Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Manchester
Venue	MEN Arena
Dates	26 July–4 August 2002
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Jamaica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Top scorer(s)	Irene van Dyk; (New Zealand)
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Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the second netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. Ten teams, including the hosts England, featured in a series of matches played in July and August 2002 at Manchester's MEN Arena.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] With a team captained by Kathryn Harby-Williams,^[6] featuring Catherine Cox, Sharelle McMahon, Nicole Richardson and Peta Squire and coached by Jill McIntosh, Australia won the tournament after defeating New Zealand 57–55 in the gold medal match. The match was tied at 46–46 at the end of normal time, and 14 minutes of extra-time saw the sides still level at 55–55. In sudden death extra-time, Sharelle McMahon scored the vital point to give Australia the necessary two-goal gap to win the gold medal.^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9] Jamaica finished the tournament in third place after defeating England 55–53 in the bronze medal match.^[10]^[11]

Host country

England

CityManchester

VenueMEN Arena

Dates26 July–4 August 2002

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Team	Head coach	Captain
Australia^[8]	Jill McIntosh^[9]	Kathryn Harby-Williams^[6]
Barbados
Canada		Sharon Butler^[12] Dulcina Wind^[13]
England	Lyn Gunson^[14]	Olivia Murphy^[11]^[15]
Fiji	Margaret Corbett^[16]	Unaisi Rokoura^[17]
Jamaica	Maureen Hall	Oberon Pitterson
New Zealand^[8]^[18]^[19]	Ruth Aitken^[20]	Julie Seymour^[21]
South Africa	Louise de Plessis	Bronwyn Bock-Jonathan^[22] Mable Van Der Vyver^[23]
Sri Lanka
Wales^[24]	Raewyn Henry	Joanna Griffiths^[13]

26 July 2002	Wales	48–47	Sri Lanka
15:00	Mair Jones 31 Jamilla Harris 13	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe 28 Gishanthi Jayakody 19

26 July 2002	England	87–26	Canada
18:30	Alex Astle 30 Joanne Steed 22 Abby Teare 18 Jess Garland 17	Report	Dulcina Wind 14 Maralyn Hope 12

27 July 2002	New Zealand	101–17	Canada
13:00	Daneka Wipiiti 39 Donna Loffhagen 34 Irene van Dyk 20/21 (95%) Belinda Colling 8	Report	Maralyn Hope 10 Patricia Carlson 7

27 July 2002	England	75–34	Sri Lanka
18:30	Alex Astle 31/41 (76%) Jess Garland 25 Joanne Steed 19	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe 13 Prasadi Nalika 12 Gishanthi Jayakody 8 Anoma Sriyakanthi 1

Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Head coaches and captains

Squads

Pool A

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Table

Pool B

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Table

Classification

7th/10th classification

9th/10th playoff

7th/8th playoff

Medal competition

Minor semi-finals

5th/6th playoff

Major semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal Match

Medallists

Final Placings

References

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28 July 2002	New Zealand	116–26	Sri Lanka
13:00	Irene van Dyk 58/61 (95%) Donna Loffhagen 23 Belinda Colling 21 Daneka Wipiiti 14	Report	Prasadi Nalika 14 Sashika Samarasinghe 6 Gishanthi Jayakody 6

28 July 2002	England	81–18	Wales
20:30	Alex Astle 42/66 (64%) Abby Teare 39/48 (81%)	Report	Sian Edwards 8 Mair Jones 6 ?? 2

29 July 2002	Wales	49–42	Canada
15:00	Mair Jones 37/47 (79%) Sian Edwards 12	Report	Dulcina Wind 23 Maralyn Hope 19

29 July 2002	England	35–67	New Zealand
20:30	Abby Teare 22 Alex Astle 13	Report	Irene van Dyk 44/48 (92%) Donna Loffhagen 15 Belinda Colling 8

30 July 2002	Canada	52–49	Sri Lanka
15:00	Dulcina Wind 30 Maralyn Hope 22	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe 26 ? Gishanthi Jayakody 12 Prasadi Nalika 10

30 July 2002	New Zealand	81–23	Wales
18:30	Donna Loffhagen 35/38 (92%) Belinda Colling 23 Daneka Wipiiti 23	Report	Mair Jones 9 Sian Edwards 7 Jamilla Harris 7

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	365	101	+264	8
2	England	4	3	1	278	145	+133	6
3	Wales	4	2	2	138	251	-113	4
4	Canada	4	1	3	137	286	-149	2
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	156	291	-135	0

26 July 2002	South Africa	52–42	Fiji
13:00	Sindiswe Gumede 43/52 (83%) Shani Welthagen 5 Adele Jonker 2 Alicia Senekal 1 Wanda Geldenhuis 1	Report	Matelita Shaw 22 Paulini Tora 20

26 July 2002	Jamaica	65–20	Barbados
20:30	Simone Forbes 37 Elaine Davis 28	Report	Cheryl Squires 37 Olivia Walcott 28

27 July 2002	Jamaica	66–55	South Africa
15:00	Elaine Davis 46/54 (85%) Simone Forbes 20/21 (95%)	Report	Sindiswe Gumede 49/58 (84%) Adele Jonker 3 Shani Welthagen 2 Martha Machoga 1

