Abbey McCulloch explained

Abbey McCulloch
Fullname:Abbey McCulloch
Birth Date:12 February 1990
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height:178 cm
Occupation:Teacher
Relatives:Kaarle McCulloch (sister)
Positions:WD, C, GD
Clubyears1:2009–2011
Clubapps1:22
Clubyears2:2012
Clubapps2:11
Clubyears3:2013
Clubapps3:11
Clubyears4:2014–2018
Clubapps4:43
Clubyears5:2017–2019
Clubteam5:Sutherland Stingrays
Clubyears6:2018–2019
Coachyears1:2018–2020
Coachyears2:2020–
Coachyears3:2020–
Coachteam3:Sutherland Stingrays U23s

Abbey McCulloch (born 12 February 1990) is an Australian former netball player. Between 2014 and 2018, McCulloch played for New South Wales Swifts. She captained Swifts during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. She previously played for NNSW Waratahs and Queensland Firebirds.

Early life, family and education

McCulloch is originally from Bowral in the Southern Highlands. Her family later settled in the Sutherland Shire.[1] [2] [3] Her older sister, Kaarle McCulloch, represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a cyclist.[4] [5] [6] Abbey and Kaarle both attended Endeavour Sports High School.[2] [7] [8] [9] Between 2008 and 2012 she attended the University of Western Sydney where she gained a Bachelor of Business and Commerce in Sport Management and a Master of Teaching. In 2014 she gained a Diploma of Career Development from RMIT University.[10] [11]

Playing career

New South Wales

Between 2006 and 2011, McCulloch represented New South Wales in the Australian National Netball Championships at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, winning six consecutive national titles.[1] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Australian Netball League

Between 2009 and 2012, McCulloch played for both NNSW Blues and NNSW Waratahs in the Australian Netball League. Between 2009 and 2011 she made 22 appearances for the Blues. In 2012 she made 11 appearances for the Waratahs. She was vice captain of the Waratahs team that were the 2012 ANL runners up.[1] [11] [13] [14] [15] [16] In 2019, McCulloch finished her senior playing career with Waratahs in the ANL. She was a member of the Waratahs team that were the 2019 ANL runners up. She announced her retirement shortly after playing for Waratahs in the grand final.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Queensland Firebirds

McCulloch played for Queensland Firebirds during the 2013 ANZ Championship season. Together with Kim Ravaillion and Gabi Simpson, she made her ANZ Championship and Firebirds debut in a Round 1 match against Southern Steel. She went onto make 11 ANZ Championship appearances for Firebirds and helped them reach the 2013 grand final.[1] [2] [11] [22] [23] [24]

New South Wales Swifts

Between 2014 and 2018, McCulloch made 44 appearances for New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball.[1] [10] [25] [26] Together with Sharni Layton and Caitlin Thwaites, she made her Swifts debut in the 2014 ANZ Championship Round 1 match against West Coast Fever.[27] McCulloch was a member of the Swifts teams that were ANZ Championship runners up in both 2015 and 2016.[28] [29] [30] [31] She captained Swifts during the 2017 and 2018 seasons and in 2018 was named the NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year.[2] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] In September 2018 it was announced that McCulloch would miss the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season because of a knee injury. [37] [38] [39] [40] She subsequently played for NNSW Waratahs during the 2019 season before announcing her retirement as a netball player in July 2019.[20] [21] [41]

Teacher and netball coach

McCulloch is a secondary school teacher. Since 2012 she has worked for the NSW Department of Education. She has worked at several schools in the Sydney area including her own former school, Endeavour Sports High School and Leumeah High School.[2] [11] [42] [43] [44] Between 2018 and 2020 she served as head of netball at Ascham School. In 2020 she was appointed head of netball at Westfields Sports High School.[10] [11]

Since 2017, McCulloch has served as a player-coach with Sutherland Stingrays in the Netball NSW Premier League. In October 2020 she was appointed head coach of their under-23 team.[21] [45] [46] [47] In March 2020 she was appointed assistant coach at the QBE Swifts Academy.[48] She also owns her own coaching company, Per4orm Netball[11] [49]

McCulloch has also worked as a sideline commentator for Nine Network.[10]

