Jamaica national netball team
The Jamaica national netball team, commonly known as the Sunshine Girls, represent Jamaica in international netball competitions. Netball is the number one women's sport in Jamaica as well as the number one team sport in the island, based on World Rankings and recent history and the majority of the schools in Jamaica participate. Netball receives full media coverage on television, radio and in newspapers but does not get as much coverage as less successful team sports such as football and cricket. Jamaica were coached by former representative Oberon Pitterson, and captained by midcourt veteran Nadine Bryan up to the end of 2013. However, a Technical Director (Jill McIntosh) and new coach (Minneth Reynolds), were appointed in early 2014. As of 1 July 2020, Jamaica are fourth in the INF World Rankings. The senior Jamaican netball team is widely known as the Sunshine Girls, the Jamaican Fast 5 netball team is known as Jamaica Fast5 or the FAST5 Girls.
| Nickname(s) | Sunshine Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Netball Jamaica | ||
| Confederation | AFNA (Americas) | ||
| Head coach | Marvette Anderson Sasher-Gaye Henry | ||
| Captain | Jhaniele Fowler-Reid | ||
| Vice-captain | Paula Thompson | ||
| Most caps | Nadine Bryan (159) | ||
| World ranking | 3 | ||
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| Netball World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 15 (Debuted in 1963) | ||
| 2019 placing | 5th | ||
| Best result | 3rd (1991, 2003, 2007, 2023) | ||
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| Appearances | 7 (Debuted in 1998) | ||
| 2018 placing | 2nd | ||
| Best result | 2nd (Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games) | ||