Demelza McCloud explained

Demelza McCloud
Updated:2009-03-14
Full Name:Demelza McCloud (née Fellowes)
Birth Date:1980 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Wodonga, Australia
Height:188 cm
Positions:GD, GK
Clubyears1:2010
Clubapps1:5
Clubyears2:2009
Clubteam2:Queensland Firebirds
Clubyears3:2008
Clubteam3:Canterbury Tactix
Clubyears4:2007
Clubteam4:Otago Rebels
Nationalyears1:2004–05
Nationalteam1:Australia

Demelza McCloud (née Fellowes; born 5 August 1980) is an Australian netball player. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. McCloud was selected in the Australian national team in 2004 and 2005. Domestically, she has played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy,[1] and also played in New Zealand for the Otago Rebels in the 2007 National Bank Cup.[2]

With the advent of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, McCloud was rostered with the Canterbury Tactix in New Zealand for the inaugural season in 2008.[3] For the 2009 season, she signed with the Queensland Firebirds.[4]

In August 2009, McCloud played for a World 7 team, coached by Julie Fitzgerald, that defeated New Zealand 2–1 in the 2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.[5]

In 2010, McCloud decided to retire from netball. However, in the first round of the 2010 ANZ Championship, she was called to play for the Melbourne Vixens to replace Julie Corletto.[6] In that match, she played all four quarters at Goal Keeper.

In late 2011, McCloud confirmed she would be returning to top level netball in 2012 for New Zealand franchise the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship.[6]

In 2013 she played again for the Queensland Firebirds and was named in the Australian squad at the end of the season to play a series against the Malawi Queens.[7]

In 2015 she signed with the Tactix and plays with them currently.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Milbank, Zac . T-Birds discard Demelza . . 13 November 2006 . 21 January 2019.
  2. News: ONE Sport . 2007 NBC squads revealed . . 24 January 2012 . 21 January 2019.
  3. http://www.tactix.org.nz/playerprofile.asp?team=28343&id=139&comp=8074&orgid=2344 2008 Canterbury Tactix profile
  4. http://www.firebirds.net.au/extra.asp?ID=4300 2009 Queensland Firebirds profile
  5. Web site: World 7, 48 defeats Silver Ferns, 44 in 1st Test. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20211124164504/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/world-7-48-defeats-silver-ferns-44-in-1st-test. 24 November 2021. 24 August 2009. 24 November 2021.
  6. News: Former T-Birds defender Demelza McCloud set to relaunch her career . Partland, Warren . The Advertiser . 6 November 2013 . 21 January 2019 . news.com.au.
  7. News: Firebirds defender Demelza McCloud selected in Diamonds squad . . 3 August 2013 . 21 January 2019.
  8. News: Fellowes and Hazeldine Sign for EasiYo Tactix . 21 January 2019.