Fionnuala Toner Explained

Fionnuala Toner
Fullname:Fionnuala Toner
Birth Date:1990 3, df=y
Birth Place:Lisburn, Northern Ireland[1]
Occupation:Chartered Accountant
Relatives:Máire Toner (sister)
Positions:GD, WD, C
Clubyears1:2002–
Clubteam1:Belfast Ladies
Clubyears2:2014–2015
Clubyears3:2019
Clubapps3:18
Clubyears4:2020
Nationalyears1:2009–
Nationalcaps1:81 [2]

Fionnuala Toner (born 6 March 1990) is a Northern Ireland netball international. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2011 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland team that were silver medallists at the 2017 European Netball Championships. She has played in the Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria, London Pulse and Team Bath. Toner is also an Ireland women's basketball international. Her younger sister, Máire Toner, is also a Northern Ireland netball international.

Early life, family and education

Toner was raised in the Malone Road district of Belfast.[3] [4] Her younger sister, Máire Toner, is also a Northern Ireland netball international.[5] Between 2001 and 2008 Fionnuala attended Our Lady and St Patrick's College, where she played both netball and basketball. Between 2008 and 2009 she attended Kent School, where she played basketball and lacrosse. Between 2009 and 2013 she attended Queen's University, where she gained a BSc in Accounting. Between 2011 and 2012 she attended MacMurray College. In 2013–14 she gained a Postgraduate diploma in Advanced Accounting from Ulster University.[6] [7] [8]

Netball

Clubs

Belfast Ladies

While attending Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Toner began playing netball for Belfast Ladies, the club based at her school.[9] [10] [11]

Team Northumbria

As part of their preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Northern Ireland national netball team formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw Toner and six other Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Noleen Lennon, Caroline O'Hanlon, Gemma Gibney, Michelle Drayne and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Toner and O'Hanlon also played for Team Northumbria during the 2015 season.[17]

London Pulse

Toner played for London Pulse during the 2019 Netball Superleague season. She was named player of the match as the new franchise defeated Severn Stars in their opening game. She finished the season with most interceptions after appearing in all 18 matches for London Pulse.[18] [19] [20] [21]

Team Bath

Toner will play for Team Bath in the 2020 Netball Superleague season.[22] [23] [24]

Northern Ireland

Toner made her senior debut for Northern Ireland at the 2009 Nations Cup. She has subsequently represented Northern Ireland at the 2011 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that won the 2015 Nations Cup [31] and the silver medal at the 2017 European Netball Championships.[32]

TournamentsPlace
2009 Nations Cup[33] [34]
2011 World Netball Championships[35] [36] [37] [38] 8th
2012 World University Netball Championship[39] [40] 4th
2014 Commonwealth Games[41] [42] 7th
2015 Nations Cup[43]
2017 European Netball Championship[44]
2018 Commonwealth Games[45] [46] [47] 8th
2019 Netball World Cup[48] [49] [50] 10th
2019 European Netball Championship[51]

Basketball

Fionnuala Toner
Nationality:Irish
Career Position:Guard
Years1:200x–2008
Team1:Our Lady and St Patrick's College
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Kent School
Years3:c. 2011
Team3:Queen's University
Years4:c. 2011
Team4:Ulster Rockets
Years5:2011–2012
Team5:MacMurray College
Years6:2014–2018
Team6:DCU Mercy
Highlights:

Schools and universities

Toner played basketball for both Our Lady and St Patrick's College[52] [53] and Kent School.[54] Between 2011 and 2012 she played for MacMurray College.[55] [56] [57]

Clubs

Together with Noleen Lennon, she was a member of the Ulster Rockets team that won Basketball Ireland's Women's National Cup in January 2011.[58] [59] Between 2014 and 2018 she played for DCU Mercy. Her team mates at DCU included Lindsay Peat.[60] [61] [62]

Ireland

Toner was included in the Ireland squad for the 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries.[63] [64]

Occupation

Since 2014 Toner has worked as an accountant for Deloitte Ireland, based in Dublin.[65] [66] She is a graduate of Chartered Accountants Ireland.[67] [68]

