2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds season

Adelaide Thunderbirds
2011 ANZ Championship season
Head coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson
Asst coaches Lisa Alexander
Judy Greenwood
Captain Natalie von Bertouch
Vice-captain Sharni Layton
Main venue ETSA Park
Season results
Wins–losses 5–8
Season placing 6th
Team colours
Adelaide Thunderbirds seasons
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The 2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds season is the fourth season that the Adelaide Thunderbirds contested the ANZ Championship, and the fifteenth year of their total competitive history. In 2011, the Thunderbirds were coached by Jane Woodlands-Thompson, with veteran international midcourter Natalie von Bertouch returning to captain the Adelaide side. The Thunderbirds also debuted their new team colours in 2011, after announcing a team rebranding in 2010.[1] Despite winning the title in 2010, the Thunderbirds missed out on a finals place in 2011, finishing in sixth place.

Contents

Players

2011 team

2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
Emily Beaton C, WA 09-04-1987 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Georgia Beaton GD, WD 22-06-1990 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Erin Bell GA, WA, GS 30-04-1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Carla Borrego GA, GS 11-11-1983 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Bianca Giteau GA, GS 11-02-1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Cody Lange GS, GA 24-10-1994 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sharni Layton (vc) GK, GD, WD 06-01-1988 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Madeleine Proud C, WA, WD 04-12-1993 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Kara Richards GD, GK 25-01-1988 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Kate Shimmin GK, GD 13-02-1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Joanna Sutton WD, C 13-07-1986 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Natalie von Bertouch (c) C, WD 16-12-1982 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach
  • Jane Woodlands-Thompson
Assistant coaches
  • Lisa Alexander
  • Judy Greenwood
Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Transfers

See also: 2011 ANZ Championship transfer period
2011 Thunderbirds player movements
Gains Positions Former team
Bianca Giteau (née Franklin) GA, GS West Coast Fever (2009)
Cody Lange GS, GA New signing
Madeleine Proud C, WA, WD New signing
Kara Richards GD, GK Melbourne Vixens
Kate Shimmin GK, GD New signing
Losses Positions New team
Kate Beveridge GS, GA Melbourne Vixens
Mo'onia Gerrard GD, WD New South Wales Swifts
Jasmine Keene GS, GA Released
Geva Mentor GK, GD Melbourne Vixens
Sheree Wingard WA, C Not signed

