2012 New South Wales Swifts season explained

Year:	2012
Team:	New South Wales Swifts
Head Coach:	Lisa Beehag
Asst Coach:	Robert Wright
Manager:	Rebecca Pollard
Wins:	8
Losses:	5
Placing:	5th
Finals:	Did not qualify
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The 2012 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2012 ANZ Championship. They were coached by Lisa Beehag, a former Australia international. During the 2011 season, Beehag had served as head coach of NNSW Blues in the Australian Netball League. During the regular season, Swifts finished in fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. They narrowly missed out on the playoffs after a 50–49 defeat to Northern Mystics in their final regular season match.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Players

Player movements

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Losses
Kimberley Borger (NNSW Blues) Kristy Guthrie (NNSW Waratahs) Paige Hadley (NNSW Waratahs/AIS) April Letton (NNSW Waratahs/Queensland Firebirds) Samantha May (NNSW Waratahs) Joanna Sutton (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Gabi Simpson (NNSW Blues/AIS) Melissa Tallent (NNSW Waratahs)	Ashleigh Brazill (West Coast Fever) Rebecca Bulley (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Catherine Cox (West Coast Fever)^[5] ^[6] Kimberley Smith (retired) Courtney Tairi (Southern Steel)^[7]

Notes

Kimberley Borger was named in the 2010 roster but withdrew due to injury.

Player milestones

Kimberlee Green and Vanessa Ware celebrated ten consecutive seasons with Sydney Swifts/New South Wales Swifts. Ware subsequently played her 50th ANZ Championship match in Round 9 against Melbourne Vixens.
Kimberly Borger, Paige Hadley, April Letton and Joanna Sutton all make their Swifts ANZ Championship debut in Round 1 against Adelaide Thunderbirds
Susan Pratley scores her 1600th goal in Round 11 against West Coast Fever.

Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament

On 2, 3 and 4 March, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the TECT Arena in Tauranga. For the first time since 2008, all ten ANZ Championship teams competed at the same tournament. The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. Teams within each pool played each other once and the winners qualified for the final. Swifts finished the tournament in 8th place.

7th/8th place play-off

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Final table

Statistics

As of 14 November 2012.
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Kimberly Borger	15	23	65.2	2	3	0	0	0	4	2
Carla Dziwoki	139	172	80.8	24	10	47	3	6	31	20
Mo'onia Gerrard	0	0	0	2	16	94	10	22	168	16
Kimberlee Green	0	0	0	123	0	78	6	16	108	26
Kristy Guthrie	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	8	2
Paige Hadley	0	0	0	20	0	12	1	3	16	4
April Letton	0	0	0	0	10	0	4	9	46	5
Samantha May	0	0	0	1	0	46	6	14	97	9
Sonia Mkoloma	0	0	0	0	17	14	19	47	186	11
Susan Pratley	347	405	85.7	47	13	36	4	5	33	35
Joanna Sutton	0	0	0	0	0	19	5	16	64	4
Vanessa Ware	0	0	0	94	0	140	5	5	30	40
Amorette Wild	111	138	80.4	33	2	82	2	6	30	14

Statistics key
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width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	GA	Goal attempts	width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	R	Rebounds	width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	D	Deflections
width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	G%	style=padding-right:15px	Goal percentage	width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	CPR	style=padding-right:15px	Centre pass receives	width=35px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	P	Penalties
= Competition leader				width=30px style="background-color:#F2F2F2; border:solid 1px gray; text-align:center"	T	Turnovers conceded

Award winners

Award	Winner
QBE NSW Swifts MVP
NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year	Kimberlee Green
NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year	April Letton

Notes and References

Web site: NSW Swifts - 2012 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 8 December 2020. 29 November 2012.
Web site: Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2012 Annual Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110073113/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/06155446/2012-Netball-NSW-Annual-Report.pdf. 10 January 2021. 28 June 2020 . Netball NSW.
Web site: Lisa Beehag. diamonds.netball.com.au. 9 December 2020.
Web site: Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2011 Annual Report. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111140428/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/06155444/2011-Netball-NSW-Annual-Report.pdf. 11 January 2021. 28 June 2020.
News: Swifts departure for shooter Catherine Cox. www.stuff.co.nz. 16 August 2011. 16 December 2020.
News: Cox refusing to dwell on history. www.newcastleherald.com.au. 17 May 2012. 16 December 2020.
Web site: Southern Steel sign New South Wales midcourter. www.rnz.co.nz. 9 March 2022. 17 August 2011.