{{Short description|Australia netball international}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Jenny Borlase |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM|size=100%}} |image = |caption = |fullname = Jennifer Anne Borlase<ref name="canberratimes080692">{{cite news|date=8 June 1992|title=QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS ORDER OF AUSTRALIA|volume=66|page=4|newspaper=The Canberra Times|issue=20,875|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126927579|accessdate=29 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> (Née: Kennett) |birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1968}} <ref name="sasi060417">{{cite web|url=https://www.sasi.sa.gov.au/news?a=5065|title=Jenny Borlase OAM appointed SASI Netball Head Coach|publisher=www.sasi.sa.gov.au|date=6 April 2017|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref> |birth_place = South Australia<ref name="diamondsborlase">{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/jennifer-borlase|title=Jennifer Borlase|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref> |height = |school = |university = |occupation = |relatives = |spouse = Darryl Borlase |marrieddate = |children = |positions = GS, GA |clubyears1 = 198x-198x |clubteam1 = Eyre Academy |clubyears2 = 198x-198x |clubteam2 = <small>Cummins Kapinnie Cougars</small> |clubyears3 = 199x-199x |clubteam3 = Garville |clubyears4 = 1997-1998 |clubteam4 = Adelaide Ravens |clubyears5 = 1999 |clubteam5 = Melbourne Kestrels |nationalyears1 = 1989-1999 |nationalteam1 = Australia |nationalcaps1 = 70 |coachyears1 = 2017– |coachteam1 = SASI |coachyears2 = 2019– |coachteam2 = Seymour College |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{nb|Australia}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Netball Championships}} {{MedalGold|1991 Sydney|Team}} {{MedalGold|1995 Birmingham|Team}} {{MedalGold|1999 Christchurch|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|1998 Kuala Lumpur|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Games}} {{MedalSilver|1989 Karlsruhe|Team}} {{MedalGold|1993 The Hague|Team}} }}
'''Jenny Borlase''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}, also known as '''Jenny Kennett''', is a former Australia netball international. Between 1989 and 1999 she made 70 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991, 1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships, the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. At club level, Borlase played for Garville in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague and for Adelaide Ravens and Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She also represented South Australia. Borlase was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1992. After retiring as a player, Borlase has remained involved in netball as both an administrator and coach.
==Early life and family== Borlase is originally from the Eyre Peninsula.<ref name="abc270110">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/01/27/2802363.htm|title=About Eyre Peninsula|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=27 January 2010|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref> She is married to Darryl Borlase, a former Australian rules footballer.<ref name="age300418">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-splashes-in-shallow-pool-20180430-p4zcj4.html|title=AFL splashes in shallow pool|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=30 April 2018|accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="pressreader171020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20201017/281672552422374|title=Pitch for Grand Final Glory Ahead of Tokyo|publisher=www.pressreader.com|work=The Advertiser|date=17 October 2020|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="pressreader010920">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20200901/282565905531665|title=AFL-bound Borlase makes a big impression in Double Blues debut|publisher=www.pressreader.com|work=The Advertiser|date=1 September 2020|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref> The couple have three children, including footballer James Borlase<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/1392813/borlase-to-debut|title=Borlase to debut|work=Adelaide Football Club|date=1 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109082656/https://www.afc.com.au/news/1392813/borlase-to-debut|archive-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> and basketball player Isobel Borlase.<ref name=stellar>{{cite web|last=Hustwaite|first=Megan|url=https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/39045220/wnbl-stellar-basketball-career-awaits-lightning-star-isobel-borlase|title=A stellar basketball career awaits Lightning star Isobel Borlase|work=ESPN.com.au|date=5 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108130502/https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/39045220/wnbl-stellar-basketball-career-awaits-lightning-star-isobel-borlase|archive-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Early years=== In her youth, Borlase, then known as Jenny Kennett played for Eyre Academy.<ref name="sentinel130814">{{cite web|url=https://www.westcoastsentinel.com.au/story/2484359/the-end-of-a-local-netball-era/|title=The end of a local netball era|publisher=www.westcoastsentinel.com.au|date=13 August 2014|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref> In 1983 she was a member of the Cummins Kapinnie Cougars team that won an A grade premiership in the Great Flinders Football Netball League.<ref name="abc280711">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2011/07/28/3280022.htm|title=Former Australian netballer helps open new facilities|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=28 July 2011|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref>
