Barbados national netball team

Barbados
Nickname(s)	Bajan Gems
Association	Barbados Netball Association
Confederation	AFNA (Americas)
Head coach	Anna Shepherd
Captain	Rhe-Ann Niles
World ranking	14
Gold uniform	Blue uniform
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

2019 Bajan Gems Netball World Cup Team

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

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

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

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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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