{{short description|Australian netball player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Georgia Beaton |image = |caption = |fullname = |maidenname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|06|22|df=yes}} <ref name="thunderbirds141008">{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com/extra.asp?ID=3376|title=Squad Members – Georgia Beaton|publisher=www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com|access-date=12 March 2009|date=14 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014072114/http://www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com/extra.asp?ID=3376|archive-date=14 October 2008}}</ref> |birth_place = |height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} <ref name="thunderbirds141008"/> |school = St Peter's Girls' School |university = University of Adelaide<br>Australian National University |occupation = |positions = WD, GD, GK |clubyears1 = 2008–2011 |clubteam1 = Adelaide Thunderbirds |clubyears2 = 2008–2016 |clubteam2 = Southern Force |clubyears3 = 2014 |clubteam3 = Team Northumbria |clubyears4 = 20xx– |clubteam4 = Contax }}
'''Georgia Beaton''' (born 22 June 1990) is an Australian netball player who has played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship, for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League, for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague and for Contax in the Netball South Australia Premier League. She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship and of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 ANL title.
==Early life and education== Beaton attended St Peter's Girls' School, graduating in 2007. In 2017 St Peter's began organizing an annual challenge match between alumni and senior students. The winners of the match will be awarded the Georgia Beaton Cup.<ref name="stpetersgirls290917">{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au/2017/10/old-scholars-vs-senior-students-netball-match/|title=Old Scholars vs Senior Students Netball Match – Introducing the Georgia Beaton Cup|publisher=www.stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au|date=29 September 2017|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> Between 2008 and 2013 Beaton attended the University of Adelaide where she gained a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Bachelor of Laws. Between 2014 and 2015 she gained a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University.<ref name="linkedingbeaton">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-beaton-16a128169/|title=Georgia Beaton|publisher=www.linkedin.com|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> She was also a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute.<ref name="sasi2012">{{cite web|url=https://www.sasi.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/431/2012_SASI_Booklet_Design.pdf|title=2012 highlights - South Australian Sports Institute|publisher=www.sasi.sa.gov.au|access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Adelaide Thunderbirds=== Between 2008 and 2011, Beaton played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. She was 17 when she made her senior debut.<ref name="thunderbirds141008">{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com/extra.asp?ID=3376|title=Squad Members – Georgia Beaton|publisher=www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com|access-date=12 March 2009|date=14 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014072114/http://www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com/extra.asp?ID=3376|archive-date=14 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="bulletin121217">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/lightning-sign-teenager-to-senior-squad-in-bid-for-backtoback-titles/news-story/c6cc278b6999501d9a489daf3928ead5|title=Lightning sign teenager to senior squad in bid for back-to-back titles|publisher=www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au|date=12 December 2017|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="brisbane050208">{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/overseas-players-join-new-netball-league-20080205-ge9mrp.html|title=Overseas players join new netball league|publisher=www.brisbanetimes.com.au|access-date=29 March 2020|date=5 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="abc200408">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-04-20/georgia-beaton-beats-natasha-chokljat-to-the-ball/2404900?nw=0|title=Georgia Beaton beats Natasha Chokljat to the ball|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=20 April 2008|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="anz2009a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_2292_OrgID_628.html|title=2009 (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Team List|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002202358/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_2292_OrgID_628.html|archive-date=2 October 2021|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="anz2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/newsitem_id_7878_orgid_628.html|title=Reddy and Beaton still Thunderbirds|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026211658/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/newsitem_id_7878_orgid_628.html|archive-date=26 October 2021|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2011">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2011.pdf|title=Annual Report 2011 – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship<ref name="sanetball2010">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2010.pdf|title=Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
===Southern Force=== Between 2008 and 2016, Beaton played for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. She was a member of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 ANL title. She was also included in the 2014 and 2016 Southern Force squads.<ref name="sasi2012"/><ref name="anz2009"/><ref name="perthnow100812">{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/aiming-for-a-tour-de-force-on-court-ng-630b286eac1478e69f0dbc2f1ad5cc01|title=Aiming for a tour de Force on court|publisher=www.perthnow.com.au|date=10 August 2012|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2012">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2012.pdf|title=Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2014">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2014.pdf|title=Annual Report 2014 – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2016">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2016.pdf|title=2016 Annual Report – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
