Hulita Veve Explained

Hulita Veve
Fullname:Hulita Veve
Maidenname:Haukinima
Birth Date:14 September 1995
Height:1.78m
Positions:GD, WD, WA, C
Clubyears1:2014–2019
Clubyears2:2016–
Clubyears3:2021–
Clubyears5:2018
Clubteam5:Brisbane South Wildcats
Clubyears6:2019–2020
Clubteam6:→ QUT Wildcats
Clubyears7:2021
Clubteam7:QUT Netball

Hulita Veve (born 14 September 1995), previously known as Hulita Haukinima, is a Tongan netball player. Haukinima was a member of the Queensland Firebirds team that won the 2016 ANZ Championship. She has also played for Queensland Fusion in the Australian Netball League and for Firebirds in Suncorp Super Netball. In 2014 she was captain of the Queensland under-19 team that won their Australian National Netball Championships tournament. In 2019 she captained the QUT Wildcats team that won the inaugural HART Sapphire Series title.

Early life, family and education

Haukinima was born-and-raised in Queensland. She grew up in the Beenleigh and Marsden suburbs of Logan City. She attended Marsden State School and Marsden State High School. While a member of the 2016 Queensland Firebirds ANZ Championship winning team, she worked as a childcare worker in Browns Plains.[1] [2] [3] [4] Haukinima is married to Jerome Veve and is the mother of two boys, Jakiah and Jeremiah.[5] [6] [7] Jerome is a United States rugby league international.[8]

Playing career

Queensland

Between 2011 and 2015, Haukinima represented Queensland at the Australian National Netball Championships at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. In 2014 she was captain of the under-19 team that finished as champions. In 2015 she was vice-captain of the under-21 team.[9] [10] [11] [12]

Queensland Fusion

Between 2014 and 2019, Haukinima played for Queensland Fusion in the Australian Netball League. In 2014 she was a member of the Fusion team that finished as runners up.[10] [11] [12] [13] In 2021, she was included squads for Fusion's successor team, Queensland Sapphires.[14] [15]

Queensland Firebirds

Haukinima has been a member of Queensland Firebirds squads since 2016. She made her ANZ Championship debut for Firebirds on 1 April 2016 in a Round 1 match against Mainland Tactix.[2] [3] [16] [17] She was subsequently a member of the Firebirds squad that won the 2016 ANZ Championship.[4] [16] [18] [19] [20] [21] She missed the 2017 season with the birth of her first child. Since 2018, now playing as Hulita Veve, she has served as a Firebirds training partner.[13] [16] [22] [23] Veve played one match in 2021, the Round 14 match against Melbourne Vixens.[16] [24] [25] [26]

Queensland state netball leagues

Veve has played for Brisbane South Wildcats/QUT Wildcats in both the Queensland State Netball League and the HART Sapphire Series. In 2019 she captained Wildcats when they won the inaugural HART Sapphire Series title.[27] [5] [28] [29] [30] She was subsequently awarded the Katie Walker Medal after being named the 2019 HART Sapphire Series MVP.[27] [6] [31] [32] She again played for Wildcats during the 2020 season.[33] In 2021 she switched to the new franchise, QUT Netball, and helped them reach the grand final which they lost to Brisbane North Cougars.[6] [16] [34]

Australia

In 2014 and 2015, Haukinima played for Netball Australia's Centre of Excellence team based out of the Australian Institute of Sport.[35] [36] [37] [38] In 2015 she played in a series of Netball World Cup warm-up matches against Scotland, Wales and Tasmanian Spirit. During the series she switched from her regular wing defence position and played primarily as a centre. She was subsequently named player-of-the-match in two of the three games.[1] [39]

Tonga

In June 2023 she was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup.[40] [41]

