Barbados national netball team

Barbados

Nickname(s)| Bajan Gems[1][2]
Association| Barbados Netball Association
Confederation| AFNA (Americas)
Head coach| Anna Shepherd
Captain| Rhe-Ann Niles
World ranking| 14

Gold uniform

Blue uniform

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Netball World Cup
Appearances| 10
2023 placing| 14th
Best result| 6th (1987)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances| 7
2022 placing| 12th
Best result| 7th (2010)

The Barbados national netball team represent Barbados in international netball. The Barbadian team qualified for the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, finishing 11th. The Bajan Gems are coached by Anna Shepherd, and are captained by Rhe-Ann Niles. As of 1 July 2020, Barbados is 13th in the INF World Rankings.[3]

## Players

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### 2019 Bajan Gems Netball World Cup Team

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Barbados national netball team

Players | Coaching staff

* Amanda Knight
* Latonia Blackman
* Samantha Browne
* Brianna Holder
* Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp
* Damisha Croney
* Rieah Holder
* Shonte Seale
* Tonisha Rock-Yaw
* Shonette Azore-Bruce
* Sheniqua Thomas
* Shonica Wharton

* Head coach: Anna Shepherd

## Competitive history

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Netball World Cup

Year  | Championship  | Location  | Placing
1979 | 5th World Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | 8th
1983 | 6th World Championships | Singapore | DNQ
1987 | 7th World Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 6th
1991 | 8th World Championships | Sydney, Australia | DNQ
1995 | 9th World Championships | Birmingham, England | 11th
1999 | 10th World Championships | Christchurch, New Zealand | 10th
2003 | 11th World Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 7th
2007 | 12th World Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 13th
2011 | 13th World Championships | Singapore | 11th
2015 | 14th World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 13th
2019 | 15th World Cup | Liverpool, England | 12th
2023 | 16th World Cup | Cape Town, South Africa | 14th
Netball at the Commonwealth Games

Year  | Games  | Event  | Location  | Placing
1998 | XVI Games | 1st Netball | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th
2002 | XVII Games | 2nd Netball | Manchester, England | 7th
2006 | XVIII Games | 3rd Netball | Melbourne, Australia | 10th
2010 | XIX Games | 4th Netball | Delhi, India | 7th
2014 | XX Games | 5th Netball | Glasgow, Scotland | 11th
2018 | XXI Games | 6th Netball | Gold Coast, Australia | 10th
2022 | XXII Games | 7th Netball | Birmingham, England | 12th

## References

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1. ^ Gilbert Netball HQ [@GilbertNetball] (29 June 2015). "Barbados Name Bajan Gems Squad for @netballworldcup #NWC2015 #SeeYouInSydney" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. ^ "Barbados name Bajan Gems for NWC2015". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
3. ^ INF. "Current World Rankings". Updated on 1 July 2020.

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* Netball World Cup
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* Africa
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Youth tournaments|

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* World University Netball Championship
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See also|

* Test match

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Governing bodies|

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