West Coast Fever

The West Coast Fever is an Australian netball team based in Perth which competes in the Suncorp Super Netball league. The team previously competed in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was one of the foundation teams of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, formerly the premier domestic league in Australia. They contested every year of the tournament, from 1997–2007, as the Perth Orioles. When the Commonwealth Bank Trophy was retired after 2007, the Orioles were one of five Australian franchises included in the new ANZ Championship. The team was rebranded before the start of the new league's inaugural season, becoming the "West Coast Fever".

West Coast Fever
Founded1997
Based inPerth
RegionsWestern Australia
Home venueRAC Arena (14,846)
Head coachStacey Marinkovich
CaptainCourtney Bruce
LeagueSuncorp Super Netball
2019 placing6th

The Fever play home games at the RAC Arena, having ceased sharing home games with HBF Stadium in 2018. The team uniform is primarily black with green and red. The Fever have historically been one of the lower-ranked teams in the domestic competition. They have featured in one Grand Final, losing that match to Sunshine Coast Lightning in 2018.

History

Perth Orioles
CBT-era logo

The Perth Orioles were one of the founding teams of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, and Western Australia's only team in the national competition. The Orioles were coached by Sue Gaudion and captained by Stacey Rosman. The team colours were lime green, black and orange.

Despite being one of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy's founding clubs, the Orioles perennially struggled in the competition. They never finished higher than sixth in the competition's 11 seasons and finished last four times. The team was nearly axed in 2001 when the decision was made to add the AIS Canberra Darters, but survived after an outcry from the state netball community, with the Adelaide Ravens (then one of two teams from that city) being cut instead.

2006 was another middling year for the Perth girls. They had a great start to the season, unveiling new star shooter Caitlin Bassett to replace players that departed for the Australian Institute of Sport. Part way through the season a horrible injury to Jessica Shynn put her in the operating room, and Bassett lost her confidence and composure, seeing an important drop in accuracy. After looking like making the finals, they finished sixth.[1]

West Coast Fever

The ANZ Championship was founded in 2007 as the new elite domestic netball competition in Australia and New Zealand. It replaced the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in Australia and the National Bank Cup in New Zealand, which both played their final season in 2007. When the new trans-Tasman competition was announced, the competition was reported to feature five teams from each country. For the new competition, five Australian franchises were formed from amalgamations of Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams, which would contest the inaugural competition in 2008.

The deadline for expressions of interests for Australian franchises was 10 April 2007.[2] In March 2007, Netball Australia chief executive Kate Palmer said that the preferred model was for one team each from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.[3] In April this was confirmed as the composition of the league's Australian teams, with the announcement of the franchises on 10 May.[4]

After conducting market research, Netball WA decided to rebrand the club, changing the team's name, logo and colours. On 8 November, Netball WA CEO Lisa Braddock announced information about the new club, which had been renamed as the "West Coast Fever", with a new logo and franchise colours. Sue Gaudion was retained as coach, and the squad for the inaugural season included two English players.[4] However, the 2008 season saw the Fever win only one game in the round-robin stage, with a draw against the Central Pulse. After the 2008 season, Sue Gaudion was replaced by Jane Searle as head coach. At the end of the 2014, Norma Plummer was replaced as coach by former Fever captain Stacey Marinkovich. In 2015, Fever went undefeated for the first nine rounds, and made the finals for the first time. They lost to the NSW Swifts in the Elimination Final in Sydney.[5]

Courtney Bruce was appointed captain of the team ahead of the 2018 season.[6] The season proved to be the best in the club's history, as Jamaican import Jhaniele Fowler scored a record number of goals to help the team finish the regular season in second place. The Fever won their first final in club history, defeating the Giants in Sydney to qualify for a home Grand Final. In that Final, the Fever lost by 3 goals to Sunshine Coast Lightning before a record domestic league crowd of 13,722 at Perth Arena.[7]

Captains

The following is a list of Perth Orioles/West Coast Fever captains:[1][5]

  • Waveney Seinor (1997, 1998-99 co-captain, 2001 co-captain)
  • Sally Ironmonger (1998 co-captain)
  • Julie-Ann Sloan (1999 co-captain)
  • Catherine Cox (2000-01 co-captain, 2012–13)
  • Joely Riding (2000 co-captain)
  • Samantha Andrews (2002–04)
  • Samantha Lee (nee Andrews) (2005)
  • Helen Aravidis (2006 co-captain)
  • Kodie Blay (2006 co-captain)
  • Stacey Marinkovich (2006 co-captain, 2007–08, 2009 co-captain)
  • Johannah Curran (2009 co-captain, 2010–11)
  • Natalie Medhurst (2014, 2017)
  • Ashleigh Brazill (2015–16)
  • Courtney Bruce (2018–present)

