Melissa Rowland

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Melissa Rowland
Personal information
Full name Melissa Rowland
Born (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 34)
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2007 Melbourne Phoenix
2008–2012 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2008–2012 Southern Force
2008–2009 → Contax
2009–2011 → SASI
2010 → Oakdale
2011 → Woods Panthers
2014 South Bendigo
2018 Watsonia

Melissa Rowland (born 18 May 1989) is a former Australian netball player. In 2007 Rowland was included in the Melbourne Phoenix Commonwealth Bank Trophy squad. She was also a member of the Adelaide Thunderbirds senior team during the 2008 and 2012 ANZ Championship seasons. Rowland was a member of both the Contax team that won the 2008 South Australia state league title and of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 Australian Netball League.

Playing career[edit]

Early years[edit]

Rowland is originally from Mildura, Victoria. In 2005, while representing Victoria at under-17 level in the Australian National Netball Championships, she was spotted by Australia netball international, Eloise Southby-Halbish. Southby-Halbish noted Rowland's height, athleticism and speed. Southby-Halbish helped Rowland gain a scholarship for her VCE years at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, where the former served as a netball coach. While attending PEGS, Rowland also boarded at the Keilor home of Southby-Halbish's parents, Geoff Southby and his wife Lorraine. In 2007 Rowland was included in the Melbourne Phoenix Commonwealth Bank Trophy squad.[1][2][3]

Australian National Netball Championships[edit]

Rowland represented both Victoria and South Australia at the Australian National Netball Championships. In 2005 she played for Victoria in the under-17 tournament. In 2010 she was a member of the South Australia team that were runners up in the under-21 tournament.[1][4]

Adelaide Thunderbirds[edit]

Between 2008 and 2012, Rowland was a squad member and/or training partner with Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. In 2008 she a member of the inaugural Thunderbirds squad.[5][6][7][8] During the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons she served as a Thunderbirds training partner.[4][9][10] She was recalled to the senior Thunderbirds team for the 2012 season.[5][11][12][13]

Southern Force[edit]

Between 2008 and 2012, Rowland played for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. In 2012, along with Kelly Altmann, Georgia Beaton, Cody Lange, Maddy Proud, Kate Shimmin and Sheree Wingard, she was a member of the Southern Force team that finished as ANL Champions.[4][5][10][13][14]

South Australia state league[edit]

Between 2008 and 2012, Rowland played for several teams in the South Australia state league, including Contax, the South Australian Sports Institute, Oakdale and Woods Panthers. In 2008, together with Bianca Reddy and Kirby Mutton, she was a member of the Contax team that were state league champions. Between 2009 and 2011 she was a SASI scholarship holder. In both 2010 and 2011, while playing for Oakdale and Woods Panthers respectively, she was named in the leagues team of the year.[4][5][10][11][14][15][16][17]

Victoria leagues[edit]

In 2014 Rowland played for South Bendigo in the Bendigo Football Netball League[18] and in 2018 she played for Watsonia in the Northern Football Netball League.[19]

Honours[edit]

Adelaide Thunderbirds
Southern Force
Contax
South Australia

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Young star rises at Phoenix with veteran's help". www.theage.com.au. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Representative Team Captains" (PDF). www.agsvsport.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Bank Trophy 1997-2007 (page 6)". netballscoop.com. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "True Grit – Melissa Rowland returns to the Adelaide Thunderbirds". glamadelaide.com.au. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Rollercoaster ride leads to championship trophy". The Advertiser. www.pressreader.com. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Overseas players join new netball league". www.brisbanetimes.com.au. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Swifts down Fever to clinch second". www.abc.net.au. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. ^ "2009 (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Team List". www.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2011 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b "2011 Annual Highlights – South Australian Sports Institute" (PDF). www.sasi.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Netball: Pulse fall late". www.nzherald.co.nz. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Thunderbirds shoulder burden of state's pride". The Advertiser. www.pressreader.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "60 Years of "Netball at its best!"" (PDF). www.contax.net.au. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  16. ^ "State League Netball - The Subway Cup". The Advertiser. www.pressreader.com. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Highlights 2009 – South Australian Sports Institute" (PDF). www.sasi.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Kyneton's big day out on the netball court". www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Netball Reviews – Round 14". nfnl.org.au. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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