2008 AFNA Championships

2008 AFNA Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
City	Arnos Vale
Venue	Arnos Vale Sporting Complex
Dates	20–25 July 2008
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Jamaica (10th title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Third place	Barbados
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Top scorer(s)	Anastacia Wilson; Trinidad and Tobago; 150/179 (84%)
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The 2008 AFNA Championships was a series organised by the Americas Federation of Netball Associations. It featured six teams playing a series of netball test matches in July 2008 at Arnos Vale's Sporting Complex. The hosts, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, were joined by five other national netball teams. With a team coached by Connie Francis and captained by Simone Forbes, Jamaica won the series after winning all five of their matches.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The series was effectively a qualifier for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. It was the first AFNA tournament were teams could earn INF World Rankings points.^[6]

Host country

VenueArnos Vale Sporting Complex

Dates20–25 July 2008

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Team	Head coach	Captain
Barbados^[5]	Harriet Waithe	Don Small
Canada	Ann Willcocks ?
Jamaica^[1]^[5]	Connie Francis	Simone Forbes
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[7]	Dellarice Duncan	Skiddy Francis-Crick
Trinidad and Tobago		Rhonda John-Davis^[8]

Sunday, 20 July 2008	Jamaica	54–21	Saint Lucia
	Christina Solmon 22/27 (81%) Vanessa Walker 20/28 (71%) Crystal Gordon 12/14 (86%)		Shem Maxwell 13/17 (76%) Barbara Theobalds 8/11 (73%)

Sunday, 20 July 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51–30	Canada
	Skiddy Francis Crick 29/32 (91%) Leanna Lewis 13/15 (87%) Joanna Christopher 8/9 (89%) Nicole Sandy 1/3 (33%)		Marilyn Hope 24/38 (63%) Sabrina Versteeg 6/14 (43%)

Sunday, 20 July 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	49–36	Barbados

Teams, head coaches and captains

Monday, 21 July 2008	Jamaica	69–17	Canada
	Crystal Gordon 27/29 (93%) Simone Forbes 20/24 (83%) Christina Solmon 19/22 (86%) Vanessa Walker 3/3 (100%)		Marilyn Hope 15/22 (68%) Sabrina Versteeg 2/5 (40%)

Monday, 21 July 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	50–29	Saint Lucia
	Anastascia Wilson 34/40 (85%) Joelisa Cooper 13/20 (65%) Simone Morgan 3/5 (60%)		Shem Maxwell 19/22 (86%) Barbara Joseph-Theobalds 5/9 (56%) Roxanne Snyder 5/7 (71%)

Monday, 21 July 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	36–52	Barbados
	Skiddy Francis Crick 15/16 (94%) Leanna Lewis 7/7 (100%) Joanna Christopher 7/12 (58%) Nicole Sandy 7/9 (78%)		Laurel Browne 27/28 (96%) Nikita Piggott 20/23 (87%) Lydia Bishop 5/5 (100%)

Tuesday, 22 July 2008	Jamaica	52–35	Barbados
	Simone Forbes 21/26 (81%) Crystal Gordon 26/30 (87%) Christina Solmon 5/7 (71%)		Laurel Browne Lydia Bishop Nikita Piggott

Tuesday, 22 July 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33–51	Trinidad and Tobago
	Leanna Lewis 14/20 (70%) Joanna Christopher 13/15 (87%) Nicole Sandy 6/8 (75%)		Anastascia Wilson 40/47 (85%) Joelisa Cooper 11/18 (61%)

Wednesday, 23 July 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	21–58	Jamaica

Wednesday, 23 July 2008	Trinidad and Tobago	59–39	Canada

Wednesday, 23 July 2008	Barbados	54–35	Saint Lucia

Friday, 25 July 2008	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	38–40	Saint Lucia
	Joanna Christopher 18/25 (72%) Leanna Lewis 16/21 (76%) Skiddy Francis Crick 4/5 (80%)		Shem Maxwell 34/43 (79%) Roxanne Snyder 6/12 (50%)

Friday, 25 July 2008	Barbados	59–44	Canada
	Laurel Browne 23/26 (88%) Lydia Bishop 18/19 (95%) Nikita Piggott 18/21 (86%)

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	286	126	+160	10
2	Trinidad and Tobago	5	4	1	241	190	+51	8
3	Barbados	5	3	2	236	216	+20	6
4	Saint Lucia	5	2	3	171	237	-65	4
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	1	4	179	231	-52	2
6	Canada	5	0	5	171	285	-114	0

Winners	Runners Up	Third
Jamaica Coach: Connie Francis	Trinidad and Tobago Coach:	Barbados Coach: Harriet Waithe
Nicole Aiken Nadine Bryan (vc) Simone Forbes (c) Nichala Gibson Crystal Gordon Malysha Kelly Samantha Mundle Tracey Robinson Christina Solmon Sabina Spence Sateva Taylor Vanessa Walker^[5]	Joelisa Cooper Kemba Duncan Rhonda John-Davis (c) Crystal George Anika La Roche Tricia Liverpool Simone Morgan Samantha Wallace Anastascia Wilson^[2]^[8]^[13]	Salisa Auguste Lydia Bishop Laurel Browne (vc) Janeice Clarke Sherry Martindale Kizzy Marville Rhe-Ann Niles Nikita Piggott Lisa Puckerin Dionne Quarless Janelle Sealy Don Small (c) Sabrina Smith^[5]

Friday, 25 July 2008	Jamaica	53–32	Trinidad and Tobago
	Simone Forbes 27/30 (90%) Crystal Gordon 20/28 (71%) Christina Solmon 3/3 (100%) Vanessa Walker 3/4 (75%)		Anastascia Wilson 27/33 (82%) Joelisa Cooper 5/10 (50%)

Goal Shooters (by %)
Pos.	Player	Team	Goals (%)
1	Lydia Bishop	Barbados	69/76 (91%)
2	Laurel Browne	Barbados	113/129 (88%)
3	Skiddy Francis Crick	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59/69 (86%)
4	Anastacia Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago	150/179 (84%)
5	Shem Maxwell	Saint Lucia	115/138 (83%)
6	Nikita Piggott	Barbados	54/65 (83%)
7	Simone Forbes	Jamaica	91/110 (83%)
8	Christina Solmon	Jamaica	66/80 (83%)
9	Crystal Gordan	Jamaica	103/125 (82%)
10	Samantha Wallace	Trinidad and Tobago	30/38 (79%)