{{Short description|Defunct Australian netball team}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox netball team | team name = Canberra Darters | image = Canb-darters.png | imagesize = 160px | caption = | full name = | nickname = | association = | founded = 2003 2022 | disbanded = 2016 | location = Canberra | region = Australian Capital Territory | venue = AIS Arena<br>SolarHub ACT Netball Centre | league = Commonwealth Bank Trophy<br>Australian Netball League | kitlabel1 = | body1 = #CC0099 | pattern_b1 = thinblacksides | skirt1 = #CC0099 | pattern_sk1 = | body2 = black | pattern_b2 = thinpinksides | skirt2 = black | pattern_sk2 = }}
'''Canberra Darters''' are a former Australian netball team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The team was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. Between 2003 and 2007 they played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy as '''AIS Canberra Darters'''. The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Darters were the Netball ACT team in the ANL between 2008 and 2016. In 2017 they were replaced in the ANL by Canberra Giants.
==History== ===Commonwealth Bank Trophy=== '''AIS Canberra Darters''' was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. They subsequently entered a combined team in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They joined the competition in 2003, replacing Adelaide Ravens. They continued to play in this competition until its demise in 2007. Their best performance came in 2004 when they finished 5th.<ref name="clearinghouse2003">{{Cite web |title=2003 AIS Netball Program |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324174336/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2003 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport |publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}</ref><ref name="abc220403">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-04-22/new-look-for-2003/1841720|title=New look for 2003|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=22 April 2003|accessdate=20 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=theage190803>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/end-of-the-road-for-sydney-sandpipers-20030819-gdw7rh.html|title=End of the road for Sydney Sandpipers|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=19 August 2003|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="clearinghouse2004">{{Cite web |title=2004 AIS Netball Program |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008204121/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2004 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport |publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}</ref><ref name=netballaus2004>{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2004.pdf|title=2004 Netball Australia Annual Report|work=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="clearinghouse2005">{{Cite web |title=2005 AIS Netball Program |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009113744/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2005 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport |publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}</ref><ref name=netballaus2005>{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2005.pdf|title=Netball Australia Annual Report 05|work=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="clearinghouse2007">{{Cite web |title=2007 AIS Netball Program |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611130208/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2007 |archive-date=11 June 2020 |access-date=11 June 2020 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport |publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}</ref>
'''Regular season stats''' {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Position ! Won ! Lost ! Drawn |- |2003<ref name="clearinghouse2003"/><ref name="netballscoop1997074">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/4/|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 4)|publisher=netballscoop.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201735/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/4/|archive-date=29 June 2021|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>||6th||5||9||0 |- |2004<ref name="clearinghouse2004"/><ref name=netballaus2004/><ref name="netballscoop1997074"/>||5th||4||10||0 |- |2005<ref name="clearinghouse2005"/><ref name=netballaus2005/><ref name="netballscoop1997075">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/5/|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 5)|publisher=netballscoop.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201732/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/5/|archive-date=29 June 2021|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>||7th||2||12||0 |- |2006<ref name="netballscoop1997075"/><ref name="clearinghouse2006">{{Cite web |title=2006 AIS Netball Program |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324181217/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/people/ais_alumni/netball/2006 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport |publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}</ref>||8th||0||14||0 |- |2007<ref name="clearinghouse2007"/><ref name="netballscoop1997076">{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 6) |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/6/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412181954/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/6/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=30 June 2021 |publisher=netballscoop.com}}</ref>||8th||1||13||0 |- |}
