SUTHERLAND Shire representatives Isabella Keogh, Madeline Hay and Kaitlyn Bryce will make their Australian Netball League debuts when they run out for the state's Waratahs and Blues in 2012.
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They were selected after a fantastic year on court in the State League competition, and solid performances as part of the NSW 17-years-and-under teams.
The Waratahs will be aiming to defend their 2011 championship title, buoyed by the return of Nicola Gray, Kristy Guthrie, April Letton, Jessica Mansell and Melissa Tallent.
NSW Swifts team members in season 2012, Letton, Guthrie and Borger, have all enjoyed the ANZ Championship court time this season. They are joined by former NSW Swifts Tiffany Lincoln and Ashlee Weir (nee Mann), plus 2011 Blues team members Emily Keenan, Abbey McCulloch — sister of the shire's Olympics cyclist Kaarle — Lauren Mellenbergh and Samantha Poolman, and ANL debutantes Kaitlyn Bryce and Claudia Russell.
The Netball NSW Blues team is very young with Hay and Keogh joined by fellow state under-17s representatives Zoe Gilbert, Georgia Marshall, Kristiana Manu'a and Tanisha Stanton, and older 19 and 21 team representative, Sophie Halpin.
The competition will be held between August 3 and September 15.
— Brad Forrest
