Trinidad and Tobago national netball team
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The Trinidad and Tobago national netball team, known as the Calypso Girls, represent Trinidad and Tobago in international netball. The Caribbean team competed at the first World Netball Championships in 1963, and are the only nation outside of Australia and New Zealand to have won a World Championship (in 1979). Throughout the mid-1970s and 1980s the Calypso Girls were a dominant force in international netball, but since the early 1990s the team have become less competitive.[1][2]
Quick Facts Nickname(s), Association ...
Nickname(s) | Calypso Girls | |
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Association | Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association | |
Confederation | AFNA (Americas) | |
Head coach | Wesley “Pepe” Gomes | |
Asst coach | Grace Parkinson Griffith | |
Manager | Carol Gittens | |
Captain | Joelisa Cooper | |
Top scorer | Samuel McCready | |
World ranking | 11 | |
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Netball World Cup | ||
Appearances | 15 | |
2023 placing | 12th | |
Best result | Joint 1st (1979) | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
Appearances | 3 | |
2022 placing | 11th | |
Best result | 8th (2010) |
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