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Jamaica was invited to compete at the 1959 West Indies Tournament held in August in Montserrat. [9] Since their debut international game in 1959, the Sunshine Girls have participated in every INF Netball World Cup, never finishing below sixth. Jamaica placed third in three World Championships – in 1991, 2003 and 2007. [1]
Nicole Alicia Aiken-Pinnock (née Aiken; born 11 December 1985) is a Jamaican netball player. Pinnock started playing international representative netball as early as 2004, [1] [2] although she made her senior debut in the Jamaica national team, the Sunshine Girls, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. [3]
She captained the Sunshine Girls at the Netball World Cups in 2019 [12] in England and 2023 in South Africa. In 2023 Fowler-Nembhard captained Jamaica to win Bronze at the World Cup in South Africa. [13] She scored 302/310 (97.4%) goals during the tournament [14] and was the only Jamaican named in the World Cup team of the Tournament. [15]
Romelda Aiken-George (néé Aiken) (born 19 November 1988) is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. [1] The 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in) shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships. [2]
The Jamaica national netball team, known as the Sunshine Girls, have participated in the Netball World Championships every year since their inception in 1963, finishing third in 1991, 2003 and 2007, and in the Commonwealth Games, earning the bronze medal in 2002, 2014 and 2018, followed by a silver in 2022.
Sunshine Coast Lightning: 98 Nicola Smith GK,GD 25 April 2000 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Southern Stings: 18 Jeanté Strydom: GD,WD 30 September 1996 (aged 26) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Gauteng Golden Fireballs: 0 Nicholé Taljaard: GA,WA 3 May 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Southern Stings: 17 Shadine van der Merwe
Red, white and blue baby names are a way to show your patriotism this 4th of July, and always! Consider options like Scarlett, Pearl and Lapis.
Simone Nagina Forbes (born 20 June 1981) is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball. [ 1 ] Forbes played netball with Jamaica U21 in 1998, before making her debut with the Jamaica national netball team the following year. [ 2 ]