The 2012 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2012 ANZ Championship. They were coached by Lisa Beehag, a former Australia international. During the 2011 season, Beehag had served as head coach of NNSW Blues in the Australian Netball League. During the regular season, Swifts finished in fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. They narrowly missed out on the playoffs after a 50–49 defeat to Northern Mystics in their final regular season match.
Players Player movements + Summary of 2012 player movements Gains Losses Kimberley Borger (NNSW Blues) Kristy Guthrie (NNSW Waratahs) Paige Hadley (NNSW Waratahs/AIS) April Letton (NNSW Waratahs/Queensland Firebirds) Samantha May (NNSW Waratahs) Joanna Sutton (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Gabi Simpson (NNSW Blues/AIS) Melissa Tallent (NNSW Waratahs) Ashleigh Brazill (West Coast Fever) Rebecca Bulley (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Catherine Cox (West Coast Fever) Kimberley Smith (retired) Courtney Tairi (Southern Steel)
Notes Kimberley Borger was named in the 2010 roster but withdrew due to injury.
2012 roster
Player milestones Kimberlee Green and Vanessa Ware celebrated ten consecutive seasons with Sydney Swifts/New South Wales Swifts. Ware subsequently played her 50th ANZ Championship match in Round 9 against Melbourne Vixens. Kimberly Borger, Paige Hadley, April Letton and Joanna Sutton all make their Swifts ANZ Championship debut in Round 1 against Adelaide Thunderbirds Susan Pratley scores her 1600th goal in Round 11 against West Coast Fever.
Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament On 2, 3 and 4 March, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the TECT Arena in Tauranga. For the first time since 2008, all ten ANZ Championship teams competed at the same tournament. The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. Teams within each pool played each other once and the winners qualified for the final. Swifts finished the tournament in 8th place.
7th/8th place play-off
Regular season Fixtures and results Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5 New South Wales Swifts received a bye. Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Final table
Statistics + As of 14 November 2012. Player Kimberly Borger 15 23 65.2 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 Carla Dziwoki 139 172 80.8 24 10 47 3 6 31 20 Mo'onia Gerrard 0 0 0 2 16 94 10 22 168 16 Kimberlee Green 0 0 0 123 0 78 6 16 108 26 Kristy Guthrie 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 8 2 Paige Hadley 0 0 0 20 0 12 1 3 16 4 April Letton 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 9 46 5 Samantha May 0 0 0 1 0 46 6 14 97 9 Sonia Mkoloma 0 0 0 0 17 14 19 47 186 11 Susan Pratley 347 405 85.7 47 13 36 4 5 33 35 Joanna Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 16 64 4 Vanessa Ware 0 0 0 94 0 140 5 5 30 40 Amorette Wild 111 138 80.4 33 2 82 2 6 30 14 Statistics key GS Goals scored A Assists I Intercepts GA Goal attempts R Rebounds D Deflections G% Goal percentage CPR Centre pass receives P Penalties = Competition leader T Turnovers conceded
Award winners Award WinnerQBE NSW Swifts MVPSusan Pratley NSW Swifts Members' Player of the YearKimberlee GreenNSW Swifts Players' Player of the YearApril Letton
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