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{{Short description|Girls' netball team}}
{{Netball team
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| country = Trinidad and Tobago
| image = Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
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| nickname = The Calypso Girls
| founded = 1963
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| region = Americas
| nickname = Calypso Girls
| association = Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association
| ground =
| confederation = [[Americas Federation of Netball Associations|AFNA]] ([[Netball in the Americas|Americas]])
| capacity =
| coach = Wesley “Pepe” Gomes
| chairman =
| ceo =
| asst coach = Grace Parkinson Griffith
| manager = Carol Gittens
| captain = Rhonda John-Davis
| coach = Grace Parkinson-Griffith
| captain = Joelisa Cooper
| top scorer =
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| top scorer = [[Samuel McCready]]
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| rank = 11 {{steady}}
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| WNC apps = 15
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| WNC prev = 2023
| WNC recent = 12th
| WNC best = Joint 1st ([[1979 World Netball Championships|1979]])
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| CWG recent = 11th
| CWG best = 8th ([[Netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010]])
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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 national netball team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national netball team|New Zealand]] to have won a World Championship (in [[1979 World Netball Championships|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Netball Champion: Peggy Castanada-Phillip speaks |url=http://www.triniview.com/Peggy_Castanada-Phillip/ |publisher=TriniView.com |date=10 March 2007 |accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Johannsen, Dana |date=8 July 2011 |title=A tale of two women and their sport |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10737013 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref>


==Players==
The {{PAGENAME}} will be competing in the [[2007 Netball World Championships‎]]. They came first equal in the competition in [[1979 Netball World Championships|1979]].


==Current squad ([[2007 Netball World Championships]])==
=== 2023 Calypso Girls Netball World Cup Team ===
{| class=wikitable
*Rhonda JOHN-DAVIS (C)
| colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#ABCDEF | '''Trinidad and Tobago national netball team'''
*Janelle BARKER
|- align=center
*Joelisa COOPER
| width=300 bgcolor=gainsboro | '''Players'''
*Kemba DUNCAN
| width=250 bgcolor=gainsboro | '''Management'''
*Crystal Ann GEORGE
|-
*Anika LA ROCHE
|Amanda Cameron,
*Tricia LIVERPOOL

