Sunshine Coast Lightning is a professional Australian netball team based at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The club was formed in 2016 as a joint venture between the university and the Melbourne Storm rugby league club, with the support of the Sunshine Coast Council, and was launched in August 2016 when Super Netball replaced the ANZ Championship. It is one of the eight founding Super Netball teams and plays its home matches at UniSC Arena in Sippy Downs. Under coach Noeline Taurua and captain Geva Mentor, Lightning won the 2017 and 2018 premierships, and lost the 2019 grand final to the New South Wales Swifts. Its colours of navy blue, purple and yellow are the same as those of the Storm.
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are a professional Australian netball team based at the University of the Sunshine Coast
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are a professional Australian netball team
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The team was formed in 2016
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winning the premierships in 2017 and 2018
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are a professional Australian netball team based at the University of the Sunshine Coast
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are a professional Australian netball team
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Since 2017 they have played in Super Netball.
View the SourceGeva Mentor (Wikipedia)
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She captained the Sunshine Coast Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Super Netball titles.
Karla Pretorius (Wikipedia)
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She previously played for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Suncorp Super Netball competition.
Liz Watson (netball) (Wikipedia)
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Watson moved to the Sunshine Coast Lightning for the 2024 season.
Caitlin Bassett (Wikipedia)
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Bassett joined expansion club Sunshine Coast Lightning in the new Super Netball competition in 2017
Karin Burger (Wikipedia)
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Karin Burger (born 12 April 1993) is a New Zealand netball international who plays for Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Super Netball.
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