Hunter Jaegers
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| Full name | Hunter Jaegers | |||||||||||||
| Founded | 2003 | |||||||||||||
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| Ground | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | |||||||||||||
| Captain | Jane Altschwager | |||||||||||||
| Coach | Jon Fletcher | |||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.hunterjaegers.com.au/ | |||||||||||||
| League | Commonwealth Bank Trophy | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 7th | |||||||||||||
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The Hunter Jaegers are an Australian netball team. They represent the Hunter Valley of New South Wales in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy and are based out of the Newcastle Entertainment Centre. The team is the competition's newest, having only been added to the competition in 2004. The Jaegers are currently coached by Jon Fletcher, the first male coach in the league's history, and captained by Jane Altschwager. The team colours are aqua, yellow and black. The public support of the team is very impressive for a small city.
The Jaegers were created at the end of the 2003 season, when Netball
New South Wales decided that the weaker of their two teams, the Sydney
Sandpipers, were unsustainable, and that they could not develop a strong enough team in the metropolitan region. After a
search for a new location with the state, it was decided to move the second license to Newcastle and create a Hunter Valley team. A
competition was held to select the new mascot, which ultimately settled on the endangered
The Jaegers had a highly promising start to their debut season, winning several early games and surprising many. However, they
slipped towards the end of the season, and ultimately finished sixth. The team came very close to making the finals for the first
time in 2005, controversially drafting former
In 2006 the Hunter team ran cold more than hot, and players were inconsistent and at times intimidated. This may in part be due to the absence of Alison Tucker from the defence end. Strangely out of their 3 wins for the year, they knocked off the second placed Adelaide Thunderbirds, and came close to the other top four teams.
While they played some impressive netball at times during the 2007 season, they were, in the end, again unable to proceed to the final series. With the Commonwealth Bank Trophy to be replaced by the new trans-Tasman trophy in 2008, there must be the gravest doubts about the continuing viability of the franchise.
Current players
- Jane Altschwager (captain)
- Katie Bradstock
- Narelle Eather
- Annabel Gazzoli
- Kimberlee Gilmour
- Danielle Harvey
- Raegan Jackson
- Emma Koster
- Sally Lampshire
- Sepi Langi
- Tiffany Lincoln
- Jane Menzies
- Cirsty Monaghan
- Lara Welham
- Elly Willan
Final placings
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External links
| Teams in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy | |
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| Adelaide Thunderbirds | AIS Canberra Darters | Hunter Jaegers | Melbourne Kestrels | Melbourne Phoenix | Perth Orioles | Queensland Firebirds | Sydney Swifts Defunct teams: Adelaide Ravens | Sydney Sandpipers |
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