Jenny Borlase

Personal information

Full name

Jenny Borlase

Netball career

Playing position(s): GS

Medal record

Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Netball
Netball World Championships
	1991 Sydney	Netball
	1995 Birmingham	Netball
	1999 Christchurch	Netball

Jenny Borlase is a three-time world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist for netball from South Australia. Borlase made her mark on the national and international stage as an incredibly accurate goal-shooter and is one of Australia's top capped players with 70 Tests.^[1]

Netball career

Borlase began her netball career at Kapinnie, on the Eyre Peninsula where she played for the Tigers in the Great Flinders Netball Association and became one of Australias most accurate Goal Shooters^[2]

Borlase went on to State League level with Garville Netball Club which enjoyed a fierce rivalry during the late 1980s and 1990s with Contax Netball Club^[3] She represented South Australia in national championships and then the Adelaide Ravens in the national league.

Borlase represented Australia from 1989 - 1999, contributing strongly with her uncanny goalscoring ability, and was a part of successful world champion campaigns in 1991, 1995, and 1999. She also won Gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Borlase joined the Netball SA Board in 2008 after 3 years on the Netball Victoria Board. She has held many different positions within netball from Australian player to coach, commentator and selector^[4]

Awards

Four-time winner of The Advertiser trophy^[5]

References

External Sources

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