# 2012 New South Wales Swifts season

The 2012 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2012 ANZ Championship. They were coached by Lisa Beehag, a former Australia international. During the 2011 season, Beehag had served as head coach of NNSW Blues in the Australian Netball League. During the regular season, Swifts finished in fifth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. They narrowly missed out on the playoffs after a 50–49 defeat to Northern Mystics in their final regular season match.

## Players
### Player movements

Summary of 2012 player movements :
| Gains | Losses |
| Kimberley Borger (NNSW Blues) Kristy Guthrie (NNSW Waratahs) Paige Hadley (NNSW Waratahs/AIS) April Letton (NNSW Waratahs/Queensland Firebirds) Samantha May (NNSW Waratahs) Joanna Sutton (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Gabi Simpson (NNSW Blues/AIS) Melissa Tallent (NNSW Waratahs) | Ashleigh Brazill (West Coast Fever) Rebecca Bulley (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Catherine Cox (West Coast Fever) Kimberley Smith (retired) Courtney Tairi (Southern Steel) |

#### Notes

* ^1 Kimberley Borger was named in the 2010 roster but withdrew due to injury.
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### 2012 roster

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### Player milestones

* Kimberlee Green and Vanessa Ware celebrated ten consecutive seasons with Sydney Swifts/New South Wales Swifts. Ware subsequently played her 50th ANZ Championship match in Round 9 against Melbourne Vixens.
* Kimberly Borger, Paige Hadley, April Letton and Joanna Sutton all make their Swifts ANZ Championship debut in Round 1 against Adelaide Thunderbirds
* Susan Pratley scores her 1600th goal in Round 11 against West Coast Fever.
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## Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament

On 2, 3 and 4 March, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the TECT Arena in Tauranga. For the first time since 2008, all ten ANZ Championship teams competed at the same tournament. The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. Teams within each pool played each other once and the winners qualified for the final. Swifts finished the tournament in 8th place.

### 7th/8th place play-off

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## Regular season
### Fixtures and results
#### Round 5

New South Wales Swifts received a bye.

#### Round 14

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### Final table

2012 ANZ Championship laddervte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | G% | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Vixens | 13 | 10 | 3 | 645 | 569 | 76 | 113.36 | 20 |
| 2 | Northern Mystics | 13 | 10 | 3 | 667 | 633 | 34 | 105.37 | 20 |
| 3 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 13 | 9 | 4 | 699 | 594 | 105 | 117.68 | 18 |
| 4 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 13 | 9 | 4 | 670 | 589 | 81 | 113.75 | 18 |
| 5 | New South Wales Swifts | 13 | 8 | 5 | 624 | 638 | -14 | 97.81 | 16 |
| 6 | Queensland Firebirds | 13 | 7 | 6 | 686 | 640 | 46 | 107.19 | 14 |
| 7 | Central Pulse | 13 | 5 | 8 | 585 | 626 | -41 | 93.45 | 10 |
| 8 | West Coast Fever | 13 | 3 | 10 | 608 | 673 | -65 | 90.34 | 6 |
| 9 | Southern Steel | 13 | 2 | 11 | 639 | 728 | -89 | 87.77 | 4 |
| 10 | Canterbury Tactix | 13 | 2 | 11 | 634 | 767 | -133 | 82.66 | 4 |
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Qualified for Major semi-final Qualified for Minor semi-final
* Pld = Games played
* W = Win (2 points)
* L = Loss (0 points)
* GF = Goals For
* GA = Goals Against
* GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
* G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
Pts = Points

## Statistics

As of 14 November 2012. :
| Player | GS | GA | G% | A | R | CPR | I | D | P | T |
| Kimberly Borger | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Carla Dziwoki | 139 | 172 | 80.8 | 24 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 20 |
| Mo'onia Gerrard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 94 | 10 | 22 | 168 | 16 |
| Kimberlee Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 108 | 26 |
| Kristy Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Paige Hadley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
| April Letton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 5 |
| Samantha May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 14 | 97 | 9 |
| Sonia Mkoloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 186 | 11 |
| Susan Pratley | 347 | 405 | 85.7 | 47 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 35 |
| Joanna Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 64 | 4 |
| Vanessa Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 140 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 40 |
| Amorette Wild | 111 | 138 | 80.4 | 33 | 2 | 82 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 14 |

## Award winners

| Award | Winner |
| QBE NSW Swifts MVP | Susan Pratley |
| NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year | Kimberlee Green |
| NSW Swifts Players' Player of the Year | April Letton |
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