Players
2020 West Coast Fever roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
Jessica Anstiss WD, C 20 November 1996 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Courtney Bruce (c) GK, GD 8 December 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Verity Charles C, WA 19 May 1991 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ingrid Colyer WA, C 27 October 1993 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Shannon Eagland GD, WD, GK, C 16 May 1990 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Jhaniele Fowler GS 21 July 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Stacey Francis (vc) GD, WD, GK 1 January 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Olivia Lewis GK, GD, 29 April 1999 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Kaylia Stanton GS, GA 17 May 1994 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Alice Teague-Neeld GA, GS 2 March 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Head coach


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 17/09/2019

Notable past players (Fever)

Past coaches (Fever)
  • Gaye Teede (1999-2002)
  • Sue Gaudion (2008)
  • Jane Searle (2009–2011)
  • Norma Plummer (2012-2014)
  • Stacey Marinkovich (2015–present)

Competitive record

Commonwealth Bank Trophy
Season Standings Regular season Finals Head coach
W D L
Perth Orioles
1997 6th 5 0 9 Did not qualify Di McDonald
1998 8th 1 0 13 Did not qualify Di McDonald
1999 7th 3 0 11 Did not qualify Gaye Teede
2000 6th 5 0 9 Did not qualify Gaye Teede
2001 7th 3 0 11 Did not qualify Gaye Teede
2002 8th 0 0 14 Did not qualify Gaye Teede
2003 8th 1 0 13 Did not qualify Carol Byers
2004 8th 2 0 12 Did not qualify Carol Byers
2005 6th 4 0 10 Did not qualify Carol Byers
2006 6th 5 0 9 Did not qualify Carol Byers
2007 7th 3 0 11 Did not qualify Sue Gaudion
Regular season 32 0 122 0 Minor Premierships
Finals 0 – 0 0 Commonwealth Bank Trophies

ANZ Championship
Season Standings Regular season Finals Head coach
W D L
West Coast Fever
2008 9th 2 1 10 Did not qualify Sue Gaudion
2009 7th 5 0 8 Did not qualify Jane Searle
2010 8th 4 0 9 Did not qualify Jane Searle
2011 9th 3 0 10 Did not qualify Jane Searle
2012 8th 3 0 10 Did not qualify Norma Plummer
2013 7th 5 0 8 Did not qualify Norma Plummer
2014 9th 4 0 9 Did not qualify Norma Plummer
2015 3rd 9 1 3 Lost Elimination Final (New South Wales, 53–60) Stacey Rosman
2016 5th 7 0 6 Did not qualify Stacey Rosman
Regular season 42 2 73 0 Minor Premierships
Finals 0 – 1 0 ANZ Championship titles

Suncorp Super Netball
Season Standings Regular season Finals Head coach
W D L
West Coast Fever
2017 7th 2 0 12 DNQ Stacey Marinkovich
2018 2nd 10 0 4 Won Semi Final (Giants, 63–57)
Lost Grand Final (Lightning, 59–62)		 Stacey Marinkovich
2019 6th 2 3 9 DNQ Stacey Marinkovich
Regular season 14 3 25 0 Minor Premierships
Finals 1 0 1 0 Super Netball titles

Identity

Name and colours

The West Coast Fever are the rebranded Perth Orioles team from the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. The renaming of the club was an endeavour to become "truly a West Australian club, moving away from the 'Perth' designation". The Fever also have a new logo, comprising black, red and green. "The colour black represents the sharpness and strength of West Coast Fever, red denotes the fire and passion West Coast Fever embodies, and green reflects the dynamic youthfulness of our female athletes."[8] The Fever also maintain the Orioles' partnership with Australian Football League club the West Coast Eagles.

Venues

The Fever played home matches at the 4,500 capacity Perth Superdrome since its inception through to 2017. In 2013 the club began playing some matches at the newly constructed 13,500 capacity Perth Arena, known commercially as RAC Arena. In 2018 the club ceased splitting matches between the two venues and elected to play all matches at Perth Arena.

Western Sting
Main article: Western Sting

Western Sting are the reserve team of West Coast Fever. They play in the Australian Netball League. They were ANL champions in 2017. [9][10][11][12]

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References
  1. "Perth Orioles History". West Coast Fever. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018.
  2. Australian Associated Press (12 March 2007). "Trans-Tasman netball tournament in 2008". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  3. Australian Associated Press (13 March 2007). "Game enters new era with trans-Tasman trophy". The Age. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  4. "West Coast Fever: History". West Coast Fever. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  5. "West Coast Fever History". West Coast Fever. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018.
  6. "Captain Courtney To Lead Fever". Suncorp Super Netball. 1 April 2018.
  7. "Lightning Strikes Twice". Suncorp Super Netball. 26 August 2018.
  8. "West Coast Fever new name of WA's netball championship side". PerthNow. 7 November 2007.
  9. "Western Sting". Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. "Western Sting crowned ANL champions". netball.com.au. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  11. "Historic ANL Title for Western Sting". wais.org.au. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. "2017 Netball Western Australia Annual Report" (PDF). wa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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