fourth
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991	Third
1995
1999	Fourth
2003	Third

[edit] Commonwealth Games

Year(s)	Result
1998	Fifth
2002	Third
2006	Fourth

[edit] References

• http://www.netball.org/FullMembers.aspx?id=83
• http://jamaicanetball.org.jm/
• http://www.jamaicans.com/culture/sports/netball_hockey.shtml

International Netball v • d • e
IFNA | Netball World Championships| Commonwealth Games | IFNA World Rankings | Teams
Oceania: Oceania Netball Federation      Africa: Confederation of African Netball Associations      Europe: Federation of European Netball Associations      Asia: Asian Federation of Netball Associations      Americas & Caribbean: Americas Federation of Netball Associations      Associate members
National Netball teams of the Americas v • d • e
Antigua and Barbuda |  Barbados |  Bermuda |  Canada |  Cayman Islands |  Grenada |  Jamaica |  Trinidad and Tobago |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |  Saint Lucia |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |  United States