===Garville=== Borlase played for Garville in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague. Between 1992 and 1995 she was a member of the Garville teams that won four successive state league grand finals. She also played for Garville in two Mobil Superleague grand finals. In 1993 they finished as champions. Her team mates at Garville included Natalie Avellino and Michelle den Dekker and the team was coached by Patricia Mickan.<ref name="perthnow160915">{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/michelle-den-dekker-and-jenny-borlase-back-together-to-guide-thunderbirds-to-anz-championship-ng-f2441d35b50ddcfb6792e6ca6dc3e245|title=Michelle den Dekker and Jenny Borlase back together to guide Thunderbirds to ANZ Championship|publisher=www.perthnow.com.au|date=16 September 2015|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballscoop180820">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/netball-history-1994-mobil-superleague-grand-final-contax-v-garville/|title=1994 Mobil Superleague Grand Final – Contax v Garville|publisher=netballscoop.com|date=18 August 2020|accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballscoop1985962">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/esso-superleague-1985-1990/page/2/|title=Esso/Mobil Superleague 1985-1996 (page 2)|publisher=netballscoop.com|accessdate=30 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="pressreader200712">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20120720/282737698951857|title=Netball legends face off in Rival Revival|publisher=www.pressreader.com|work=The Advertiser|date=20 July 2012|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="adelaidenow260811">{{cite web|url=https://amp.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/aussie-goaler-great-values-glory-days/news-story/334fb82b9f97bb81268e1a9ca374a21c|title=Aussie goaler great values glory days|publisher=www.adelaidenow.com.au|work=The Advertiser|date=26 August 2011|accessdate=19 November 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref name="slsapage1">{{cite web|url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+72516/1-84|title=Netball in South Australia: photographs (page 1)|publisher=slsa.sa.gov.au|work=State Library of South Australia|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>
===South Australia=== Borlase also represented South Australia and captained them to a national title. ''{{ref|1|(Note 1)}}''<ref name="facebook061217">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/netballsouthaustralia/posts/memory-26-from-jenny-borlase-sasi-head-coach-of-netball-and-former-australian-ne/1762648270446616/|title=Memory #26 from Jenny Borlase|publisher=www.facebook.com|date=6 December 2017|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref>
===Commonwealth Bank Trophy=== During the early Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Borlase played for Adelaide Ravens in 1998 and Melbourne Kestrels in 1999.<ref name="sasi060417"/><ref name="adelaidenow260811"/><ref name="netballscoop1997071">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 1)|publisher=netballscoop.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126120316/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/|archive-date=26 January 2021|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="netballscoop1997072">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/2/|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 2)|publisher=netballscoop.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126172049/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/2/|archive-date=26 January 2021|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="age300705">{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/aussie-greats-happy-to-help-out-20050730-ge0m6c.html|title=Aussie greats happy to help out|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=30 July 2005|accessdate=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="san230621">{{cite news|url=https://sa.netball.com.au/news/southern-force-coaching-roles-appointed|title=Southern Force coaching roles appointed|publisher=sa.netball.com.au|date=23 June 2021|accessdate=21 November 2021}}</ref>
===Australia=== Between 1989 and 1999 Borlase made 70 senior appearances for Australia. She made her senior debut on 21 May 1989 against New Zealand. She was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991, 1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships, the 1993 World Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="diamondsborlase">{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/jennifer-borlase|title=Jennifer Borlase|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="garvillehonour1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.garville.com.au/honour-board|title=Who We Are Today – Australian Representatives|publisher=www.garville.com.au|accessdate=10 November 2020|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110222628/https://www.garville.com.au/honour-board|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ausnwc">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|title=Australia at the Netball World Cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074707/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|archive-date=26 October 2020|accessdate=26 August 2020|publisher=Netball Australia}}</ref><ref name="1993todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Other/Women_World_Games_1993.html|title=Women Netball World Games 1993 The Hague|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref> She was also a member the team that won a silver medal at the 1989 World Games.