Carla Dziwoki Explained

Carla Dziwoki
Updated:2009-03-13
Birth Date:29 August 1982
Positions:GA, GS
Clubteam1:Queensland Firebirds
Clubyears2:2008–2009
Clubteam2:Team Northumbria
Clubyears3:2009
Clubteam3:Queensland Firebirds
Clubyears4:2009–2010
Clubteam4:Leeds Carnegie
Clubyears5:2011
Clubteam5:New South Wales Swifts

Carla Dziwoki (born 29 August 1982) is a former Australian netball player. Dziwoki played with the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.[1] [2] She played for Team Northumbria in the 2008–09 Netball Superleague for the .[3] She also played for Leeds Carnegie during the 2009–10 Netball Superleague season. Dziwoki rejoined the Queensland Firebirds for the 2009 ANZ Championship season after Megan Dehn withdrew from the side.[4] [5]

Dziwoki also plays in the Netball NSW Premier League where she represents the Sutherland Shire. Dziwoki will also be representing NSW Waratahs in the Australian Netball League. Carla will play for the NSW Swifts in the 2011 ANZ Championship season. She was also a member of the Australian FastNet Diamonds team which played at the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool. After being released by the NSW Swifts at the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, Dziwoki signed with the Melbourne Vixens for the 2015 season.[6]

In 2018, she became a contestant on an Australian home renovation television show, The Block, along with fellow netballer Bianca Chatfield.[7]

Dziwoki is the daughter of American basketball player Reg Biddings, who spent his professional career in Australia.[8]

National Representation

Netball Career Facts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 Queensland Firebirds team profile. ABC Sport. ABC. 31 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015120821/http://www.abc.net.au/netball/profiles/firebirds.htm. 15 October 2008. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: Partland, Warren. Orioles defender in line for return. The Advertiser. 1 May 2007. 31 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110813123606/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/orioles-defender-in-line-for-return/story-e6frecj3-1111113450589. 13 August 2011. dead.
  3. https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/app/uploads/2016/03/2009-2010.pdf 2008–09 Team Northumbria profile
  4. News: Captain Carla: I may be back. Evening Chronicle. 14 March 2009. 20 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Firebirds coach Vicki Wilson tackles Netball Queensland. www.news.com.au. The Courier-Mail. https://web.archive.org/web/20090312015658/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25153397-10389,00.html. 12 March 2009. 7 March 2009. 30 December 2021.
  6. News: ANZ Championship: New Melbourne Vixens goaler Carla Dziwoki aims to be a sharp shooter. Herald Sun. 9 December 2014. 20 January 2019.
  7. News: The Block 2018: Meet the new 'Blockheads', including former professional netballers Bianca Chatfield, Carla Dziwoki. Day, Mikaela. Herald Sun. 6 July 2018. 20 January 2019. news.com.au.
  8. Web site: Lewis . Daniel . Shooting star Dziwoki a later starter but quick to repay Swifts' faith . The Sydney Morning Herald . September 20, 2021 . March 5, 2011.