Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures

Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures
Founded2008
Based inAdelaide
RegionsSouth Australia
Home venueAdelaide Entertainment Centre
Head coachJacqui Illman
Premierships2 (2012, 2022)
LeagueSuper Netball Reserves
Websitesa.netball.com.au
Playing dress
Playing dress
Playing dress

The Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures, formerly the Southern Force, is an Australian netball team that represents Netball South Australia in the Super Netball Reserves competition. The Thunderbirds Futures is the reserve team of Suncorp Super Netball club, Adelaide Thunderbirds. The team is made up of selected stand-out players from the Netball South Australia Premier League, Adelaide Thunderbirds training partners and some contracted Thunderbirds players.

Under the Southern Force name, the team were champions of the Australian Netball League/Australian Netball Championships in 2012 and 2022 and were runners-up in 2015.

History

Australian Netball League

Between 2008 and 2011, Netball South Australia's ANL team simply played as South Australia. They were a foundation member of the league. In 2012, they rebranded to become the Southern Force, a name that was first suggested by members of the 2011 ANL squad.[1][2][3] In 2012 with a squad that included Kelly Altmann, Georgia Beaton, Cody Lange, Maddy Proud, Melissa Rowland, Kate Shimmin and Sheree Wingard, Force finished as ANL Champions, defeating NNSW Waratahs 50–36 in the grand final.[1] In 2015, with a squad that saw Lange, Shimmin and Wingard joined by Sarah Klau, Hannah Petty, Samantha Poolman and Maddy Turner, the Southern Force reached the grand final for a second time. However, on this occasion they lost 58–46 to Victorian Fury.[4][5]

Super Netball Reserves

In 2025, the Australian Netball Championships (ANC) was rebranded to the Super Netball Reserves by Netball Australia. This new format of the competition ran alongside the Suncorp Super Netball season, with Thunderbirds Futures games taking place alongside the Adelaide Thunderbirds games, usually pre- or post-SSN match at the same venue, or alternatively the day before or after an SSN match at a different venue.

Grand finals

Season Winners Score Runners up Venue
2012[1][6] Southern Force 50–36 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre, Melbourne
2015[4][5] Victorian Fury 58–46 Southern Force Waverley Netball Centre, Melbourne
2022 Southern Force 59-57 Victorian Fury Traralgon

Notable players

2026 squad

2026 Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures roster
PlayersCoaches
NamePosDOBHeightClubNatCaps
Lucy Voyvodic[a] (c) WA, C – Matrics Australia
Lucy Denton WA, C – Garville Australia
Anna Goad GK, GD – Contax Australia
Brooke Irlam GS, GA – Garville Australia
Jemma Kelly[b] GD, GK – Matrics Australia
Jazmin McKay[b] GD, WD, C – Contax Australia
Samaya Oakley GS – Contax Australia
Tabitha Packer[b] WD, GD – Contax Australia
Natalie Sligar WA, GA – Oakdale Australia
Jordi Vidmar GS, GA – Contax Australia
Charlotte Walker[b] GK, GD – Oakdale Australia
Molly Watson[b] GK, GD – Contax Australia
Ellie Marshall[c] WD, C – Oakdale Australia
Elouise Nordhausen[c] GS, GA – Matrics Australia
Anessah Oakley[c] GD, GK – Contax Australia
Aaleya Turner[c] WD, GD – Matrics Australia
Head coach
  • Australia Jacqui Illman
Assistant coach


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • Injured or on maternity leave – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 27 April 2026
  1. ↑ Contracted eleventh player for Adelaide Thunderbirds
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Training partner for Adelaide Thunderbirds
  3. 1 2 3 4 Training partner for Thunderbirds Reserves

Source:[7]

Internationals

 Australia
 England
 Jamaica
 New Zealand
 Samoa

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Source:[1][8][5][9][10][11][12]

League MVP

Season Player
2015Kate Shimmin
2025 Lucy Voyvodic

Source:[5][13]

Head coaches

Coach Years
Tania Obst[1][12]2010, 2012
Dan Ryan[14][15][16][17]2013
Tania Obst[5][9]2015–2016
Brian Lines[8][10][18]2017–2020
Jacqui Illman 2021-present

Premierships

  • Australian Netball League
    • Winners: 2012
    • Runners up: 2015
  • Australian Netball Championships
    • Winners: 2022

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "New Idea Australian Netball League action fires up tomorrow". www.womensportreport.com. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Australian Netball League 2009". www.netball.org.sg. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Fury hold out Force to claim hat-trick of ANL titles". www.womensportreport.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "2015 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2012 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Squad Announcement - Thunderbirds Futures". Instagram. April 7, 2026. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
  8. 1 2 "2017 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  9. 1 2 "2016 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Lines Announces Experienced 2020 Southern Force Squad". sa.netball.com.au. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Southern Force Archives". netball.draftcentral.com.au. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Australian Netball League". netball.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Annual Report 2013 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Thunder name new Coach". www.manchesterthunder.com. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dan Ryan:High Performance Netball Coach / Sports Broadcaster". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  17. ↑ "Manchester Thunder name Australian Dan Ryan as new head coach". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "2020 Southern Force coaches". sa.netball.com.au. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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