Canberra Darters

Canberra Darters are a former Australian netball team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The team was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. Between 2003 and 2007 they played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy as AIS Canberra Darters. The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Darters were the Netball ACT team in the ANL between 2008 and 2016. In 2017 they were replaced in the ANL by Canberra Giants.

Canberra Darters

Founded	2003 2022
Disbanded	2016
Based in	Canberra
Region	Australian Capital Territory
Home venue	AIS Arena SolarHub ACT Netball Centre
League	Commonwealth Bank Trophy Australian Netball League
Uniform Uniform

History

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

AIS Canberra Darters was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. They subsequently entered a combined team in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They joined the competition in 2003, replacing Adelaide Ravens. They continued to play in this competition until its demise in 2007. Their best performance came in 2004 when they finished 5th.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Regular season stats

Season	Position	Won	Lost	Drawn
2003[1][9]	6th	5	9	0
2004[4][5][9]	5th	4	10	0
2005[6][7][10]	7th	2	12	0
2006[10][11]	8th	0	14	0
2007[8][12]	8th	1	13	0

Australian Netball League

The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League with the Netball ACT team continuing to use the Canberra Darters name. Darters played in the ANL between 2008 and 2016. In 2017 they were replaced in the ANL by Canberra Giants.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Regular season stats

Season	Position
2008
2009[13]	9th
2010
2011
2012
2013	11th
2014[16]	9th
2015[17]	7th
2016[18]	6th

Home venues

Darters played their home games at the AIS Arena and the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre.^[15][20]

Notable former players

Internationals

 Australia

Natalie Avellino Kate Beveridge Rebecca Bulley Carla Dziwoki Susan Fuhrmann Laura Geitz

Kimberlee Green Sharni Layton Caitlyn Nevins Lauren Nourse Susan Pratley

 Scotland

• Hayley Mulheron
• Fiona Themann

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Karyn Bailey Emily Beaton Kirby Bentley Kate Beveridge Rebecca Bulley Carla Dziwoki Mandy Edwards

Bianca Franklin Susan Fuhrmann Laura Geitz Kimberlee Green Josie Janz-Dawson Jasmine Keene Emma Koster

Janelle Lawson Sharni Layton Samantha May Clare McMeniman Kirby Mutton Chelsey Nash Lauren Nourse

Susan Pratley Bianca Reddy Laura Scherian Leah Shoard Joanna Sutton Brooke Thompson

Source:^{[1][4][5][6][7][8]}

Australian Netball League

• Jasmine Keene
• Hayley Mulheron
• Caitlyn Strachan
• Fiona Themann

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Norma Plummer[1]	2003
Michelle Wilkins[1][4][6]	2003–2005
Brenda Scherian[11]	2006
Simone McKinnis[8]	2007
Melinda Clarke[16][17][18][21]	2010–2016
Marji Parr	2022-