SUNSHINE GIRLS BATTLE BARBADOS

Photo: Sunshine Girl – Shamera Sterling

The Sunshine Girls will be play a three-game friendly series against their Caribbean compatriots, Barbados from June 20-22 at GC Foster College.  Both teams will be using the series to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland in July 2014.

The three-game series will be played over the weekend of June 20, 21, and 22 at the GC Foster College.  The Friday match is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. with the matches on the 21^st and 22^nd to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Technical Director, Jill McIntosh, said “the Sunshine Girls squad is really looking forward to the opportunity to play Barbados.  It will provide us with some much needed match-play as some difficult decisions need to be made before the final 12 players to contest the Commonwealth Games is announced on 2^nd July.  We would like to thank Barbados who took up the invitation to play the matches at very short notice.”

Jhaniele Fowler-Reid who plays professionally in New Zealand and continues to impress and set records in the ANZ Championships will be home to contest the series.  She was recently named at #3 on the top 10 netball players in the world list.

At the Commonwealth Games, Jamaica is drawn in pool A with New Zealand, Malawi, Scotland, Northern Ireland and St. Lucia with the first match on July 24^th vs. St. Lucia.

The Sunshine Girls squad is comprised of: Nicole Aiken-Pinnock; Romelda Aiken; Shanice Beckford; Nicole Dixon; Jhaniele Fowler-Reid; Thristina Harwood, Shantal Slater, Deneen Taylor, Sasher-Gaye Henry; Patricia McCalla; Paula Thompson; Khadijah Williams; Kasey Evering; Stacian Facey; Malysha Kelly; Kadene Marshall;; Shamera Sterling; Vangelee Williams.