Sarah Wall (born 16 October 1984) is an Australian netball player. She currently plays for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball competition, as an injury replacement player.[3] She has previously played for the New South Wales Swifts. In 2005 she played her first year of elite netball, for the Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She played three years with the Phoenix until the competition was disbanded in 2007. She was not signed with a team in the new ANZ Championship in its inaugural season the following year.[4] But in 2009 she received a callup to the Melbourne Vixens. In 2010 Wall transferred to the Queensland Firebirds, but towards the end of the 2010 season she injured her CL.[5] In August that year she signed back with the Vixens on a two-year contract starting in 2011.[6]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 16 October 1984 | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Occupation | Owner NETFIT.[1] Previously Creative Director, Jeanieboy.[2] | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): WA, C | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2005–07 | Melbourne Phoenix | ||
| 2010 | Queensland Firebirds | ||
| 2009 | Melbourne Vixens | ||
| 2011 | New South Wales Swifts | ||
| Last updated: 20 February 2011 | |||
Experienced Victorian midcourter Wall was called into the NSW Swifts side in Rounds 4 and 5 of the 2014 ANZ Championship as a replacement player for Paige Hadley who suffered a season-ending knee injury prior to Round 2.
A wing attack with four years of ANZ Championship experience, Wall fitted seamlessly into the Swifts attacking line, and was named the permanent replacement for Hadley for the remainder of the 2014 ANZ Championship on 4 April 2014 - read the announcement. She was rewarded for her contribution to the team with the 2014 NSW Swifts Coaches' Award.
ANZ Championship accolades
edit- 2014 NSW Swifts Coaches' Award
- 2009 Premiership with the Melbourne Vixens
References
edit- ^ "Sarah Wall Launches NETFIT – A Netball-Based Fitness Program". 7 July 2015.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/jeanieboy/ [user-generated source]
- ^ WALL NAMED AS PERMANENT REPLACEMENT
- ^ Crapper, Monique (13 December 2007). "Wall misses spot in Vixens side". The Warrnambool Standard. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ Murdoch, Alex (11 June 2010). "Time running out for Firebirds to replace Sarah Wall". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Vixens sign Sarah Wall". ANZ Championship website. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
External links
edit- 2011 Melbourne Vixens profile. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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