Adelaide Ravens

Adelaide Ravens were an Australian netball team that, together with Adelaide Thunderbirds, represented Netball South Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. In 1997 Ravens were founder members of the league. In 1999 they were grand finalists. They continued to play in the competition until 2002, when they were replaced by AIS Canberra Darters.

Adelaide Ravens

Founded	1996
Disbanded	2002
Based in	Adelaide
Region	South Australia
Home venue	ETSA Park Adelaide Arena
League	Commonwealth Bank Trophy

History

Between 1997 and 2002, Adelaide Ravens played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Kestrels, Melbourne Phoenix, Perth Orioles, Queensland Firebirds, Sydney Sandpipers and Sydney Swifts, Ravens were one of the founding members of the league. The majority of the teams were named after native Australian birds. Ravens were named after the Australian raven. Ravens and Thunderbirds represented Netball South Australia and each team was assigned four state league clubs to select players from.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In 1999, with a team coached by Patricia Mickan and featuring Megan Anderson and Michelle den Dekker, Ravens finished the season as overall runners up. After finishing fourth during the regular season, Ravens defeated Kestrels 61–53 in the minor semi-final and Swifts 56–54 in the preliminary final. In the grand final they lost to 62–30 to Thunderbirds.^[2]

In August 2002, Netball Australia decided to drop Ravens from the league. They were subsequently replaced by AIS Canberra Darters.^[6][7][8][9]

Regular season statistics

Season	Position	Won	Lost	Drawn
1997[1]	5th	5	9	0
1998[1]	4th	8	6	0
1999[2]	4th	9	4	1
2000[2]	8th	0	13	1
2001[3][10]	6th	4	10	0
2002[3]	9th	2	12	0

Grand finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
1999[2][5][11]	Adelaide Thunderbirds	62–30	Adelaide Ravens	ETSA Park

Home venues

Ravens played their home games at ETSA Park and Adelaide Arena.

Notable former players

Internationals

 Australia

Megan Anderson[12] Natalie Avellino Jenny Borlase

Michelle den Dekker[13] Kristen Heinrich[14]

Source:^[1][2][3]

Captains

Captains	Years
Michelle den Dekker	1999–2000
Trudy Gardner-Baker[3][15][16]	c. 2001
Danielle Grant[6][17]	2002

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Julie Francou[18]	1997
Patricia Mickan[2]	c. 1999

Sponsorship

Sponsors	Seasons
Wendy's[19]	1997–2002 ?