<ref name="1989todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Other/Women_World_Games_1989.html|title=Women Netball World Games 1989 Karlsruhe|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref> In 1992 Borlase, along with the rest of the gold medal winning 1991 World Netball Championship squad, were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.<ref name="canberratimes080692"/>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Tournaments ! Place |- |1989 World Games<ref name="1989todor66"/>||{{silver02}} |- |1990 Commonwealth Games<ref name="1990todor66">{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Commonwealth/Women_1990.html|title=Women Netball Commonwealth Games Auckland (NZL) 1990|publisher=www.todor66.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404145615/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Commonwealth/Women_1990.html|archive-date=4 April 2016|accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="scoop1990">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/1990-commonwealth-games-auckland-demonstration-event/|title=Netball History: 1990 Commonwealth Games Demonstration event (Auckland)|publisher=netballscoop.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921060508/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/1990-commonwealth-games-auckland-demonstration-event/|archive-date=21 September 2020|accessdate=20 July 2021}}</ref>||1st |- |1991 World Netball Championships<ref name="1991todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1991.html|title=Women Netball VIII World Championship 1991 Sydney|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="sahof">{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/australian-netball-team/|title=1991 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame|publisher=sahof.org.au|accessdate=23 January 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |1993 World Games<ref name="1993todor66"/>||{{gold01}} |- |1995 World Netball Championships<ref name="1995todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1995.html|title=Women Netball IX World Championship 1995 Birmingham|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |1998 Commonwealth Games<ref name="netballau2009">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2009.pdf|title=2009 Annual Report - Netball Australia|publisher=netball.com.au|accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="commonwealthborlase">{{Cite web|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/jenny-borlase/|title=Jenny Borlase|publisher=commonwealthgames.com.au|accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |1999 World Netball Championships<ref name="1999todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1999.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball X World Championship 1999 Christchurch|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="sahof2014">{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/1999-australian-netball-team-netball-1999/|title=1999 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame|publisher=sahof.org.au|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |}
==Administrator and coach== ;Administrator Borlase served on the Netball Victoria board for three years. Between and 2008 and 2016, she served on the Netball South Australia board.<ref name="diamondsborlase"/><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|accessdate=23 July 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|accessdate=29 June 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=23 July 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|accessdate=29 June 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|accessdate=29 June 2020}}</ref> ;Coach In 2015 Borlase worked with the Australian Institute of Sport, coaching netball players in the Tall Athlete Program.<ref name="abc140615">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-14/tall-athletes-get-support-at-ais-to-stand-as-proud-netballers/6544642|title=Tall netballers put through their paces at the Australian Institute of Sport|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=14 June 2015|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref> In 2016 and 2017 she served as a specialist coach with Adelaide Thunderbirds.<ref name="perthnow160915"/><ref name="sanetball2016"/><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|accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref> In 2017 she was appointed head netball coach at the South Australian Sports Institute.<ref name="sasi060417"/><ref name="sasiborlase">{{cite web|url=https://www.sasi.sa.gov.au/about_us/coaches/jenny-borlase|title=Jenny Borlase|publisher=www.sasi.sa.gov.au|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref> In 2019 she was appointed coach of the Seymour College open A team.<ref name="pressreader160619">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/sunday-mail/20190616/281642486687827|title=Elite athletes in our schools train next-generation stars|publisher=www.pressreader.com|work=Sunday Mail|date=16 June 2019|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Australia *'''World Netball Championships''' **''Winners'': 1991, 1995, 1999 *'''Commonwealth Games''' **''Winners'': 1998 *'''World Games''' **''Winners'': 1993 **''Runners up'': 1989 ;Garville *'''South Australia State League''' **''Winners'': 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 **''Runners up'': 1990, 1991, 1996 *'''Mobil Superleague''' **''Winners'': 1993 **''Runners up'': 1994
==Notes== * {{note|1|1}} Australian State Netball League or Australian National Netball Championships.
==References== {{Reflist|3}}
{{Australia squad at the 1991 World Netball Championships}} {{Australia squad at the 1995 World Netball Championships}} {{1998 Commonwealth Games Australia netball team squad}} {{Australia squad at the 1999 World Netball Championships}}
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