===Australian Netball League=== The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League with the Netball ACT team continuing to use the Canberra Darters name. Darters played in the ANL between 2008 and 2016. In 2017 they were replaced in the ANL by Canberra Giants.<ref name="netballsg2009">{{cite web|url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/AUSTRALIAN-NETBALL-LEAGUE-2009|title=Australian Netball League 2009|publisher=www.netball.org.sg|accessdate=21 June 2020|date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623015201/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/AUSTRALIAN-NETBALL-LEAGUE-2009|archive-date=23 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsr1220710">{{cite web|url=https://www.womensportreport.com/new-idea-australian-netball-league/wn/637|title=New Idea Australian Netball League action fires up tomorrow|publisher=www.womensportreport.com|accessdate=21 June 2020|date=22 July 2010}}</ref><ref name=theage210615>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/act/netball-canberra-darters-v-victorian-fury-20150621-ghtsvd.html|title=Netball: Canberra Darters v Victorian Fury|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=21 June 2015|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=netballACT2014>{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/sites/act/files/2020-01/NetballACT-2014AnnualReport.pdf|title=Netball ACT Annual Report 2014|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=netballACT2015>{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/sites/act/files/2020-01/NetballACT-2015AnnualReport.pdf|title=Netball ACT Annual Report 2015|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=netballACT2016>{{cite web|url=https://act.netball.com.au/sites/act/files/2020-01/NetballACT-2016AnnualReport.pdf|title=Netball ACT Annual Report 2016|publisher=act.netball.com.au|accessdate=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="smh060217">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/netball/netball-act-ceo-adam-horner-confident-giants-netball-alliance-will-provide-more-opportunities-20170206-gu6hor.html|title=Netball ACT CEO Adam Horner confident Giants Netball alliance will provide more opportunities|publisher=www.smh.com.au|date=6 February 2017|accessdate=7 February 2022}}</ref>
'''Regular season stats''' {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Position |- |2008|| |- |2009<ref name="netballsg2009">{{cite web|url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/AUSTRALIAN-NETBALL-LEAGUE-2009|title=Australian Netball League 2009|publisher=www.netball.org.sg|accessdate=21 June 2020|date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623015201/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/AUSTRALIAN-NETBALL-LEAGUE-2009|archive-date=23 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||9th |- |2010|| |- |2011|| |- |2012|| |- |2013||11th |- |2014<ref name=netballACT2014/>||9th |- |2015<ref name=netballACT2015/>||7th |- |2016<ref name=netballACT2016/>||6th |- |}
==Home venues== Darters played their home games at the AIS Arena and the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre.<ref name=theage210615>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/act/netball-canberra-darters-v-victorian-fury-20150621-ghtsvd.html|title=Netball: Canberra Darters v Victorian Fury|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=21 June 2015|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=smh090505>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/jaegers-on-the-road-to-netball-success-20050509-gdla5j.html|title=Jaegers on the road to netball success|publisher=www.smh.com.au|date=9 May 2005|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref>
==Notable former players== ===Internationals=== '''{{nb|Australia}}''' {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Natalie Avellino * Kate Beveridge * Rebecca Bulley * Carla Dziwoki * Susan Fuhrmann * Laura Geitz || * Kimberlee Green * Sharni Layton * Caitlyn Nevins * Lauren Nourse * Susan Pratley |} '''{{nb|Scotland}}''' * Hayley Mulheron * Fiona Themann
===Commonwealth Bank Trophy=== {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Karyn Bailey * Emily Beaton * Kirby Bentley * Kate Beveridge * Rebecca Bulley * Carla Dziwoki * Mandy Edwards || * Bianca Franklin * Susan Fuhrmann * Laura Geitz * Kimberlee Green * Josie Janz-Dawson * Jasmine Keene * Emma Koster || * Janelle Lawson * Sharni Layton * Samantha May * Clare McMeniman * Kirby Mutton * Chelsey Nash * Lauren Nourse || * Susan Pratley * Bianca Reddy * Laura Scherian * Leah Shoard * Joanna Sutton * Brooke Thompson |}
{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="clearinghouse2003" /><ref name="clearinghouse2004" /><ref name=netballaus2004>{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2004.pdf|title=2004 Netball Australia Annual Report|work=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="clearinghouse2005" /><ref name=netballaus2005>{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2005.pdf|title=Netball Australia Annual Report 05|work=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="clearinghouse2007" />}}
===Australian Netball League=== * Jasmine Keene * Hayley Mulheron * Caitlyn Strachan * Fiona Themann
==Head coaches== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Coach ! Years |- |Norma Plummer<ref name="clearinghouse2003" />||2003 |- |Michelle Wilkins<ref name="clearinghouse2003" /><ref name="clearinghouse2004" /><ref name="clearinghouse2005" />||2003–2005 |- |Brenda Scherian<ref name="clearinghouse2006" />||2006 |- |Simone McKinnis<ref name="clearinghouse2007" />||2007 |- |Melinda Clarke<ref name="netballACT2014" /><ref name="netballACT2015" /><ref name="netballACT2016" /><ref name="cmtedd250717">{{cite web|url=https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/rattenbury/2015/canberra-darters-launch-into-2015|title=Canberra Darters Launch into 2015|publisher=www.cmtedd.act.gov.au|date=25 July 2017|accessdate=14 August 2020}}</ref>||2010–2016 |- |Marji Parr |2022- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Australian Netball League}} {{CommonwealthBankTrophyTeams}}
Category:Canberra Darters Category:Defunct netball teams in Australia Darters Category:Australian Institute of Sport (netball) Category:Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams Category:Australian Netball League teams Category:2003 establishments in Australia Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 2003 Category:Netball in the Australian Capital Territory