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Jamaica national netball team
The Jamaica national netball team, commonly known as the Sunshine Girls, represent Jamaica in international netball competition. Netball is not only the number one women's sport in Jamaica but also the number one team sport in the island, based on World Rankings and recent history and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rules of the Sun - TRUE )〕 Netball receives full media coverage on television, radio and in newspapers but still does not get as much coverage as less successful team sports such as Football & Cricket.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Jamaicans.com )〕 Jamaica were coached by former representative Oberon Pitterson, and captained by midcourt veteran Nadine Bryan up to the end of 2013. However, a Technical Director (Jill McIntosh) and new coach (Minneth Reynolds), were appointed in early 2014. As of 9 September 2014, Jamaica are fourth in the INF World Rankings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】IFNA ">title=Current World Rankings )〕 While the senior Jamaican netball team is widely known as the Sunshine Girls, the Jamaican Fast 5 netball team is known as Jamaica Fast5 or the FAST5 Girls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Netball Jamaica - Upcoming Events FAST5 Netball World Series )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunshine Girls aim to replicate medal finish )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Netball Jamaica - Heartbreaking win and loss at Fast5 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Netball Jamaica - From dismal start to a blazing finish )〕
==History==
Netball started being played in Jamaican schools in 1909. In 1959, the Jamaica Netball Association was formed and affiliated with the West Indies Netball Board. A team representing Jamaica was invited to compete at the West Indies Tournament held in August that year in Montserrat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Origins of Netball )〕
Since their first international game in 1959, the Sunshine Girls have participated in every World Netball Championships, finishing no lower than sixth. Jamaica placed third in three World Championships – in 1991, 2003 and 2007.〔 They have played in all four Commonwealth Games netball events to date, winning a bronze medal in 2002 in Manchester and 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Glasgow 2014 - Netball )〕 Jamaica also won a silver medal in the inaugural World Netball Series tournament in 2009.
In 2011, former Jamaican captain Oberon Pitterson was appointed the new head coach for the Sunshine Girls at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore. Longstanding captain Simone Forbes did not attend the World Championships after testing positive the banned substance Clomiphene and was replaced by Nadine Bryan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bryan named captain of Sunshine Girls - Sport )〕 Forbes subsequently retired, ending her illustrious career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Forbes Retires From The Sunshine Girls - RJR News - Jamaican News Online )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The many sides of Simone Forbes )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Byfield only casualty of WNC disaster - Sport - Jamaica Observer Mobile )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Simone Forbes picks up 3-month ban - Sport )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Topic: Former netball captain Simone Forbes banned - Netball Scoop )〕 After failing to medal in 2011, some of the experienced players on the squad decided to take a break from the national team, while Althea Byfield chose to retire, as they had grown disgruntled with embattled coach Pitterson.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exodus Of Senior Netballers Hurting The Sport - RJR News - Jamaican News Online )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sports Jamaica:: End Of The Road?... Senior Netballers Reportedly Considering Retirement :: Netball )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunshine Girls targeting gold at Commonweath Games )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Topic: JAMAICA COMM GAMES TEAM 2014 - Netball Scoop )〕 Malysha Kelly & Romelda Aiken took over co-captaining duties at the 2013 Fast5 tournament and Kelly continued to captain the team in the first half of 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aiken, Fowler head strong FAST5 squad - Sport - Jamaica Star - October 1, 2013 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aiken, Kelly Lead Sunshine Girls Into Fast5 World Series - RJR News - Jamaican News Online )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Netball Weekly Round Up 10th January 2014 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunshine Girls off to Fast5 Champs )〕 Nicole Aiken-Pinnock took over as captain ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also captained them at the 2015 Netball World Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamaica's Netball World Cup Team 2015 - Sport )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamaica's Netball World Cup Team 2015 - Netball )〕
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