Jade Clarke
| Jade Clarke | |||||||||||||||
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 Jade Clarke in 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born |
17 October 1983 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Ashley Hall (née Clarke) | ||||||||||||||
| Netball career | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): WD, C, WA | |||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 15 October 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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Jade Clarke (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. During her international career, she has competed at two Netball World Championships (2003 and 2007), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series.[2] Clarke plays domestic netball in the Netball Superleague, having played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10.[3] In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz.[4][5]
In 2011 she was named as the captain of England, after the retirement of Karen Atkinson after the 2011 Netball World Championships. She captained them to a first ever gold medal in the 2011 World Netball Series. In 2012 she signed on to play for the NZ Franchise, Northern Mystics for the ANZ Championships. She signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2013 season. After 2 seasons with the Canterbury Tactix Clarke signed with the Sydney based NSW Swifts signing as their import player. On the 21st September, 2014, Clarke was inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame. [6] In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning.[7] On the 20th February, 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds.[8]
Personal life
Jade Clarke was born in 1983 in Manchester and later studied Sports Science at Loughborough University.[1]
ANZ Championship accolades
- 2014 Mainland Tactix Members' Player of the Year
- 2013 Tactix Player of the Year
National Representation
- 2003-2014 England Netball Team
- 2014 England Netball Captain
Netball Career Facts
- Inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame
- 2014 England Commonwealth Games Netball Team Captain
- 2011 World Netball Championship Bronze Medal with England
- 2011 FastNet World Netball Series Gold Medal with England (as Captain)
- 2006, 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal with England
References
- 1 2 "2006 Commonwealth Games profile". Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ 2009 England Netball profile. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ "Northern Thunder sign Bayman & Clarke". Daily Express. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Pegden, Evan (5 June 2010). "Jade Clarke crossing the chasm". Waikato Times. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Johannsen, Dana (5 June 2010). "Late Magic signing ends speculation". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ "Clarke inducted into England Netball Hall of Fame". NSW Swifts. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Loughborough sign England's Clarke". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ "Jade Clarke to leave Loughborough Lightning for Adelaide Thunderbirds". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 2016-02-24.