Thursday, 28 July 2011
WITH just days until registrations open for the 2011 Firebirds Camp, Mission Queensland Firebird and shooting sensation Romelda Aiken along with top defender Keirra Trompf have signed up as the ambassadors for the camp.
Registrations open on August 1 at 9am and spots are expected to fill quickly.
Netball Queensland Participation Coordinator Ann-Marie Geary said the Firebirds Camp was the...
Thursday, 28 July 2011
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Ameliaranne Wells, Jacqui Russell and Candice Adams are planning to take the court this weekend with Queensland Fusion for Round One of the Australian Netball League.
After a successful season with the Firebirds, the trio will be able to bring a winning attitude to the team and help Queensland replicate what the Firebirds did in 2011.
Queensland Fusion will...
Monday, 18 July 2011
DARLING DOWNS residents were some of the first in Australia to purchase Laura Geitz’s latest range of sporting apparel.
The Mission Queensland Firebird and Australian Diamond officially launched her latest range of clothing at the Toowoomba Netball Association on Saturday, July 16 and then was selling the range the following day at the Lockyer Valley Netball Association for the...
Monday, 11 July 2011
OUR Mission Queensland Firebirds simply shone in the Grand Final match of the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championships taking the match 58-57 in overtime.
Player-of-the-match Natalie Medhurst was cool under immense pressure, stepping up when needed throughout the nail-biting match against the Silver Ferns.
Meanwhile Chelsea Pitman’s appearance in the second quarter and Laura...
Thursday, 7 July 2011
MISSION Queensland Firebird Laura Geitz had her work cut out for her against the towering 206 centimetre Sri Lankan shooter Tharjini Sivalingam in the Australian Diamonds final pool match in the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championships.
At the other end of the court, Natalie Medhurst shot at 100 per cent in the first half netting 24 out of 24 goals.
Their 97-20 victory over Sri...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
ALL three Mission Queensland Firebirds again took the court in the Australian Diamonds second pool match against Northern Ireland yesterday.
Maintaining their perfect start, the Diamonds defeated Northern Ireland 75-33 again trialling new combinations.
Natalie Medhurst took the court at half time shooting at an impressive 94 per cent throughout the half missing only one goal.
With the...
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
ALL three Mission Queensland Firebirds who form part of the Australian Diamonds took the court in the Aussies first game of the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championship.
In the match against Samoa at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Monday the Diamonds had a convincing win with the final score 81-23.
The Diamonds showed their versatility as coach Norma Plummer made wholesale changes...
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
WHILE the World Netball Championships provide a memorable experience for netballers around the world, it should hold a special place in the heart of Mission Queensland Firebird Romelda Aiken.
Four years ago, the then 18-year-old Aiken was one of the youngest members of the Jamaican Sunshine Girls.
It was 2007 and it was when the world first saw what Aiken could do. She had been earlier...
Thursday, 30 June 2011
AS far as fans go, you can’t get much more dedicated than twelve-year-old Grace.
The young netballer idolises the Mission Queensland Firebirds and is determined to one day be part of the team.
Already a talented netballer, Grace plays representative netball with Pine Rivers Netball Association and club netball with ACE.
She knows the road to becoming an elite athlete is tough,...
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
EXCITMENT is setting in for Mission Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst and Chelsea Pitman as they prepare for the 2011 World Netball Championships.
The trio who are playing with the Australian Diamonds have arrived in Singapore following a four-day training camp in Hong Kong.
Despite an intense training schedule, the athletes have had plenty of time for shopping.
Laura...
Monday, 27 June 2011
MISSION Queensland Firebirds Amy Steel and Clare McMeniman are set to return home to Queensland following the conclusion of the Diamonds four-day training camp in Hong Kong.
Steel and McMeniman had joined the Diamonds as training partners as they prepare for the 2011 Mission Foods World Netball Championships.
Fellow Firebirds Laura Geitz, Natalie Medhurst and Chelsea Pitman have arrived...
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
SHE may be the youngest Diamond on the tour, but Mission Queensland Firebird Chelsea Pitman is proving she is mature beyond her years...both on and off the court.
Part of being the youngest member of the Australian Diamonds, Chelsea has been put in charge of looking after the team mascot – Thumper, a toy kangaroo.
Thumper, a slightly bedraggled furry kangaroo, is traditionally given...
Thursday, 16 June 2011
IT will be a case of mate against mate when Mission Queensland Firebirds team mates Ameliaranne Wells and Candice Adams go head-to-head in the Minor Semi Final of the Holden Cruze Cup this weekend.
Wells will don the Yellow Cab Lions colours, while Adams will take to the court shooting for the Golden South Jaguars at the State Netball Centre.
While the girls will be playing at...
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
ALTHOUGH she has already achieved a lot since the Mission Queensland Firebirds Grand Final win last month, the baby of the team Ameliaranne Wells said their record-breaking win was still sinking in.
“It’s only just starting to sink in how amazing it really was and how it has never been done before,” she said.
Since the Grand Final things are only just starting to ramp up...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
MISSION Queensland Firebird Keirra Trompf has been honoured by her local community and has been named as the monthly winner of in the Sunshine Coast Sport Star of the Year Competition.
Keirra won the senior category for her role with the Mission Queensland Firebirds, helping them achieve an undefeated season and making history.
Keirra said she was honoured to receive the award.
...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
THE Australian 21/U team finished up the Test Series against New Zealand with three wins from three.
But the team are still stuck in New Zealand waiting to get a flight out, after Volcano Ash grounding the team.
Mission Queensland Firebird and Australian 21/U player Ameliaranne Wells has been blogging from the tour...read her last instalment here.
“Well we were all preparing for...
Monday, 13 June 2011
THE Australian 21/U Team has just one game left to play against New Zealand and the teams are locked at one game each.
Read Mission Queensland Firebird, Ameliaranne Wells third blog.
“Well we have now played our second game and pulled together for a win.
It was a fight to the very end but the girls pulled through. I had to sit this on the sideline though from a cork I got during...
Friday, 10 June 2011
MISSION Queensland Firebird Chelsea Pitman simply dazzled in her Australian Diamonds debut on Thursday night.
The centre court player was brought in at half time when the Diamonds were behind 29-25 to the Silver Ferns in the first Trans Tasman Test.
According to coach Norma Plummer Pitman opened up the attack end for the team and delivered the ball really well.
“The calmness in...
Thursday, 9 June 2011
After the Australian 21/U Teams dissapointing loss to the New Zealand side after their first of three tests, Mission Queensland Firebird, Ameliaranne Wells is not giving up hope for tonight's game, which is the curtain raiser for the Diamonds and Silver Ferns match.
Read the second blog from the star shooter in the Australian 21/U side.
"The day after our first match we were all a...
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
DESPITE shooting at 100 per cent for the first half of the game against New Zealand, Mission Queensland Firebird Ameliaranne Wells and her fellow Australian 21/U team mates could not deliver a win for the Aussies.
In the opening fixture of a three-Test series against New Zealand, the Australians went down 52-44 at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on Tuesday night.
Wells was shooting...
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