Jade Clarke

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Jade Clarke
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Jade Clarke in 2008
Personal information
Full name Jade Bridget Clarke
Born (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 37)
Manchester, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Relatives Ashley Hall (née Clarke)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, C, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2005–2009, 2016 Loughborough Lightning
2009 Northern Thunder
2010 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2012 Northern Mystics
2013–2014 Canterbury Tactix
2015 New South Wales Swifts
2016–2017 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2018–2020 Wasps Netball
2020-present Leeds Rhinos Netball
Years National team(s) Caps
2002–present  England 169
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Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Netball
Last updated: 15 October 2010

Jade Clarke (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. During her international career, she has competed at five Netball World Championships (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019), four Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014, 2018), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series.[2] Clarke plays domestic netball in the Netball Superleague, having played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10.[3] In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz.[4][5]

In 2011, she was named as the captain of England, after the retirement of Karen Atkinson after the 2011 Netball World Championships. She captained them to a first ever gold medal in the 2011 World Netball Series. In 2012, she signed on to play for the NZ Franchise, Northern Mystics for the ANZ Championships. She signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2013 season. After 2 seasons with the Canterbury Tactix Clarke signed with the Sydney-based NSW Swifts signing as their import player. On 21 September 2014, Clarke was inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame.[6] In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning.[7] On 20 February 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds.[8] She stayed in Australia until 2018, when she returned to England to play for Wasps Netball.[9] Clarke was a member of the gold medal winning England team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also selected in the 12-player squad for the Roses at the 2019 Netball World Cup.[10]

Personal life[]

Jade Clarke was born in 1983 in Manchester and later studied Sports Science at Loughborough University.[1]

ANZ Championship accolades[]

  • 2014 Mainland Tactix Members' Player of the Year
  • 2013 Tactix Player of the Year

National Representation[]

Netball Career Facts[]

  • Inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame
  • 2014 England Commonwealth Games Netball Team Captain
  • 2011, 2015 World Netball Championship Bronze Medal with England
  • 2011 FastNet World Netball Series Gold Medal with England (as Captain)
  • 2006, 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal with England
  • 2018, Commonwealth games Gold medal with England

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "2006 Commonwealth Games profile". Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. ^ 2009 England Netball profile Archived 29 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Northern Thunder sign Bayman & Clarke". Daily Express. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Pegden, Evan (5 June 2010). "Jade Clarke crossing the chasm". Waikato Times. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  5. ^ Johannsen, Dana (5 June 2010). "Late Magic signing ends speculation". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Clarke inducted into England Netball Hall of Fame". NSW Swifts. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Loughborough sign England's Clarke". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Jade Clarke to leave Loughborough Lightning for Adelaide Thunderbirds". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Jade Clarke joins Wasps for 2018 Superleague season". Sky Sports. 22 August 2017.
  10. ^ "England squad for the Vitality Netball World Cup revealed". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.


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