Honours

Queensland Firebirds
Queensland Fusion
Queensland
QUT Wildcats
QUT Netball
Individual Awards
YearAward
2015–16[42] City of Logan Sports Award Winners – Sportswoman
2019Katie Walker Medal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marsden's Hulita Haukinima takes centre stage, starring in Netball World Cup warm-ups. www.couriermail.com.au. 15 August 2015. 15 January 2022.
  2. Web site: It's all work, no play for Logan Queensland Firebirds player Hulita Haukinima. www.couriermail.com.au. 31 January 2016. 15 January 2022.
  3. Web site: ANZ Championship: Firebirds excited ahead of first game of title defence against Tactix. www.adelaidenow.com.au. The Courier-Mail. 28 March 2016. 17 January 2022.
  4. Web site: How does a Queensland Firebird celebrate the ANZ Championship victory?. www.couriermail.com.au. 2 August 2016. 17 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Hulita Vere: Vere reveals how family inspired her return to the QUT Wildcats. www.couriermail.com.au. 10 February 2020. 15 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Hulita Veve on balancing mum life with elite netball on QUT team. www.couriermail.com.au. 18 April 2021. 15 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Hulita Veve. firebirds.net.au. 16 January 2022.
  8. Web site: Jerome Veve. usarl.org. 20 January 2022.
  9. Web site: 2011 Netball Queensland Annual Report. Netball Queensland. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011140521/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2013/09/06203151/2011-Annual-Report.pdf. 11 October 2020. 12 August 2020.
  10. Web site: Netball Queensland – Annual Report 2014. Netball Queensland. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141852/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2013/09/06195720/Netball-Qld-Annual-Report-2014-E-version-complete.pdf. 12 October 2020. 2 September 2020.
  11. Web site: Friday to lead U21 netballers at national champs. www.couriermail.com.au. 23 February 2015. 23 May 2021.
  12. Web site: 2015 Netball Queensland Annual Report. Netball Queensland. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007193618/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2013/09/06195326/2015-Netball-Queensland-Annual-Report-1.pdf. 7 October 2020. 12 August 2020.
  13. Web site: Netball Queensland Annual Report 2020. qld.netball.com.au. 3 January 2022.
  14. Web site: High hopes set for Australian Championships as Queensland Sapphires announce squad. qld.netball.com.au. 29 July 2021. 26 December 2021.
  15. Web site: Exciting talent to light up the coast in Born to Shine series. qld.netball.com.au. 10 September 2021. 26 December 2021.
  16. Web site: Firebirds light up first training partner signings. www.theinnersanctum.com.au. 3 November 2021. 15 January 2022.
  17. Web site: Queensland Firebirds beat Mainland Tactix 70-55 in ANZ Championship opener. www.couriermail.com.au. 1 April 2016. 20 January 2022.
  18. Web site: Hulita Haukinima (L) of the Firebirds.... photoshelter.com. 11 June 2016. 15 January 2022.
  19. Web site: Steel extinguish Firebirds. www.rnz.co.nz. 11 June 2016. 15 January 2022.
  20. Web site: ANZ championship 2016 guide: Teams, tips, draw, TV, netball guns, player movement. www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 9 May 2016. 3 June 2021.
  21. Web site: Queensland Firebirds 69–67 New South Wales Swifts. mc.championdata.com. 31 July 2016. 11 June 2021.
  22. Web site: Round 1 Team Lists. supernetball.com.au. 31 July 2021. 17 January 2022.
  23. Web site: Firebirds announce 2021 Training Partners. supernetball.com.au. 14 January 2021. 17 January 2022.
  24. Web site: Super Netball Rd 14 - Vixens v Firebirds. www.gettyimages.co.uk. 4 August 2021. 15 January 2022.
  25. Web site: Firebirds edge Vixens in netball thriller. www.espn.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921101325/https://www.espn.co.uk/netball/story/_/id/31955073/queensland-firebirds-edge-melbourne-vixens-netball-thriller. 21 September 2021. 4 August 2021. 15 January 2022.
  26. Web site: Firebirds end season in style. supernetball.com.au. 4 August 2021. 17 January 2022.
  27. Web site: Hulita Veve. central.rookieme.com. 15 January 2022.
  28. Web site: Brisbane South Wildcats – Queensland State Netball League 2018. www.flickr.com. 29 August 2018. 17 January 2022.
  29. Web site: FINALS MATCH REPORT: Nailbiter as Cougars scrape home in tight win against QUT Wildcats. sapphireseries.com.au. 29 September 2019. 16 January 2022.
  30. Web site: Fairytale ending for QUT Wildcats with first grand final win. sapphireseries.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20200315200503/https://sapphireseries.com.au/fairytale-ending-for-qut-wildcats-with-first-grand-final-win/. 15 March 2020. 14 October 2019. 8 January 2022.
  31. Web site: Brisbane South Netball - Wildcats coaching positions 2020 . qld.netball.com.au. 5 February 2020. 16 January 2022.
  32. Web site: Queensland Firebirds re-name MV the Laura Geitz Medal . firebirds.net.au. 6 October 2019. 31 December 2021.
  33. Web site: Wildcats stand firm against Tigers. sapphireseries.com.au. 16 September 2020. 16 January 2022.
  34. Web site: Hulita Veve. sapphireseries.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20220109010327/https://sapphireseries.com.au/player/hulita-veve/. 9 January 2022. 15 January 2022.
  35. Web site: No room for ugly parents in netball. www.smh.com.au. 2 September 2014. 18 January 2022.
  36. Web site: SA netball making great strides. www.news24.com. 1 October 2014. 21 January 2022.
  37. Web site: Emily Mannix named vice-captain of netball Centre of Excellence team. melbournevixens.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301074742/https://melbournevixens.com.au/news/player-news/emily-mannix-named-vice-captain-of-netball-centre-of-excellence-team. 1 March 2021. 15 January 2022.
  38. Web site: Centre of Excellence team to tour Tasmania named. tas.netball.com.au. 3 July 2015. 21 January 2022.
  39. Web site: Crowds turn out in force. www.examiner.com.au. 30 July 2015. 21 January 2022.
  40. Web site: Strong Tonga National Netball Team for 2023 World Cup . Matangi Tonga . 17 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616141302/https://matangitonga.to/2023/06/17/strong-tonga-national-netball-team-2023-world-cup . 16 June 2023.
  41. Web site: Sporting royalty line up for Tonga world cup teams . RNZ . 15 June 2023 . 20 June 2023.
  42. Web site: City of Logan Sports Award Winners. www.logan.qld.gov.au. 15 January 2022.

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