Meet The Ruby Team
Ellie Brice
Nick Name: Elle
Height: 170cm
Age: 16
Positions: GD, WD
Age started playing: 11 years old
First Junior Club: Good Shepherd (Noosa Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
U12 Rep Noosa
U13 Rep Coolum
U14/15 Rep SCNA
Thunder State Titles U16 2021
Sunshine Coast Regional team U15, 2020 & 2021
School/Study: Good Shepherd Lutheran College in year 11
Work/Volunteering: Coach a year 7 school team
Favourite SSN Player: Jodi Ann Ward, she is an exceptional player who proves that you don’t have to be 6ft to defend in the goal circle
Jada Delaney
Nick Name: Jada
Height: 184cm
Age: 16
Positions: GK, GD
Age started playing: 8 years old
First Junior Club: Lollipops (Coolum Beach Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
Coolum Rep U12, U13
Sunshine Coast Netball Association Rep U14, U15
Queensland Schoolgirls U12 & U15
USC Thunder Academy 2021
Queensland U17 State Squad 2022
School/Study: Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Year 11
Work/Volunteering: Part Time at Kiah Park Horseriding camp
Favourite SSN Player: Gretel Bueta as I like her moves
Grace Farrelly
Nick Name: Grace
Height: 179cm
Age: 19
Positions: WD, GD
Age started playing: 11 years old
First Junior Club: Bay Bullets (Hervey Bay Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
Hervey Bay Rep from U11s to U15s,
Hervey Bay QPL from U16s to Opens,
USC Academy,
Thunder U18s,
State 19U Queensland Squad
School/Study: Bachelor of Business and Creative Industries at USC
Work/Volunteering: Casually at Bli Bli Waterpark
Favourite SSN Player: Geva Mentor because of her ability to read the play and go for the ball with agreesions and without hesitiation
Gypsy McCormack
Nick Name: Gyp, Rae, Gypsy
Height: 189cm
Age: 17
Positions: GS, GA
Age started playing: 9 years old
First Junior Club: Mooloolaba Reds (Sunshine Coast Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
BaSunshine Coast Rep Netball 13 – 15yrs
Sunshine Coast QPL 17s
USC Netball Academy
2020 and 2021 U16 Thunder Nissan State Titles
2022 U17 QLD Squad
School/Study: Mountain Creek State in year 11
Work/Volunteering: Casually at GYG
Favourite SSN Player: Cara Koenen as she is such a great shooter, love how she moves in the circles and she is so nice!
Lily McClure
Nick Name: Lil
Height: 183cm
Age: 19
Positions: GD, WD
Age started playing: 7 years old
First Junior Club: Buderim Firebirds (Sunshine Coast Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
Rep, QPL, State Squad, ANL, Ruby Team
School/Study: Occupational Therapy at USC
Work/Volunteering: Casual at Supre
Favourite SSN Player: Sarah Klau, her attitude and she is a beast
Bayley Woollett
Nick Name: Bay or B
Height: 179cm
Age: 19
Positions: GA, GS
Age started playing: 11 years old
First Junior Club: Bluejays Netball Club
Pathway teams:
Rep U12 – U16 at Caboolture,
QPL 2yrs at Caboolture
TPL Opens at Sunshine Coast, QLD School Girls,
USC Thunder TP
School/Study: Nursing Science
Work/Volunteering: Dental Assistant
Favourite SSN Player: Jamie Lee Price, very smart and know where and why she needs to be
Baylee Boyd
Nick Name: Bay
Age: 17
Positions: C, WA, WD
Age started playing: 7 years old
First Junior Club: Siena Netball Club (Sunshine Coast Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
Rep, QPL, State Squad, Aussie Squad, Academy
School/Study: Siena Catholic College in year 11
Work/Volunteering: Part time at Mojo’s Café
Volunteer at Siena Netball Club
Favourite SSN Player: Laura Langman cause she is a weapon
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Poppy Gatfield
Nickname: Pops, Popsicle
Height: 184cm
Positions: GA, GS
Age started playing: 6 years old.
