SUTHERLAND Shire netball champion Kimberlee Green's selection along with three NSW Swifts teammates in the 2014 Australian Diamonds squad is extra special.
The Swifts captain and incumbent Diamonds vice-captain is in line to make a Commonwealth Games team, this time in Scotland — a country where her mother Denyse Langford won four gold medals and a silver at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
"It's always an honour to be named in any Diamonds squad but to now have the chance to be selected for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games makes it even more special," said Green.
"This squad must have been so hard to pick, especially with so many mid-courters putting their hand up with strong performances in the ANZ Championship season.
"As Swifts captain, I'm proud to see three teammates selected and hopefully reflects the hard work and results the entire roster has produced."
NSW Swifts head coach Rob Wright expressed his delight for the four players — Green and Swifts teammates Sharni Layton, Susan Pratley and Caitlin Thwaites — and said their selection not only reflected their own personal form but the strong start the Swifts have enjoyed so far in season 2014.
"All four players thoroughly deserve their selection in the Diamonds squad," Wright said.
Seeking Australia's first Commonwealth Games netball gold medal since 2002 in Manchester, Australian Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander will name her 12-player team at the end of the May 5-7 selection camp at the Australian Institute of Sport.
