Tanisha’s lucky break

2011 Deadly Award winner and national netball and touch footy star Tanisha Stanton will co-host NITV’s Barefoot Sunday

Mohnte Namok: Netball coach

Former Indigenous netballer, Mohnte Namok is scoring some major goals these days – not as a player, but as a coach. He recently coached the Australian men’s under-19 netball team that thrashed New Zealand in a three-test series. As such he is a rising star in Australian netball coaching ranks. Mohnte Namok, 36, grew up […]

Alex Wilson

From Murray Bridge in South Australia, 17-year-old Alex Wilson is a current player for the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL, and she has just been named in the Australian Under-18 women’s basketball team. Deadly Vibe: How did you get started in basketball? Alex Wilson: I started playing basketball when I was four years old, my […]

Tanisha Stanton

From Newcastle, NSW, Tanisha Stanton is the true definition of an “all-rounder”. After excelling in hockey then athletics, at just 15 years of age, Tanisha has played at the state and national level in both Netball and Touch Football, and has just been named in the U18 Australian women’s touch football team. Oh, and she’s […]

Josie Janz

Stats Height: 185cmWeight: 82kgAge: 21Mob: Torres Straight Islander (Thursday Island)Position/s: GD (Goal Defence) and GK (Goal Keeper)Nickname: Josie, JJ, or JosePets: None at the moment, but I had a pet rabbit once called Benny. Brothers and sisters: I have an older brother, Michael, and a younger sister, Alicia. How long have you played netball for? […]

Sharon Finnan

Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June, 2004 Sharon Finnan has had a long and successful career in netball. Playing first for her state and then her country, she was part of the Australian under-21 team that won the World Cup. She was then selected for the Australian team that won the World Championships in both 1991 […]

Alison Lacey

Deadly Vibe Issue 71 January 2003 Bouncing Into The Big Time Too cool for netball, Alison Lacey has just scored herself a spot in the national U16 basketball team. Alison Lacey can’t get enough of her beloved game of basketball. For this 15-year-old Koori girl from Canberra, “˜training’ isn’t a dirty word so much as […]

Bianca Franklin

Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June 2004 She shoots – she scores! She’s one of Australian netball’s rising stars – meet Bianca Franklin. Getting plucked out of from obscurity by a passing talent scout is something that only happens in the movies, right? Wrong. One minute Bianca Franklin was minding her own business, playing at a […]

Kirby Bentley

Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Darting to Success Another Indigenous netball talent has emerged in the shape of Kirby Bentley. The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Canberra Darters has recruited a second Indigenous player. Kirby Bentley, a 19-year-old from Mount Barker in Western Australia, was selected for the squad in April of this year, […]