UNITYWATER LIGHTNING CUP IGNITES THE COAST
Hundreds of budding netballers flocked to Fishermans Road last Friday to prepare for the second annual Unitywater Lightning Cup. The school-based tournament welcomes male and female students in year’s 5 and 6 from the Sunshine Coast Region and beyond to participate in an all-day round robin carnival with a grand final to finish. The competitive […]
LIGHTNING READY FOR WEST COAST CHALLENGE
Sunshine Coast Lightning will travel to Perth this weekend to take on the West Coast Fever in the second match of First Nations Round 2023. Currently sitting third on the ladder, the West Coast side will be wanting a win this week at home after losing by just one point to the current ladder-leaders, the […]
MATCH REPORT: ROUND 9
By: Suncorp Super Netball This 2023 season, the first quarter has been the Sunshine Coast Lightning’s best, and the fourth being the Melbourne Vixens’, considering the stakes of this game, you would expect that pattern to continue. However, this game showed both teams doing the opposite, and despite a strong finish from the Lightning, it […]
MATCH REPORT: ROUND 5
It was a packed crowd (2,429) at UniSC Arena for Round 5 of Suncorp Super Netball. The whole match was close, with the lead only creeping out to a maximum of five points at a time. Lighting played a high quality match, but weren’t able to fend off the in-form Swifts. Q1: LIG 16-15 SWI […]
MATCH REPORT: ROUND 1
Sunshine Coast Lightning take a convincing win over GIANTS Netball (66-50) at UniSC Arena for Round 1 of the Suncorp Super Netball. A dream start for new Head Coach, Belinda Reynolds alongside new Assistant Coach Jenny Brazel. No changes were made to the starting 7 team, with three potential debuts remaining on the bench. Q1: […]
UNISC ARENA LIGHTS UP AFTER THRILLER PRACTICE MATCH
Sunshine Coast Lightning are victorious after its first practice match of 2023 this weekend against GIANTS Netball in front of an enthusiastic Sunshine Coast crowd. It was a hard-fought battle the entire game for the home side, with GIANTS securing a six-goal lead after the first quarter, extending it out to an eight-goal lead at […]
MACKAY SHOWED UP FOR INAUGURAL SUNCORP SPIRIT CUP
Sunshine Coast Lightning has had its first pre-season hit-out this weekend against the Queensland Firebirds for the inaugural Suncorp Spirit Cup, with the Firebirds claiming the trophy. Played in modified format in front of a sell-out crowd at Mackay Multisports Stadium, the intrastate rivals traded blows in a high-paced pre-season hit-out that defied hot and […]
LIGHTNING NAMES 2023 TRAINING PARTNERS
Sunshine Coast Lightning has identified four outstanding Queensland-based athletes to be awarded contracts as Training Partners for the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season. Bridey Condren and Ava Black will return to the Club for their second year, after both being awarded their first training partner contracts for the 2022 season. Bridey debuted for Lightning in […]
LIGHTNING FAREWELLS ASSISTANT COACH
Sunshine Coast Lightning has announced it will farewell the Club’s Assistant Coach, Christine Voge. Voge began her journey with Lightning in 2018 as a Development Coach, where she coached the Lightning players who played for the Northern Territory Storm — Lightning’s first affiliated ANL team. She then went on to become the Lightning Assistant Coach […]
LIGHTNING’S 2023 SSN FIXTURE ANNOUNCED
Netball Australia has today released the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball fixture, with Sunshine Coast Lightning kicking off the season with a home game. Lightning will start the 2023 season at USC Stadium against GIANTS Netball on Sunday, 19 March at 1pm AEST — providing fans the opportunity to support the first game of the season […]
