ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Champions Adelaide Thunderbirds boosted their possibilities of retaining their Tremendous Netball League title with the signing of the Jamaica worldwide pair of highly-rated defender Shamera Sterling-Humphrey and stalwart purpose shooter Romelda Aiken-George.
The T-birds introduced that Sterling-Humphrey will put on their pink tunics for one more three seasons till 2026, and Aiken-George will proceed her spectacular profession on the membership, signing up for subsequent season.
Sterling-Humphrey can be getting into her sixth season with the T-birds on the again of the membership’s first title in a decade and her being named the league’s Most Useful Participant after she proved all through the previous season why she is taken into account among the best defenders within the sport.
“Shamera has grown immensely throughout her time with the membership and proved but once more what she’s able to in our premiership season,” T-birds’ high-performance supervisor Pitre Bourdon mentioned. “She stepped right into a management function in 2023 and led our defensive finish to new heights and successes.
“Securing Shamera on a three-year deal is thrilling for the membership and can lengthen her tenure with the Thunderbirds to eight seasons. We look ahead to welcoming her again to Adelaide and dealing together with her to construct on what we achieved in 2023.”
Throughout the previous season, Sterling-Humphrey topped the league with an unbelievable 46 intercepts and 118 deflections and was second for defensive rebounds with 38.
She appeared within the Staff-of-the-Spherical on seven events and was named goalkeeper within the league’s Staff-of-the-Yr.
This would be the third membership for Aiken-George following stints with the Queensland Firebirds from 2008 to 2022 and the New South Wales Swifts, the place she was initially signed as a coaching companion this previous season earlier than she helped to anchor them to a berth within the Grand Remaining, the place the T-birds beat them.
Bourdon mentioned Aiken-George will supply a terrific goal to publish together with her lengthy attain and elevation and can look to offer some much-needed expertise to a youthful – however thrilling – T-birds attacking finish.
“Romelda has been one of many sport’s finest taking pictures targets for over a decade, and she or he proved that when once more through the 2023 season,” Bourdon mentioned.
“She brings important expertise to our comparatively younger assault finish and constantly delivers excessive quantity below the publish.”
The signings of Sterling-Humphrey and Aiken-George imply that three Jamaicans can be a part of the T-birds’ squad, with defender Latanya Wilson additionally placing her signature to a brand new deal.
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