===Team Northumbria=== Beaton played for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season.<ref name="teambath310114">{{cite web|url=https://netball.teambath.com/2014/01/31/team-bath-get-off-to-winning-superleague-start/|title=Team Bath get off to winning Superleague start|publisher=netball.teambath.com|date=31 January 2014|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="northernecho090214">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/10998071.team-northumbria-netball-make-winning-start-weekend-double-header/|title=Team Northumbria netball make winning start to weekend double-header|publisher=www.thenorthernecho.co.uk|date=9 February 2014|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="chronicle010314">{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/netball-team-northumbria-out-cause-6760130|title=Netball: Team Northumbria out to cause a shock against Surrey Storm|publisher=www.chroniclelive.co.uk|date=1 March 2014|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
===Contax=== Beaton was a member of the Contax teams that won Netball South Australia Premier League titles in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018. In the 2013 grand final she was named MVP.<ref name="contax2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/club-history-2010-onwards/|title=Club History – 2010 onwards|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="newsau100813">{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/netball/contax-survives-late-charge-from-matrics-to-win-sa-state-league-grand-final/news-story/b003366f7dddfd1a02c22e2447cb03f6|title=Contax survives late charge from Matrics to win SA state league grand final|publisher=www.news.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020|date=10 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="sanetball100918">{{cite web|url=http://premierleague.sa.netball.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=160805&id2=1&eID=42249&entityID=42249|title=Premier League Grand Final Match Report|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020|date=10 September 2018|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724124828/http://premierleague.sa.netball.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=160805&id2=1&eID=42249&entityID=42249|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has captained Contax since 2015.<ref name="contaxhonours">{{cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/honours/|title=Honour List|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="contaxcaptains">{{cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/club-captains/|title=Club Captains|publisher=www.contax.net.au|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="contaxgbeaton">{{cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/team/georgia-beaton/|title=Georgia Beaton (Club Captain)|publisher=www.contax.net.au|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> She was named the league's best and fairest player in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.<ref name="contaxhonours"/><ref name="contaxbestfairest">{{cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/state-premier-league-best-fairest/|title=State / Premier League Best & Fairest|publisher=www.contax.net.au|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> She was also named in the league's team of the year in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2020.<ref name="sanetball2014"/><ref name="contax2010"/><ref name="sanetball021020">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/news/netball-sa-premier-league-2020-team-year|title=Netball SA Premier League 2020 Team of the Year|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|date=2 October 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2013">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2013.pdf|title=Annual Report 2013 – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2015">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2015_0.pdf|title=2015 Annual Report – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2017">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2017.pdf|title=2017 Annual Report – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2018">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2018.pdf|title=2018 Annual Report – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="sanetball2019">{{cite web|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-03/Annual%20Report%202019.pdf|title=2019 Annual Report – Netball SA|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref>
===Australia=== In 2010 Beaton represented Australia at under-21 level.<ref name="sanetball2010"/><ref name="netballau2010">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/27094535/2010-Annual-Report.pdf|title=Netball Australia Annual Report 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029171008/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/27094535/2010-Annual-Report.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2020|access-date=28 June 2020 |publisher=Netball Australia}}</ref>
==Employment== Between 2008 and 2013 Beaton worked for as a clerk for Adelaide-based firm Kelly & Co. Lawyers.
==Honours== ;Adelaide Thunderbirds *'''ANZ Championship''' **''Winners'': 2010 **''Runners Up'': 2009 ;Southern Force *'''Australian Netball League''' **''Winners'': 2012 ;Contax *'''Netball South Australia Premier League''' **''Winners'': 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
==References== {{reflist|3}}
{{2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaton, Georgia}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Australian netball players Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Netball players from South Australia Category:ANZ Championship players Category:Australian Netball League players Category:Netball Superleague players Category:Adelaide Thunderbirds players Category:Southern Force (netball) players Category:Contax Netball Club players Category:Team Northumbria netball players Category:Australian expatriate netball people in England Category:University of Adelaide alumni Category:Australian National University alumni Category:South Australian Sports Institute netball players Category:South Australia state netball league players