{{Short description|Defunct Australian netball team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox netball team | team name = Melbourne Kestrels | image = MelbourneKestrels.png | imagesize = 150px | caption = | full name = | nickname = | association = | founded = {{start date and age|1997}} | disbanded = {{end date and age|2007}} | location = Melbourne | regions = Victoria, Australia | venue = <small>State Netball and Hockey Centre</small><br>Waverley Netball Centre | chairperson = | ceo = | president = | top scorer = | league = Commonwealth Bank Trophy | season = | position = | kitlabel1 = | body1 = #FF6600 | pattern_b1 = thinwhitesides | filetype_b1 = png | skirt1 = #FF6600 | pattern_sk1 = }}
'''Melbourne Kestrels''' were an Australian netball team that represented Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Between 1997 and 2007, together with Melbourne Phoenix, they were one of two teams to represent Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era. In 2008, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Kestrels and Phoenix merged to form Melbourne Vixens.<ref name="vixenshistory">{{Cite web|url=https://melbournevixens.com.au/team/our-history|title=Melbourne Vixens - Our history|publisher=melbournevixens.com.au|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="nzherald270207">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10426120|title=Netball: Mixed reaction to trans-Tasman competition|publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz|date=27 February 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun180807">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/phoenix-brush-aside-kestrels/news-story/8436d3d41e753b1be6309a689775d9bc|title=Phoenix brush aside Kestrels|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|date=18 August 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>
==History==
=== Commonwealth Bank Trophy === '''Regular season statistics''' {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Position !Won !Drawn !Lost |- |1997<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY 1997-2007 |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126120316/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/ |archive-date=2021-01-26 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||8th |3 |1 |10 |- |1998<ref name=":0" />||5th |6 |1 |7 |- |1999<ref name="theage210902">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/kestrels-to-step-out-with-new-look-side-20020921-gdum2p.html|title=Kestrels to step out with new-look side|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=21 September 2002|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY 1997-2007 (page 2) |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126172049/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/2/ |archive-date=2021-01-26 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||3rd |10 |0 |4 |- |2000<ref name=":1" />||5th |6 |0 |8 |- |2001<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY 1997-2007 (page 3) |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201728/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/3/ |archive-date=2021-06-29 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||5th |5 |0 |9 |- |2002<ref name=":2" />||4th |8 |0 |6 |- |2003<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |title=COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY 1997-2007 (page 4) |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201735/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/4/ |archive-date=2021-06-29 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||4th |9 |0 |5 |- |2004<ref name=":3" /><ref name="netballau2004">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2004.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 04|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||4th |9 |0 |5 |- |2005<ref name="netballau2005">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2005.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 05|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |title=COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY 1997-2007 (page 5) |url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201732/https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/commonwealth-bank-trophy-1997-2007/page/5/ |archive-date=2021-06-29 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||4th |7 |0 |7 |- |2006<ref name=":4" /><ref name="netballau2006">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2006.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 06|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="bendigoad141106">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/675041/caitlins-play-earns-praise-from-peers/|title=Caitlin's play earns praise from peers|publisher=www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au|date=14 November 2006|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||5th |6 |0 |8 |- |2007<ref>{{Cite news |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=2021-04-12 |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Netball Scoop |language=en-US}}</ref>||3rd |8 |0 |6 |- |}
==Home venues== Kestrels played their home games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre and at the Waverley Netball Centre.<ref name="netballau2004">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2004.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 04|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballau2005">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2005.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 05|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theage300606">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/kestrels-line-up-for-crunch-game-against-orioles-20060630-ge2mdg.html|title=Kestrels line up for crunch game against Orioles|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=30 June 2006|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theage250607">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/narrow-win-moves-kestrels-to-second-20070625-ge57dm.html|title=Narrow win moves Kestrels to second|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=25 June 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="researchbank2860">{{Cite web|url=https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/bef0fa42-084d-42a6-956e-5cc610052860/1/PDF%20%28Published%20version%29.pdf|title=Home Ground Advantage in the Australian Netball League (Commonwealth Bank Trophy)|publisher=researchbank.swinburne.edu.au|accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref>
