Jade Clarke

Jade Clarke (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England) 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 four Netball World Championships (2003 and 2007 2011 and 2015), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series. Clarke plays domestic netball in the Netball Superleague, having played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10. 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.

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• Personal life
• ANZ Championship accolades
• National Representation
• Netball Career Facts
• References

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. In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning. On 20 February 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds.

Personal life

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

ANZ Championship accolades

2014 Mainland Tactix Members' Player of the Year

2013 Tactix Player of the Year

National Representation

2003-2014 England Netball Team

2014 England Netball Captain

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