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Notes
Round 1
13 February
 New South Wales Swifts 60 – 40
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds State Sports Centre, Sydney
Cox  22/29 (76%)
Dziwoki  11/11 (100%)
Pratley  27/27 (100%)		 Bell  5/8 (63%)
Borrego  31/35 (89%)
Giteau  4/6 (67%)
Round 2
20 February
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 47 – 65
Report
Stats		 Melbourne Vixens ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  8/13 (62%)
Borrego  35/40 (88%)
Giteau  4/4 (100%)		 Beveridge  39/47 (83%)
McMahon  26/30 (87%)
Round 3
24 February
 West Coast Fever 53 – 72
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds Challenge Stadium, Perth
Bassett  49/53 (92%)
Howard  1/1 (100%)
Shoard  3/6 (50%)		 Bell  16/23 (70%)
Borrego  50/53 (94%)
Giteau  6/6 (100%)
Lange  0/2 (0%)
Round 3
26 February
 Queensland Firebirds 64 – 41
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Aiken  50/54 (93%)
Medhurst  13/18 (72%)
Pitman  1/3 (33%)		 Bell  6/10 (60%)
Borrego  30/34 (88%)
Giteau  5/6 (83%)
Round 4
5 March
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 51 – 41
Report
Stats		 Central Pulse ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  14/20 (70%)
Borrego  37/44 (84%)		 Bellringer  14/17 (82%)
Thwaites  27/31 (87%)
Round 5
13 March
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 42 – 64
Report
Stats		 Queensland Firebirds ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  31/34 (91%)
Borrego  2/2 (100%)
Giteau  6/11 (55%)
Lange  3/5 (60%)		 Aiken  39/47 (83%)
Medhurst  25/27 (93%)
Round 6
21 March
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 57 – 55
Report
Stats		 Northern Mystics ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  21/24 (88%)
Borrego  36/41 (88%)		 Latu  29/31 (94%)
Tutaia  26/31 (84%)
Round 7
28 March
 Southern Steel 52 – 48
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds Invercargill ILT Velodrome
Griffin  21/23 (91%)
Wipiiti  31/36 (86%)		 Bell  17/18 (94%)
Borrego  31/34 (91%)
Round 8
3 April
 Canterbury Tactix 56 – 59
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch
Thompson  24/33 (73%)
Wilkins  32/35 (91%)		 Bell  15/18 (83%)
Borrego  44/48 (92%)
Round 9
10 April
 Melbourne Vixens 55 – 53
Report
Stats		 Adelaide Thunderbirds Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Beveridge  22/27 (81%)
Caldwell  33/36 (92%)		 Borrrego  37/40 (93%)
Bell  15/19 (79%)
Lange  1/1 (100%)
Round 10
16 April
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 57 – 53
Report
Stats		 New South Wales Swifts ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  19/23 (83%)
Borrego  38/40 (95%)		 Cox  34/40 (85%)
Dziwoki  3/3 (100%)
Pratley  16/24 (67%)
Round 11
24 April
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 36 – 55
Report
Stats		 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic ETSA Park, Adelaide
Bell  22/26 (85%)
Giteau  8/12 (67%)
Borrego  6/10 (60%)		 van Dyk  43/47 (91%)
Gupwell  0/1 (0%)
Naoupu  12/17 (71%)
Round 12
2 May
 Adelaide Thunderbirds 59 – 64
Report
Stats		 West Coast Fever ETSA Park, Adelaide
Borrego  32/38 (84%)
Bell  27/34 (79%)		 Bassett  50/54 (93%)
Howard  2/3 (67%)
Shoard  12/17 (71%)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA Diff G% Pts
1 13 13 0 758 587 +171 129.13 26
2 13 10 3 647 578 +69 111.94 20
3 13 9 4 677 606 +71 111.72 18
4 13 9 4 684 619 +65 110.50 18
5 13 8 5 664 610 +54 108.85 16
6 13 5 8 662 737 -75 89.82 10
7 13 4 9 533 594 -61 89.73 8
8 13 3 10 599 683 -84 87.70 6
9 13 3 10 646 754 -108 85.68 6
10 13 1 12 621 723 -102 85.89 2
Updated on 2 May 2011 (Round 12, Game 5)
Table legend
  • Pos = Position
  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Wins (2 points)
  • L = Losses (0 points)
  • GF = Goals For (total goals scored)
  • GA = Goals Against (total goals conceded)
  • Diff = Goal Difference (= GF−GA)
  • G% = Goal Percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
  • Pts = Points (progressive tally)

       Team position

Final placing

Statistics

Player GS GA G% A R CPR I D P T
Emily Beaton 0 0 0 120 0 214 7 10 78 24
Georgia Beaton 0 0 0 1 1 24 4 9 70 11
Erin Bell 216 269 80.3 56 9 193 4 10 38 33
Carla Borrego 409 460 88.9 11 30 0 4 11 72 35
Bianca Giteau 33 45 73.3 11 1 51 1 2 12 17
Cody Lange 4 8 50.0 2 1 4 0 0 2 1
Sharni Layton 0 0 0 2 26 52 28 51 174 11
Madeleine Proud 0 0 0 22 0 29 3 3 22 0
Kara Richards 0 0 0 0 3 53 5 10 117 10
Kate Shimmin 0 0 0 0 11 0 7 20 92 2
Joanna Sutton 0 0 0 4 0 37 8 27 123 8
Natalie von Bertouch 0 0 0 113 0 1 9 16 125 17
Statistics key
GS Goals scored A Assists I Intercepts
GA Goal attempts R Rebounds D Deflections
G% Goal percentage CPR Centre pass receives P Penalties
     = Competition leader T Turnovers conceded

See also

References

  1. ^ Partland, Warren (2010-11-10). "Thunderbirds unveil new look". The Advertiser. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/thunderbirds-unveil-new-look/story-e6frecj3-1225951203568. Retrieved 2010-11-17. 
  2. ^ "Adelaide Thunderbirds - 2011 season statistics". http://www.anz-championship.com/matches/statistics-team.asp?t=801. Retrieved 2 January 2012.