The Netball NSW Blues and Netball NSW Waratahs will once again contest the Australian Netball League when the 2011 competition gets underway on Saturday 30 July.

Led by NSW Swifts Assistant Coach Robert Wright, the NNSW Waratahs will be keen to go one better than 2010 when they finished as Runners Up to Victorian Fury.

The NNSW Waratahs suit up a largely unchanged side from last season with eight returning players including NSW Swifts Ashleigh Brazill, Carla Dziwoki and Amorette Wild. NSW and Australian 21/U representatives Nicola Gray, April Letton and Verity Simmons join the team from the Australian Institute of Sport whilst Paige Hadley played for the NNSW Blues in 2010.

Lisa Beehag returns to lead the NNSW Blues in 2011 with six players returning from the 2010 team which finished seventh.

Set to make their ANL debut for the NNSW Blues in 2011 are Amy Sommerville, Kimberley Ravaillion and Brooke Miller who will join their NSW 19/U teammates Gabi Simpson and Anita Blanco in the side. The line-up also includes 2011 NSW 17/U team captain Gemma Ferrington, 2009 NNSW Blues player Lauren Mellenbergh and 2009 21/U National Netball Championships MVP Kimberly Borger who will add some experience to the young shooting circle.

Both teams open their 2011 ANL campaigns against Territory Storm at the Anne Clark Centre – the home of Netball NSW; the NNSW Waratahs from 7.00pm on Saturday 30 July and NNSW Blues from 12.00pm on Sunday 31 July.

2011 ANL Results/Fixture

2011 ANL - Netball NSW Blues and Netball NSW Waratahs Media Kit

NSW Home Games at Anne Clark Centre, Lidcombe:
7.00pm Saturday 30 July                         
Netball NSW Waratahs v Territory Storm

12.00pm Sunday 31 July                         
Netball NSW Blues v Territory Storm

7.00pm Wednesday 7 September           
Netball NSW Blues v Netball NSW Waratahs

Netball NSW Blues and Waratahs Schedule: