Friday, 3 September 2010
NEXT weekend Clare McMeniman will be taking part in the inaugural Walk With Me Event.
The event on September 12 raises money for MontroseAccess, a charity Clare is an ambassador for.
Clare along with clients, supporters, staff and neighbours of MontroseAccess will be walking around the streets of Corinda to raise awareness and fundraise for their in-home and out-of-home respite services....read more
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds and Diamonds players Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst and Lauren Nourse are getting ready for their second test against the Silver Ferns tomorrow night.
Thursday’s match will be the first for the group of 12 Diamonds who will travel to Dehli for the Commonwealth Games in October.
The Diamonds are in Wellington now preparing for the game, before travelling...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
THE Mission Queensland Firebirds will be welcoming back all five of their star international players in the 2011 season.
2010 Diamonds members Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst, Lauren Nourse and Amy Steel will join Jamaican shooting sensation Romelda Aiken to help lead the Mission Queensland Firebirds to victory in the 2011 season.
All five players have been making headlines in recent weeks...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
AFTER a successful season with the Mission Queensland Firebirds, mid-courter Sarah Wall has decided to return home to Victoria.
Wall who quickly made her mark in the ANZ Championships during the 2010 season with the Mission Queensland Firebirds under the guidance of coach Roselee Jencke said the decision not to return to Queensland was hard.
Following her injury in Round 11 in the ANZ...
Monday, 30 August 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Lauren Nourse and Natalie Medhurst have been announced in Norma Plummer’s Dehli Dozen and will form the team that will represent Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The team was announced this morning following the Diamonds securing a world number one ranking after defeating New Zealand’s Silver Ferns in the first of three test...
Friday, 27 August 2010
SUNDAY’S three-test opener against New Zealand will be the last chance Mission Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Lauren Nourse, Natalie Medhurst and Amy Steel will have to impress selectors in the final selection trial for Australia’s Commonwealth Games team.
With a team list still not announced on Friday, it is not known if all four Firebirds will take to the court as Australian...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
EVER wonder what it’s like for the Mission Queensland Firebirds when they go into training camp? Get the experience yourself with the ANZ FireUp! Camp.
This three-day camp offers the ultimate netball experience for keen netballers who want to get a taste for what the Mission Queensland Firebirds players go through to compete in the ANZ Championships.
Featuring specialized coaching...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
TUNE into Totally Wild on Channel 10 at 8am on Friday, August 20 to see netballers from Metropolitan Districts Netball Association (MDNA) in action.
In June the team from Totally Wild made a visit to the association to film a segment with 40 participants from the NetSetGO! Program and the segment will go to air this week.
The young athletes were joined by nine representative netballers as...
Monday, 16 August 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst, Lauren Nourse and Amy Steel all took the court in the Australian Netball Diamonds final game against Jamaican Sunshine Girls in the Holden Test Series.
The two Firebird defenders Geitz and Steel made it hard for fellow Firebird and Sunshine Girl Romelda Aiken in the circle, but at the other end of the court, Aiken’s sister...
Monday, 9 August 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst and Lauren Nourse were just three of the Australian Diamonds who helped open the Holden Netball Test Series with a bang.
The three Firebirds all put in four fantastic quarters against fellow team mate and Jamaican Sunshine Girl Romelda Aiken to deliver an impressive 59-38 win in Melbourne on the weekend.
In true Aiken style, the...
Monday, 9 August 2010
WHEN Sarah Wall’s season ended due to an injury sustained in Round 11 of the ANZ Championships, the Mission Queensland Firebird was devastated.
But she was not the only one upset; legions of fans of the talented netballer were also devastated at the heart-breaking news their favourite netballer had received.
One group of young netballers from Lakers Netball Club in Forest Lake...
Friday, 6 August 2010
AUSTRALIAN Netball Diamond and Mission Queensland Firebird Laura Geitz is set to share her skills with young netballers as part of the Laura Geitz Netball Clinics.
Laura will be joined by her fellow Queensland netball stars to provide six clinics in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast in the September School Holidays.
Participants will have a chance to pick up tips and learn some...
Friday, 6 August 2010
IT WILL be mate against mate when the Diamonds and Jamaican Sunshine Girls meet for the first game of the Holden Test Series this weekend.
Mission Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst, Lauren Nourse and Amy Steel are part of the Diamond squad who will come up against the Sunshine Girls and fellow team mate Romelda Aiken.
There is the potential that both Geitz and Steel will...
Thursday, 5 August 2010
IN order to succeed on and off the court, the Mission Queensland Firebirds know the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
That’s why Firebirds Clare McMeniman, Laura Scherian and Sophie Croft will be at the Queensland Health Ekka display this year to teach kids how to get more active. Queensland Health is a major sponsor of the Mission Queensland Firebirds.
The Queensland Health...
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Sophie Croft and Jacqui Russell were special guests at the recent launch of MOVE Sports Australia Magazine.
It seemed fitting that the elite netballers were part of the launch of MOVE, a dedicated sports magazine for women.
Featuring stories about inspirational women in sport, the magazine is sure to fill the gap in the market for all sports fans thirsty for...
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
AFTER a season of being mentored by the more senior members of the Mission Queensland Firebirds, the tables have now turned with three of the younger members of the team turning into mentors themselves.
Laura Scherian, Jacqui Russell and Sophie Croft have all been named in the 2010 Queensland Fusion team and will help mentor young up and coming netballers.
Jacqui Russell talks about her...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
AFTER a season of being mentored by the more senior members of the Mission Queensland Firebirds, the tables have now turned with three of the younger members of the team turning into mentors themselves.
Laura Scherian, Jacqui Russell and Sophie Croft have all been named in the 2010 Queensland Fusion team and will help mentor young up and coming netballers.
Sophie Croft talks about her...
Monday, 26 July 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Lauren Nourse, Natalie Medhurst and Amy Steel have all made their mark on Diamonds coach Norma Plummer and have been named in the Diamonds 15-player squad.
It has been a grueling five-day camp at the Australian Institute of Sport, but the tenacity of the four Firebirds has payed off and they are in line to represent their country in the upcoming...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
CLARE McMeniman won’t be lacing up her Asics for a netball game on September 12, but for charity. As an Ambassador for MontroseAccess Clare is taking part in their inaugural Walk With Me event.
Clare along with clients, supporters, staff and neighbours of MontroseAccess will be walking around the streets of Corinda to raise awareness and fundraise for their in-home and out-of-home...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst, Lauren Nourse and Amy Steel will head into camp at the Australian Institute of Sport today in the first steps of the Diamonds road to Delhi.
They will join 18 other players from the squad at the camp where Norma Plummer will keep a watchful eye over her Diamonds in the coming days with the coach to name a 15-player squad after the...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
THE trio of winners from Friday nights Mission Queensland Firebirds Celebration Dinner all hail from Queensland and epitomise what it means to be a Mission Queensland Firebird.
While every member of the Mission Queensland Firebirds stands out and works extremely well with their team mates, Laura Geitz, Clare McMeniman and Keirra Trompf are the stars of 2010, the players who have stood out...