Honours

New South Wales Swifts
Queensland Firebirds
New South Wales
Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abbey McCulloch. nswswifts.com.au. 21 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904152423/http://nswswifts.com.au/extra.asp?ID=17451. 31 December 2020. 4 September 2014.
  2. Web site: The state of our game. athletesvoice.com.au. 14 July 2018. 31 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Abbey's Road: Abbey McCulloch on finding a path from the bench to the starting line up. sbs.com.au. 20 July 2016. 31 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Sutherland Blues are the champs. theleader.com.au. 21 August 2012. 2 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Swifts in fever pitch over 2014 season. theleader.com.au. 9 March 2014. 2 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Wests Sports Council honoured the region's top athletes at their annual awards night. The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 31 May 2017. 2 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Targeted Sports. endeavoursportshighschool.com. 3 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Endeavour Sports High School – where stars are made. endeavoursportshighschool.com. 3 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Endeavour Sports High School joins NSW Sports High School Association. theleader.com.au. 5 May 2016. 3 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Abbey McCulloch. driveravenuegroup.com. 1 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Abbey McCulloch. au.linkedin.com. 31 December 2020.
  12. Web site: Netball NSW – Annual Report 2007. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917012317/http://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/06155445/2007-Netball-NSW-Annual-Report.pdf. 17 September 2020. 16 September 2020.
  13. Web site: 2010 Netball NSW Annual Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110202235/http://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/06155445/2010-Netball-NSW-Annual-Report.pdf. 10 January 2021. 28 June 2020. Netball NSW.
  14. 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.
  15. Web site: A league debut for trio . theleader.com.au. 19 July 2012. 14 April 2021.
  16. 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.
  17. Web site: Abbey McCulloch named in ANL Waratahs squad . southernhighlandnews.com.au. 12 December 2018. 1 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Victorian Fury claim eighth Australian Netball League title. draftcentral.com.au. 21 June 2020. 2 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622174817/https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/victorian-fury-claim-eighth-australian-netball-league-title/. 22 June 2020. live.
  19. Web site: Netball New South Wales – 2019 Annual Report. nsw.netball.com.au. 1 September 2020.
  20. Web site: Former NSW Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch retires from representative netball. theleader.com.au. 2 July 2019. 1 January 2021.
  21. Web site: Former Swifts captain retires. thewomensgame.com. 2 July 2019. 31 December 2020.
  22. Web site: Queensland Firebirds withstand serous challenge from trans-Tasman rivals Southern Steele. News.com.au. 24 March 2013. 2 January 2021.
  23. Web site: Queensland Firebirds to test new combination during Summer Challenge. perthnow.com.au. 18 January 2013. 2 January 2021.
  24. Web site: NSW Swifts Abbey McCulloch and Steph Wood to train Orange netball juniors . centralwesterndaily.com.au. 20 April 2016. 2 January 2021.
  25. Web site: NSW Swifts – 2014 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 12 December 2020. 29 November 2014.
  26. Web site: 2014 Annual Report – Netball NSW. nsw.netball.com.au. 12 December 2020.
  27. Web site: NSW Swifts – Honour Roll. nswswifts.com.au. 10 June 2020.
  28. Web site: NSW Swifts – 2015 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 14 December 2020. 29 November 2015.
  29. Web site: 2015 Annual Report – Netball NSW. nsw.netball.com.au. 14 December 2020.
  30. Web site: NSW Swifts – 2016 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 15 December 2020. 29 November 2016.
  31. Web site: Netball NSW – 2016 Annual Report. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630013613/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/10/06143231/2016-NNSW-Annual-Report.pdf. 30 June 2020. 28 June 2020.
  32. Web site: NSW Swifts – 2017 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 15 December 2020. 29 November 2017.
  33. Web site: Netball NSW – 2017 Annual Report. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111102825/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/02135948/2017-Annual-Report-ex-Financials-2MAR18.pdf. 11 January 2021. 28 June 2020.
  34. Web site: NSW Swifts – 2018 Season. nswswifts.com.au. 15 December 2020. 29 November 2018.
  35. Web site: Netball NSW – 2018 Annual Report. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111130952/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/03/08113918/Annual-Financial-Report-2018.pdf. 11 January 2021. 28 June 2020.
  36. Web site: 'I'll make them pick me' How Abbey McCulloch rose to netball prominence. womensagenda.com.au. 5 July 2017. 1 January 2021.
  37. Web site: Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch to step away from Super Netball in 2019. The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 6 September 2018. 31 December 2020.
  38. Web site: Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch to step away from Super Netball in 2019. News.com.au. 6 September 2018.
  39. Web site: Uncertain future for NSW Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch after knee injury. theleader.com.au. 7 September 2018. 2 January 2021.
  40. Web site: I Want To Finish on My Terms. exclusiveinsight.com. 4 March 2019. 1 January 2021.
  41. Web site: Wilton netballer Abbey McCulloch announces retirement. wollondillyadvertiser.com.au. 1 July 2019. 1 January 2021.
  42. Web site: NSW Swifts player Abbey McCulloch's double life balancing act earns teammates-respect. The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 2015. 3 January 2021.
  43. Web site: NSW Swifts star Abbey McCulloch wants to keep day job despite new netball league. The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 2016. 3 January 2021.
  44. Web site: Premier's Sporting Challenge ambassador Abbey McCulloch visits Parkes East Public School students. parkeschampionpost.com.au. 3 October 2019. 1 January 2021.
  45. Web site: Sutherland Stingrays Team Archives. nnswpremierleague.com.au. 7 October 2020. 3 January 2021.
  46. Web site: Sutherland Stingrays. nnswpremierleague.com.au. 7 October 2020. 3 January 2021.
  47. Web site: Sutherland Stingrays Premier League Coaches 2021. ssna.asn.au. 16 October 2020. 3 January 2021.
  48. Web site: McCulloch to join QBE Swifts Academy coaching staff. nswswifts.com.au. 13 March 2020. 1 January 2021.
  49. Web site: About Per4orm Netball. per4ormnetball.com.au. 4 January 2021.

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