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	4	4	0	292	131	+161	8
2	Jamaica	4	3	1	248	168	+80	6
3	South Africa	4	2	2	201	219	-18	4
4	Barbados	4	1	3	131	240	-109	2
5	Fiji	4	0	4	151	265	-114	0

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Coach: Jill McIntosh	New Zealand Coach: Ruth Aitken	Jamaica Coach: Maureen Hall
Alexandra Hodge Alison Broadbent Catherine Cox Liz Ellis Eloise Southby Jacqui Delaney Janine Ilitch Kathryn Harby-Williams (c) Nicole Richardson Peta Squire Rebecca Sanders Sharelle McMahon	Anna Rowberry Anna Veronese Belinda Colling Daneka Wipiiti Donna Loffhagen Irene van Dyk Jenny-May Coffin Julie Seymour (c) Lesley Nicol Linda Vagana Sheryl Clarke Vilimaina Davu	Elaine Davis Georgia Gordon Kaydia Kentish Nadine Ffrench Nadine Bryan Nichala Gibson Oberon Pitterson (c) Sharmalee Watkins Sharon Wiles Simone Forbes Tasha Morgan Tiffannie Wolfe

27 July 2002	Australia	75–28	Barbados
20:30	Sharelle McMahon 24 Catherine Cox 22 Eloise Southby 18 Jacqui Delaney 6	Report	Cheryl Squires 16 Olivia Walcott 11

28 July 2002	South Africa	56–37	Barbados
15:00	Sindiswe Gumede 49 Adele Jonker 6 Shani Welthagen 1	Report	Cheryl Squires 21 Olivia Walcott 16

28 July 2002	Australia	83–32	Fiji
18:30	Catherine Cox 29/36 (81%) Sharelle McMahon 26 Eloise Southby 18 Jacqui Delaney 10	Report	Matelita Shaw 14 Taraima Rara 10 Paulini Tora 8

29 July 2002	Australia	74–38	South Africa
13:00	Catherine Cox 39/50 (78%) Sharelle McMahon 18 Eloise Southby 17	Report	Sindiswe Gumede 27/29 (93%) Adele Jonker 4 Martha Machoga 7

29 July 2002	Jamaica	84–33	Fiji
18:30	Elaine Davis 58/64 (91%) Simone Forbes 18/20 (90%) Tiffannie Wolfe 8	Report	Matelita Shaw 14/23 (61%) Paulini Tora 12 Taraima Rara 7

30 July 2002	Barbados	46–44	Fiji
13:00	Cheryl Squires 30 Olivia Walcott 16	Report	Matelita Shaw 19 Taraima Rara 19 Paulini Tora 6

30 July 2002	Australia	60–33	Jamaica
20:30	Sharelle McMahon 23 Eloise Southby 20 Catherine Cox 17	Report	Elaine Davis 22 Simone Forbes 11

31 July 2002	Sri Lanka	41–40	Barbados
13:00	Sashika Samarasinghe 22 Gishanthi Jayakody 19		Olivia Walcott 13 Cheryl Squires 11 Denise Alleyne 11 ? Harris 5

31 July 2002	Fiji	74–39	Canada
15:00	Taraima Rara 30 Matelita Shaw 23 Paulini Tora 16 Maria Bereso 6	Report	Maralyn Hope 22 Dulcina Wind 17

2 August 2002	Barbados	64–30	Canada
11:00	Cheryl Squires 39 Olivia Walcott 21 Laurel Browne 3 ? Harris 1	Report	Dulcina Wind 18 Patricia Carlson 7 Maralyn Hope 5

2 August 2002	Fiji	80–42	Sri Lanka
13:00	Paulini Tora 25 Taraima Rara 22 Matelita Shaw 22 Maria Bereso 11	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe 24/31 (77%) Gishanthi Jayakody 15 Prasadi Nalika 3

31 July 2002	Jamaica	72–32	Wales
	Elaine Davis 42 Simone Forbes 19	Report	Mair Jones 24 Sian Edwards 5 Jamilla Harris 3

31 July 2002	England	55–40	South Africa
21:00	Abby Teare 29/39 (74%) Joanne Steed 16 Alex Astle 10	Report	Sindiswe Gumede 28 Martha Machoga 12

2 August 2002	South Africa	71–27	Wales
15:00	Sindiswe Gumede 56 Adele Jonker 10 Martha Machoga 5	Report	Jamilla Harris 17 Sian Edwards 8 Mair Jones 2

2 August 2002	New Zealand	69–51	Jamaica
18:30	Irene van Dyk 41/48 (85%) Donna Loffhagen 28		Elaine Davis 28 Simone Forbes 23

2 August 2002	Australia	49–38	England
20:30	Eloise Southby 28 Sharelle McMahon 15 Jacqui Delaney 6		Joanne Steed 19 Abby Teare 17 Alex Astle 2

4 August 2002	Jamaica	55–53	England
11:00	Elaine Davis 42 Simone Forbes 13		Alex Astle 32/38 (84%) Abby Teare 21	Attendance: 10,000

4 August 2002	Australia	57–55	New Zealand
13:00	Sharelle McMahon 33 Catherine Cox 15 Eloise Southby 9		Irene van Dyk 35 Donna Loffhagen 20	Attendance: 10,000