First Junior Team: Burpengary Jets, Caboolture Netball Association
Pathway teams: Rep 12 – 15yrs Caboolture, QPL, Queensland Indoor and Schools girls, under 17s QLD squad training partner (2019-2020)
Study: At St Columbians College grade 12
Favourite SSN Player: Jo Herten – the passion she shows when playing super clever with the ball.
Hopes/Dreams: go as far as I can in netball. For work, I would love to have a business that provides physio, massage, nutrition, personal training, and counsellors all in one spot. Also, would love to travel and move back to England for 6 months.
Training Partners
Ella Schmeider
Nick Name: El
Height: 185cm
Age: 19
Positions: WA, GS
Age started playing: 11 years old
First Junior Club: Caloundra District Netball Association
Pathway teams:
Caloundra Rep team U13 & U14
Caloundra Rep team U15 & U16
Caloundra QPL Team U17
U16 Lynx Nissan State Titles
U17 Thunder State Titles
USC Thunder Ruby Training Partner x 2 season
School/Study: Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Work/Volunteering: Casual in hospitality
Favourite SSN Player: Cara Koenen because its been great to watch her journey and how much she has achieved
Abbie Mischke
Nick Name: Abs
Height: 179cm
Age: 20
Positions: GA, GS
Age started playing: 8 years old
First Junior Club: Nambour Netball Association
Pathway teams:
SCNA Rep/QPL
U19 QLD Squad
School/Study: Early Childcare Education Diploma
Work/Volunteering: Work in childcare part time
Favourite SSN Player: Steph Wood for her long bombs
Isabel Monaghan
Nick Name: Izzy
Height: 185cm
Age: 17
Positions: GK, GD, WD
Age started playing: 8 years old
First Junior Club: Mountain Creek Netball Club (SCNA)
Pathway teams:
Sunshine Coast Rep,
USC Thunder,
USC Netball Academy,
U16 Thunder State Team & U17s Sunshine Coast TPL Team
School/Study: Mountain Creek State School in year 11
Work/Volunteering: Part time at Foodworks
Favourite SSN Player: Karla Pretorius, as she is an amazinf player who always gives 100% and is a great leader
Kiana Henare
Nick Name: Ki
Height: 169cm
Age: 16
Positions: WA, WD, GA
Age started playing: 8 years old
First Junior Club: Pine panthers netball club (Pine Rivers Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
U13s – u16s played rep for Caboolture Netball Association
U12s and u15s represented Met north region for schoolgirls netball
2021 represented St John Fisher College at the Vicki Wilson Shield comp
2021 Selected in the Thunder Academy
2021 represented u16s blue Thunder team
School/Study: Year 10 student at St John Fisher College
Work/Volunteering: Casual at Zambreros
Netball umpire when available
Favourite SSN Player: GI look up to Steph Wood for her court smarts and amazing skill and accuracy as a shooter and definetly Laura Langman for her athleticism and mid court defence
Yasmin Richters
Nick Name: Yas, Yasi
Height: 181cm
Age: 18
Positions: GS, GA
Age started playing: 6 years old
First Junior Club: Golden Beach Club (Caloundra District Netball Association)
Pathway teams:
Caloundra Rep,
Sunshine Coast QPL,
USC Netball Academy,
U16’s Thunder State Titles,
U18 Thunder State Titles
School/Study: Bachelor of Psychology at Usc
Work/Volunteering: Part time at GYG and Coach at PLC netball
Volunteering at Kings Beach as Surf Life Saver
Favourite SSN Player: Laura Scherian because of how hard she dedicates herself to training and her never give up attitude
Gemma Smith Welch
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Georgia Butt
Nickname: G, G Butt
Height: 170cm
Positions: C, WA
Age started playing: 9 years old.
First Junior Team: Flinders Netball Club, SCNA
Pathway teams: 12 – 15 Rep SCNA, Opens QPL SCNA
Study: Mathew Flinders Year 11
Favourite SSN Player: Laura Langman, because she motivates me to be the best I can be through her dedication and determination.
Hopes/Dreams: to become a high-level netball player and have my master in exercise physiology and S&C