Kristy Doyle

{{short description|Australian netball player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} '''Kristy Doyle''' (born 8 December 1980) is an Australian netball player.

She showed early promise as a shooter for the New South Wales state team in 1998, making the Australian 21 and under squad in the same year as a 17-year-old. She represented the Sydney Sandpipers in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 1998 and 1999, and impressed enough that she was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000.<ref name="ss19972003">{{cite web|url=http://www.netballnsw.com/extra.asp?id=3564&OrgID=2|title=Sydney Sandpipers (1997–2003)|publisher=www.netballnsw.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714164618/http://www.netballnsw.com/extra.asp?id=3564&OrgID=2|archive-date=14 July 2011|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title =Hunter Jaegers will be a threat | work =Newcastle Star | publisher =Fairfax Ltd | date =8 November 2003 | url =http://www.newcastlestar.com.au/news/local/sport/other/hunter-jaegers-will-be-a-threat/590139.aspx | accessdate =26 January 2010 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110559/http://www.newcastlestar.com.au/news/local/sport/other/hunter-jaegers-will-be-a-threat/590139.aspx | archivedate =6 July 2011 | df =dmy-all }}</ref> This saw Doyle spend two years training at the AIS and playing in the AIS team in the South Australian state league, the Dairy Farmers Cup.<ref>{{cite web | title =Netball – Achievements – year-by-year | publisher =Australian Institute of Sport | year =2010 | url =http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/netball/achievements/achievements_-_year-by-year | accessdate =26 January 2010 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110606164800/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/netball/achievements/achievements_-_year-by-year | archivedate =6 June 2011 | df =dmy-all }}</ref> She was ultimately chosen as the vice-captain of the national 21 and under team and promoted to captain in 2001.<ref name="as2001">{{cite web|url=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/109718/Netball_Australia_Annual_Report_2001.pdf|title=Netball Australia Annual Report 2001|publisher=ausport.gov.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805011449/https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/109718/Netball_Australia_Annual_Report_2001.pdf|archive-date=5 August 2008|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref>

After two relatively successful years at the Australian Institute of Sport, Doyle was widely seen as a rising star of the competition, and was recruited by the Melbourne Kestrels for the 2002 season.<ref>{{cite news| last =Halloran |first =Jessica |title =Swift talking: Cox returns to the fold | work =Sydney Morning Herald | publisher =Fairfax Ltd | date =6 April 2002 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/05/1017206263540.html | accessdate =26 January 2010 }}</ref>

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