# 2009 New South Wales Swifts season

The 2009 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts play in the 2009 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Catherine Cox, Swifts won only 2 of their 13 matches during the regular season and finished ninth.

## Players
### Player movements

| Gains | Losses |
| Sarah Barrett Ashlee Mann (NNSW Blues/NNSW Waratahs) Jessica Mansell (NNSW Waratahs) Samantha May (Australian Institute of Sport) Courtney Tairi (Australian Institute of Sport) Amy Wild | Selina Gilsenan Retirement Adelaide Johnson Tiffany Lincoln Leah Shoard (Southern Steel) |
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### Player milestones

In 2009 six players made their ANZ Championship debut for Swifts:
* Samantha May and Erin Bell made their debut in Round 1 against Canterbury Tactix.
* Jessica Mansell made her debut in Round 7 against Queensland Firebirds
* Amy Wild made her debut in Round 13 against Central Pulse
* Ashlee Mann and Courtney Tairi made their debut in Round 14 against Southern Steel.
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## Pre-season

Swifts played in two pre-season tournaments. In February 2009 they played in the Queenstown Pre-Season Tournament, losing 58–53 to Northern Mystics in the final. In March 2009, Swifts played in and won the 2009 SOPA Cup, hosted by Netball New South Wales at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre.

## Regular season
### Fixtures and results
#### Round 9

New South Wales Swifts received a bye.

#### Round 14

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### Final table

2009 ANZ Championship laddervte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | G% | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Vixens | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 769 | 614 | 125.24 | 24 |
| 2 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 673 | 562 | 119.75 | 22 |
| 3 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 698 | 579 | 120.55 | 20 |
| 4 | Southern Steel | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 662 | 645 | 102.64 | 16 |
| 5 | Queensland Firebirds | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 700 | 690 | 101.45 | 16 |
| 6 | Canterbury Tactix | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 639 | 662 | 96.53 | 10 |
| 7 | West Coast Fever | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 666 | 735 | 90.61 | 10 |
| 8 | Northern Mystics | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 642 | 727 | 88.31 | 6 |
| 9 | New South Wales Swifts | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 709 | 748 | 94.79 | 4 |
| 10 | Central Pulse | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 594 | 790 | 75.19 | 2 |
| Updated 20 February 2021 ||||||||||
Qualified for Major semi-final Qualified for Minor semi-final
* Pld = Games played
* W = Win (2 points)
* D = Draw (1 point)
* L = Loss (0 points)
* GF = Goals For (Total goals scored)
* GA = Goals Against (Total goals conceded)
* G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
* Pts = Points
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## Award winners
### Swifts awards

| Award | Winner |
| QBE NSW Swifts MVP | Catherine Cox |
| NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year | Susan Pratley |
| NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year | Kimberley Smith |
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## Gallery

* 7 March 2009; Erin Bell (GS) of New South Wales Swifts prepares to shoot against Brooke Thompson (GK) of Melbourne Vixens during the pre-season tournament, the 2009 SOPA Cup. Bell subsequently made her ANZ Championship debut with Swifts in the Round 1 match against Canterbury Tactix.
* 7 March 2009; Renae Hallinan (left) of Melbourne Vixens and Kimberlee Green (right) of New South Wales Swifts during the pre-season tournament, the 2009 SOPA Cup.