*Simone MORGAN
Kielle Connelly,
*Natalie PIERRE

*Garbrel SELMAN
Samuel McCready,
*Anastacia WILSON

*Lystra ZAMORE
Joelisa Cooper,

Kemba Duncan,

[[Candice Guerero]],

[[Onella Jack]],

[[Rhonda John-Davis]],

Tricia Liverpool,

[[Kalifa McCollin]],

Afeisha Noel,

[[Daystar Swift]],

| valign=top |Coach - Wesley “Pepe” Gomes

Asst. Coach - Grace Parkinson Griffith

Manager - Carol Gittens

Trainer - Wayne Samuel

President - Patrica Butcher
|}


==Competitive history==
==Competitive history==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
===[[Netball World Championships|Netball World Championship]] record===
! colspan=4 style=background:#ABCDEF | [[Netball World Cup]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Year(s)!!Result
|-
|-
! width=50 style=background:gainsboro | Year
|[[1963 Netball World Championships|1963]]|| <Eighth
! width=200 style=background:gainsboro | Championship
! width=200 style=background:gainsboro | Location
! width=100 style=background:gainsboro | Placing
|-
|-
|[[1967 Netball World Championships|1967]]|| <Eighth
| 1963 || [[1963 World Netball Championships|1st World Championships]] || [[Eastbourne]], England || 4th
|-
|-
|[[1971 Netball World Championships|1971]]|| <Eighth
| 1967 || [[1967 World Netball Championships|2nd World Championships]] || [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Australia || 5th
|-
|-
|[[1975 Netball World Championships|1975]]|| <Eighth
| 1971 || [[1971 World Netball Championships|3rd World Championships]] || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica || 4th
|-
|-
|[[1979 Netball World Championships|1979]]|| First (jointly)
| 1975 || [[1975 World Netball Championships|4th World Championships]] || [[Auckland]], New Zealand || 4th
|-
|-
|[[1983 Netball World Championships|1983]]|| Third
| 1979 || [[1979 World Netball Championships|5th World Championships]] || [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad & Tobago
| bgcolor=gold | [[File:Med 1.png]] Joint 1st
|-
|-
|[[1987 Netball World Championships|1987]]|| Second
| 1983 || [[1983 World Netball Championships|6th World Championships]] || [[Singapore]]
| bgcolor=#CC9966 | [[File:Med 3.png]] 3rd
|-
|-
|[[1991 Netball World Championships|1991]]|| <Eighth
| 1987 || [[1987 World Netball Championships|7th World Championships]] || [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| bgcolor=silver | [[File:Med 2.png]] Joint 2nd
|-
|-
|[[1995 Netball World Championships|1995]]|| <Eighth
| 1991 || [[1991 World Netball Championships|8th World Championships]] || [[Sydney]], Australia || DNP
|-
|-
|[[1999 Netball World Championships|1999]]|| <Eighth
| 1995 || [[1995 World Netball Championships|9th World Championships]] || [[Birmingham]], England || 6th
|-
|-
|[[2003 Netball World Championships|2003]]|| Tenth
| 1999 || [[1999 World Netball Championships|10th World Championships]] || [[Christchurch]], New Zealand || 8th
|-
|-
| 2003 || [[2003 World Netball Championships|11th World Championships]] || Kingston, Jamaica || 10th
|-
| 2007 || [[2007 World Netball Championships|12th World Championships]] || Auckland, New Zealand || 11th
|-
| 2011 || [[2011 World Netball Championships|13th World Championships]] || Singapore || 7th
|-
| 2015 || [[2015 Netball World Cup|14th World Cup]] || Sydney, Australia || 9th
|-
| 2019 || [[2019 Netball World Cup|15th World Cup]] || [[Liverpool]], England || 9th
|-
| 2023 || [[2023 Netball World Cup|16th World Cup]] || [[Cape Town]], South Africa || 12th
|}
|}


==See also==
{{sport-team-stub}}
* [[Netball in Trinidad and Tobago]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{National sports teams of Trinidad and Tobago}}
{{Americas Netball}}
{{INF Netball World Cup nav}}


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[[Category:International netball teams]]
[[Category:National netball teams of the Americas]]
[[Category:Netball in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Women's national sports teams of Trinidad and Tobago|Netball]]

Latest revision as of 19:57, 19 October 2024

Trinidad and Tobago
Nickname(s)Calypso Girls
AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Netball Association
ConfederationAFNA (Americas)
Head coachWesley “Pepe” Gomes
Asst coachGrace Parkinson Griffith
ManagerCarol Gittens
CaptainJoelisa Cooper
Top scorerSamuel McCready
World ranking11 Steady
Team colours
Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances15
2023 placing12th
Best resultJoint 1st (1979)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances3
2022 placing11th
Best result8th (2010)

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]

Players

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2023 Calypso Girls Netball World Cup Team

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Trinidad and Tobago national netball team
Players Management
Amanda Cameron,

Kielle Connelly,

Samuel McCready,

Joelisa Cooper,

Kemba Duncan,

Candice Guerero,

Onella Jack,

Rhonda John-Davis,

Tricia Liverpool,

Kalifa McCollin,

Afeisha Noel,

Daystar Swift,

Coach - Wesley “Pepe” Gomes

Asst. Coach - Grace Parkinson Griffith

Manager - Carol Gittens

Trainer - Wayne Samuel

President - Patrica Butcher

Competitive history

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Netball World Cup
Year Championship Location Placing
1963 1st World Championships Eastbourne, England 4th
1967 2nd World Championships Perth, Australia 5th
1971 3rd World Championships Kingston, Jamaica 4th
1975 4th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 4th
1979 5th World Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Joint 1st
1983 6th World Championships Singapore 3rd
1987 7th World Championships Glasgow, Scotland Joint 2nd
1991 8th World Championships Sydney, Australia DNP
1995 9th World Championships Birmingham, England 6th
1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand 8th
2003 11th World Championships Kingston, Jamaica 10th
2007 12th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 11th
2011 13th World Championships Singapore 7th
2015 14th World Cup Sydney, Australia 9th
2019 15th World Cup Liverpool, England 9th
2023 16th World Cup Cape Town, South Africa 12th

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Netball Champion: Peggy Castanada-Phillip speaks". TriniView.com. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ Johannsen, Dana (8 July 2011). "A tale of two women and their sport". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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