Honours

Northern Ireland

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Northern Ireland Handbook – Glasgow 2014. www.nicgc.org. 16 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Experienced international Fionnuala Toner to bring her "fearless" approach to Team Bath Netball for 2020 Vitality Superleague. www.teambath.com. 15 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
  3. Web site: South Belfast quartet star at Netball World Cup. belfastmediagroup.com. 16 January 2020. 18 July 2019.
  4. Web site: South Belfast netballers honoured. belfastmediagroup.com. 16 January 2020. 6 January 2012.
  5. Web site: McCullough sets sights on Euro goals. belfastmediagroup.com. 17 January 2020. 26 May 2012.
  6. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.linkedin.com. 15 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. moosegazette.net. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. moosegazette.net. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Tamsin Greenway selects Fionnuala Toner as One2Watch in the ZEO Netball Superleague. www.skysports.com. 15 January 2020. 1 April 2014.
  12. Web site: Tamsin Greenway selects Fionnuala Toner as One2Watch in the ZEO Netball Superleague. www.skysports.com. 15 January 2020. 1 April 2014.
  13. Web site: Northern Ireland reach for glory with Team Northumbria. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 7 January 2020. 30 January 2014.
  14. Web site: Northumbria and Northern Ireland in Netball Superleague partnership. www.bbc.co.uk. 7 January 2020. 4 February 2014.
  15. Web site: Northern Irish eyes are smiling as North-East netball enters a new era. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk. 7 January 2020. 8 February 2014.
  16. Web site: Lennon's ladies slay Dragons in Superleague encounter. www.newsletter.co.uk. 13 January 2020. 9 February 2014.
  17. Web site: Preview: Greenway on the Superleague. www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 22 January 2015.
  18. Web site: Experienced international Fionnuala Toner to bring her "fearless" approach to Team Bath Netball for 2020 Vitality Superleague. www.teambath.com. 15 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
  19. Web site: England captain Ama Agbeze headlines London Pulse squad for the 2019 Superleague season. www.skysports.com. 17 January 2020. 31 October 2019.
  20. Web site: Netball Superleague: NI's Caroline O'Hanlon and Fionnuala Toner secure Superleague returns. www.bbc.co.uk. 21 December 2019. 17 September 2019.
  21. Web site: Toner is eyeing title after move to Team Bath. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 15 January 2020. 19 September 2019.
  22. Web site: Experienced international Fionnuala Toner to bring her "fearless" approach to Team Bath Netball for 2020 Vitality Superleague. www.teambath.com. 15 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
  23. Web site: Netball Superleague: NI's Caroline O'Hanlon and Fionnuala Toner secure Superleague returns. www.bbc.co.uk. 21 December 2019. 17 September 2019.
  24. Web site: Toner is eyeing title after move to Team Bath. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 15 January 2020. 19 September 2019.
  25. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  26. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. moosegazette.net. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  27. Web site: Women Netball XIII World Championship 2011. www.todor66.com. 5 January 2020.
  28. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. thecgf.com. 12 September 2019.
  29. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. gc2018.com. 12 September 2019.
  30. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.nwc2019.co.uk. 12 September 2019.
  31. Web site: Real Gem of a success for netball girls. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 20 December 2019. 21 December 2015.
  32. Web site: England end Euro dreams for Northern Ireland. www.newsletter.co.uk. 31 December 2019. 6 October 2017.
  33. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  34. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. moosegazette.net. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  35. Web site: Women Netball XIII World Championship 2011. www.todor66.com. 5 January 2020.
  36. Web site: The ladies bringing netball success to Northern Ireland. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 14 January 2020. 8 July 2011.
  37. News: NI netball team prepare to take on the world. news.bbc.co.uk. 30 June 2011. 2 July 2011.
  38. Web site: NI netballers see off Sri Lanka in World Cup Pool A. www.bbc.co.uk. 12 January 2020. 4 July 2011.
  39. Web site: 2012 World University Championships. www.studentsport.ie. 17 January 2020.
  40. Web site: Irish Netball Team record victory over USA at the World University Championships. www.irishcentral.com. 17 January 2020. 3 July 2012.
  41. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. thecgf.com. 12 September 2019.
  42. Web site: Glasgow 2014: NI netballers beat Wales to secure seventh spot. www.bbc.co.uk. 6 January 2020. 1 August 2014.
  43. Web site: Real Gem of a success for netball girls. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 20 December 2019. 21 December 2015.
  44. Web site: England end Euro dreams for Northern Ireland. www.newsletter.co.uk. 31 December 2019. 6 October 2017.
  45. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. gc2018.com. 12 September 2019.
  46. Web site: Malawi and Northern Ireland close out their Games. netballscoop.com. 6 January 2020. 12 April 2018.
  47. Web site: Women Netball Commonwealth Games Golden Goast, Australia 2018. www.todor66.com. 5 January 2020.
  48. Web site: South Belfast quartet star at Netball World Cup. belfastmediagroup.com. 16 January 2020. 18 July 2019.
  49. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.nwc2019.co.uk. 12 September 2019.
  50. Web site: Gaelic football fuelling Northern Ireland's Netball World Cup bid across the water. www.the42.ie. 20 December 2019. 12 July 2019.
  51. Web site: Award-winning duo set to join forces for NI's Euro Championship opener. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 24 January 2020. 26 September 2019.
  52. Web site: McNally points way. www.independent.ie. 16 January 2020. 4 February 2004.
  53. Web site: Castletroy College Limerick v Our Lady St. Patrick's Belfast Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 16 January 2020. 9 March 2005.
  54. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.linkedin.com. 15 January 2020.
  55. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. gc2018.com. 12 September 2019.
  56. Web site: Women's Basketball vs MacMurray College. pioneers.grinnell.edu. 17 January 2020. 13 February 2012.
  57. Web site: Single Season Records. mchighlanders.com. 17 January 2020. 17 April 2018.
  58. Web site: The ladies bringing netball success to Northern Ireland. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 14 January 2020. 8 July 2011.
  59. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. gc2018.com. 12 September 2019.
  60. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.eurobasket.com. 15 January 2020.
  61. Web site: DCU Mercy Portraits - Basketball Ireland Women's National Cup Semi-Final Photos. www.sportsfile.com. 15 January 2020. 10 January 2015.
  62. Web site: Montenotte book spot in women's b'ball final. www.rte.ie. 16 January 2020. 10 January 2015.
  63. Web site: Four DCU Mercy players called up to Ireland squad. www.thecollegeview.com. 15 January 2020. 23 March 2016.
  64. Web site: First Irish women's squad in six years named. www.rte.ie. 16 January 2020. 9 March 2016.
  65. Web site: Experienced international Fionnuala Toner to bring her "fearless" approach to Team Bath Netball for 2020 Vitality Superleague. www.teambath.com. 15 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
  66. Web site: Fionnuala Toner. www.linkedin.com. 15 January 2020.
  67. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.
  68. Web site: Meet the Belfast women who have combined their high flying careers and world class netball. moosegazette.net. 16 January 2020. 7 November 2019.

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