Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Defunct netball league in Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Bank. Melbourne Phoenix were the competition's most successful team, winning five premierships. Sydney Swifts were the second most successful team, winning four premierships. Between them, Phoenix and Swifts played in every grand final, except in 1999 when Adelaide Thunderbirds won the second of their two premierships. Ahead of the 2008 season, the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league effectively merged with New Zealand's National Bank Cup to form the ANZ Championship.

Quick Facts Founded, Ceased ...
Commonwealth Bank Trophy
Thumb
Founded1997
Ceased2007
Replaced byANZ Championship
No. of teams8
CountryAustralia
Last
champion(s)
Sydney Swifts (4th title)
Most titlesMelbourne Phoenix (5 titles)
Sponsor(s)Commonwealth Bank
Close

Teams

Summarize
Perspective
Thumb
Locations of teams

The founding members of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league included Adelaide Ravens, Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Kestrels, Melbourne Phoenix, Perth Orioles, Sydney Sandpipers, Sydney Swifts and Queensland Firebirds. The majority of the teams were named after native Australian birds including ravens, kestrels, orioles and sandpipers. Adelaide Thunderbirds were initially going to be named Adelaide Falcons but the name was changed at the request of the rugby union team.[1] In 2003 Ravens were replaced by AIS Canberra Darters[2][3] and in 2004 Sandpipers were replaced by Hunter Jaegers.[4][5][6][7]

In 2008, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Thunderbirds and Firebirds became founders of the new league.[8] Several other Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams were transformed to form ANZ Championship teams. Swifts and Jaegers merged to become New South Wales Swifts,[9] Kestrels and Phoenix merged to become Melbourne Vixens[10] and Orioles were rebranded as West Coast Fever.[11][12] Meanwhile, the Australian Institute of Sport and Canberra Darters ended their partnership and in 2008 entered two separate team in the Australian Netball League.[13][14]

2007 teams

Earlier teams

More information Team, Region ...
Team Region Debut season Final season Replaced by
Adelaide RavensSouth Australia19972002AIS Canberra Darters
Sydney SandpipersNew South Wales19972003Hunter Jaegers
Close

Grand finals

Minor premierships

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Players' Player of the Year

Grand final MVP

Best New Talent

Coach of the Year

More information Season, Player ...
Close

Margaret Pewtress Team of the Year

More information Season, Team of the Year ...
Season Team of the Year
2002GS Eloise Southby (Melbourne Phoenix) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix) WA Laura von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) C Rebecca Sanders WD Peta Squire (Adelaide Thunderbirds) GD Kathryn Harby-Williams (Adelaide Thunderbirds) GK Liz Ellis (Sydney Swifts)
2003GS Catherine Cox (Sydney Swifts) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix) WA Susan Meaney (Melbourne Phoenix) C Rebecca Sanders WD Peta Scholz (Adelaide Thunderbirds) GD Liz Boniello (Melbourne Phoenix) GK Bianca Chatfield (Melbourne Phoenix)
2004 [26]GS Catherine Cox (Sydney Swifts) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix); WA Laura von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) C Sarah Barrett (Sydney Swifts) WD Peta Scholz (Adelaide Thunderbirds); GD Alison Broadbent (Sydney Swifts) GK Liz Ellis (Sydney Swifts)
2005 [29]GS Catherine Cox (Sydney Swifts) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix); WA Laura von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) C Natalie von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) WD Natasha Chokljat (Melbourne Phoenix); GD Johannah Curran (Melbourne Phoenix) GK Bianca Chatfield (Melbourne Phoenix)
2006 [31]GS Catherine Cox (Sydney Swifts) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix); WA Laura von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) C Natalie von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) WD Natasha Chokljat (Melbourne Phoenix); GD Mo'onia Gerrard (Sydney Swifts) GK Liz Ellis (Sydney Swifts)
2007 [32]GS Catherine Cox (Sydney Swifts) GA Sharelle McMahon (Melbourne Phoenix); WA Laura von Bertouch (Adelaide Thunderbirds) C Natalie von Bertouch WD (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Peta Scholz (Adelaide Thunderbirds); GD Julie Prendergast (Melbourne Kestrels) GK Liz Ellis (Sydney Swifts)
Close

Television

ABC were the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league's official broadcast partner.[26][32]

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.