Leah Shoard

Australian netball player

Leah Shoard
Personal information
Born (1986-05-23) 23 May 1986 (age 37)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation Student
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2010 West Coast Fever
2009 Southern Steel
2008 New South Wales Swifts
2007 AIS Canberra Darters
2006 Sydney Swifts
Years National team(s) Caps
2007 Australia U21
Last updated: 2009-03-29

Leah Shoard (born 23 May 1986) is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Southern Steel in New Zealand.[1]

She played for the New South Wales Swifts in the 2008 season, having previously been signed for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.[2] While she was not signed up for the Swifts for the 2009 season, in December 2008, the Southern Steel and Netball New Zealand announced that Shoard was allowed to join the New Zealand franchise in 2009, due to star shoot Donna Wilkins being unavailable for the first two rounds after the birth of her first child.[3] Despite the eligibility rules for New Zealand franchises, the Steel fought to include Shoard over a New Zealand player, saying they needed a relatively experienced player to take the goal attack positions in the opening games.

In 2010, Shoard currently plays for the West Coast Fever in hopes to gain more court time after playing for one quarter for the Swifts in 2008 and two quarters for the Steel in 2009. In 2009, she only had one attempt and missed, giving her the lowest shooting percentage score of 0% (0/1). Should Shoard scored that attempt, she would have been the top of the shooting table at 100% (1/1).

References

  1. ^ 2009 Southern Steel profile Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-29.
  2. ^ 2008 New South Wales Swifts profile Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved in 2008.
  3. ^ "Steel tops up squad with Aussie shooter". stuff.co.nz. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
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