==Notable players== ===Internationals=== ;{{nb|Australia}} {| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Shae Bolton * Jenny Borlase * Madison Browne * Rebecca Bulley * Julie Corletto || * Nicole Cusack * Janine Ilitch * Cynna Kydd * Sharni Layton * Demelza McCloud || * Shelley O'Donnell * Nicole Richardson * Amy Steel * Caitlin Thwaites * Chelsey Tregear |} ;{{nb|England}} * Abby Sargent
{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="heraldsun180807">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/phoenix-brush-aside-kestrels/news-story/8436d3d41e753b1be6309a689775d9bc|title=Phoenix brush aside Kestrels|publisher=www.heraldsun.com.au|date=18 August 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theage210902">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/kestrels-to-step-out-with-new-look-side-20020921-gdum2p.html|title=Kestrels to step out with new-look side|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=21 September 2002|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>}}
===CBT MVP=== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Player |- |2004<ref name="netballau2004">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2004.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 04|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||Cynna Neele |- |}
===CBT Best New Talent=== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Player |- |2000||Cynna Neele |- |2006<ref name="netballau2006">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2006.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 06|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=9 September 2020}}</ref>||Madison Browne |- |2007<ref name="netballau2007">{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2007.pdf|title=Netball Australia – Annual Report 2007|publisher=netball.com.au|accessdate=11 September 2020}}</ref>||Ashlee Howard |- |}
==Head coaches== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Coach ! Years |- |Lisa Alexander<ref name="vicnetball201809">{{Cite web|url=https://vis.org.au/news/2018/09/three-vixens-selected-in-diamonds-team|title=Three Vixens selected in Diamonds team|publisher=vis.org.au|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="athletesvoice170618">{{Cite web|url=https://www.athletesvoice.com.au/lisa-alexander-leadership-lessons-young-mum/|title=Leadership lessons of a young mum|publisher=www.athletesvoice.com.au|date=17 June 2018|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||1997 |- |Marg Lind<ref name="theage210902">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/kestrels-to-step-out-with-new-look-side-20020921-gdum2p.html|title=Kestrels to step out with new-look side|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=21 September 2002|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theage091002">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/new-coach-aims-to-improve-kestrels-form-20021009-gduo56.html|title=New coach aims to improve Kestrels' form|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=9 October 2002|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||1998–2002 |- |Margaret Caldow<ref name="theage091002">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/new-coach-aims-to-improve-kestrels-form-20021009-gduo56.html|title=New coach aims to improve Kestrels' form|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=9 October 2002|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||2002–2003 |- |Jane Searle<ref name="nzherald270207">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10426120|title=Netball: Mixed reaction to trans-Tasman competition|publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz|date=27 February 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="theage080804">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/kestrels-rise-to-challenge-phoenix-20040808-gdyf0v.html|title=Kestrels rise to challenge Phoenix|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=8 August 2004|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="vicnetball280420">{{Cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/jane-searle-inducted-netball-victorias-hall-fame|title=Jane Searle inducted into Netball Victoria's Hall of Fame|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|date=28 April 2020|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||2004–2007 |- |}
==Sponsorship== {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Sponsors ! Seasons |- |Akai<ref name="researchbank2860">{{Cite web|url=https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/bef0fa42-084d-42a6-956e-5cc610052860/1/PDF%20%28Published%20version%29.pdf|title=Home Ground Advantage in the Australian Netball League (Commonwealth Bank Trophy)|publisher=researchbank.swinburne.edu.au|accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref>||c. 1997–1999 |- |Allied Pickfords<ref name="netballau2006">{{Cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2006.pdf|title=Netball Australia - Annual Report 06|publisher=Netball Australia|accessdate=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballau2007">{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/sites/default/files/2019-06/Annual-report-2007.pdf|title=Netball Australia – Annual Report 2007|publisher=netball.com.au|accessdate=11 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="wsr140807">{{cite web|url=https://www.womensportreport.com/title-contenders-confirmed-for-commonwealth/wn/63|title=Title contenders confirmed for Commonwealth Bank Trophy finale|publisher=www.womensportreport.com|date=14 August 2007|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>||c. 2006–2007 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|3}}
{{CommonwealthBankTrophyTeams}} {{Melbourne Vixens}}
Category:Melbourne Kestrels Category:Defunct netball teams in Australia Category:1997 establishments in Australia Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1997 Category:2007 disestablishments in Australia Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2007 Category:Commonwealth Bank Trophy teams ! Kestrals Category:Sport in the City of Melbourne (LGA)