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North
Qld, in light blue, were too strong for ACT in dark blue
and red.
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Photos:
PTE Shannon Joyce
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Finals
action between ACT and North QLD (light blue). North Qld
took the title 39-25.
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Photos:
PTE Shannon Joyce
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ACT
(dark blue and red) couldn’t match the might of SE Qld,
going down 26-32.
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By
PTE John Wellfare
North
Queensland turned the tables on their rivals last month taking
out the Women’s title at the National ADF Netball Championships
in Brisbane.
Traditional wooden-spooners, North Queensland played strongly
throughout the competition to defeat ACT in the final 39-25.
In the biggest Defence netball carnival of all time, neither
sex nor service could divide pure teamwork as the men’s, women’s
and mixed services teams from across the nation stepped and
dodged through a round-robin competition, representing their
states and vying for places in the national sides.
Teams from Queensland, Victoria, NSW, ACT, NT, and South Australia
travelled to Brisbane to compete in the five-day tournament.
In the mixed final, the hosting South-East Queensland side was
defeated 31-20, the male members of the team putting the loss
to the back of their minds and refocusing on their men’s final
against ACT, only 10 minutes away.
Taking the court for the men’s final, South-East Queensland
came out firing to
defeat a determined ACT side, 32-26.
A selected All-Star female netball side will play at the International
Arafura Games in Darwin next year while a mens and mixed teamswill
play in the All Australia Carnival in Melbourne over the Easter
weekend.
The teams are:
Women
LCPL Joanne Morgan-French
CAPT Erica Rayward
SGT Paula Vetter
PTE Megan Walker
PTE Kirsty O’Toole
LT Sarah Reynolds and FLGOFF Georgia Wilmore
Men
ABCIS
Grant Malouf
SIG Adam Lehane
CPL Anthony Doherty
CPL Lucas Patterson
PTE Dan Irwin
CPL Craig Howe and PTE Chris Sinden
Mixed
PTE Kate McLoughlin
SMN James Lee
LEUT Kylie Stollz,
LAC Edmar Scott,
CPL Rosalind O’Brien
PTE Keith Johnson and CAPT Michell Wynn
