Barbados national netball team

Barbados
Nickname(s)Bajan Gems[1][2]
AssociationBarbados Netball Association
ConfederationAmericas Netball
CaptainDamisha Croney
Most capsLatonia Blackman (203)
World ranking19th
Gold uniform
Blue uniform
Netball World Cup
Appearances10 (Debuted in 1979)
2023 placing19th[3]
Best result6th (1987)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances7 (Debuted in 1998)
2022 placing12th
Best result7th (2010)

The Barbados national netball team represents the Barbados Netball Association in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup and Netball at the Commonwealth Games. Barbados have have also played in the ECCB International Netball Series and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. As of 1 March 2026, Barbados are listed 19th on the World Netball Rankings.

Tournament history

Early tournaments

The Barbados national netball team has been active since at least 1956. In 1954, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago began playing in a triangular tournament. Barbados subsequently joined them two years later.[4]

Major tournaments

Netball World Cup

Barbados first participated in the Netball World Cup in 1979 when they finished 8th. Their highest finish came in 1987 when they finished in equal 6th place.[5][6]

Tournaments Place
1979 World Netball Championships[5][7] 8th
1987 World Netball Championships[8] 6th
1995 World Netball Championships[9] 11th
1999 World Netball Championships[10] 10th
2003 World Netball Championships[11] 7th
2007 World Netball Championships[12] 13th
2011 World Netball Championships[13][14] 11th
2015 Netball World Cup[1][15][16][17][18] 13th
2019 Netball World Cup[19][20][21][22] 12th
2023 Netball World Cup[23][24][25][26][27] 14th

Commonwealth Games

Between 1998 and 2022, Barbados competed at every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. Their best performance came in 2010 when they finished 7th after beating Trinidad and Tobago 60–59 in a classification match. However, Barbados failed to qualify for the 2026 Commonwealth Games after finishing outside the top twelve in the November 2025 World Netball Rankings.[28][29][30]

Tournaments Place
1998 Commonwealth Games[31] 8th
2002 Commonwealth Games[32] 9th
2006 Commonwealth Games[33][34][35] 10th
2010 Commonwealth Games[29][36] 7th
2014 Commonwealth Games[37] 11th
2018 Commonwealth Games[28][38][39][40] 10th
2022 Commonwealth Games[41][42][43] 12th

Americas tournaments

Netball World Cup Qualifiers

Tournaments Place
2007 Women Netball World Championship Qualifier[44] 2nd
2011 Women Netball World Championship Qualifier[45] 2nd
2015 Netball World Cup Qualifier[46] 2nd 1
2019 Netball World Cup Qualifier[47][48][49] 2nd 2
2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Americas[2][50][51][52] 3rd

Source:[53]

AFNA Championships

Tournaments Place
1997 AFNA Championships[54] 2nd
2008 AFNA Championships[55][56] 3rd
2012 AFNA Championships[57] 2nd
2014 AFNA Championships[46] 2nd 1
2018 AFNA Championships[47][49] 2nd 2
Notes
  • ^1 The 2014 AFNA Championships also counted as a 2015 Netball World Cup qualifier.
  • ^2 The 2018 AFNA Championships also counted as a 2019 Netball World Cup qualifier.

Source:[53]

ECCB International Netball Series

Tournaments Place
2022 ECCB International Netball Series[58]
2023 ECCB International Netball Series[59][60][61][62]
2025 ECCB International Netball Series[63][64][65]

Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournaments Place
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games[66] 4th

Notable players

Recent squad

This recent squad was selected for the 2023 Netball World Cup.[6][67][68]

Barbados roster
Players Coaches
Pos. Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
Faye Agard (c) GS, GK (aged 37) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 59
Kimani Archer WD, C –
Latonia Blackman WD, GD, GK (1982-10-06)6 October 1982 (aged 40) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Pride of Villa 181
Carla Boyce GK, GD (aged 41) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 0
Kadeen Corbin GS, GA (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 (aged 31) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Team Bath 78
Sasha Corbin WA, C (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 35) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Saracens Mavericks 77
Brianna Holder GS, GA (2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 22) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 42
Teresa Howell C, WD (aged 27) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 40
Amanda Knight WA, C, WD (2000-04-21)21 April 2000 (aged 23) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 21
Victoria Moverville GK, GD –
Tonisha Rock-Yaw (vc) WD, C (1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 29) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 67
Jada Smith GS, GA –
Akeena Stoute GK, GD (aged 25) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 29
Tamara Trotman GD, GK (aged 28) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 9
Damia Walrond GS, GA (aged 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 4
Head coach
  • Denise Alleyne


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Captains

Captain Years
Marva Sealy 1979
Denise Morgan 1987, 1999, 2015
Veneisha Cadogan 1995
Stacey Ford 1999
Cheryl Squires 2003
Julie Phillips[11][33][34] 2003, 2006
Latonia Blackman[69] 2010
Kizzy Marville[14] 2011
Latonia Blackman[70] 2014
Rhe-Ann Niles[1][28][40] 2015, 2018
Damisha Croney[71] 2019
Latonia Blackman[41][42][43] 2022
Shonette Azore-Bruce[41][42] 2022
Faye Agard[67] 2023
Damisha Croney[72] 2025

Source:[73]

England internationals

Player England Apps Years Barbados Apps Years
Kadeen Corbin[24][68][74] 72 2011–2021 2023
Sasha Corbin[24][68][74] 71 2007–2019 2023

Head coaches

Coach Years
Maureen Alleyne 1979
Anna Shepherd[33][34] 1987, 1999, 2006
Veneisha Cadogan 1995
Harriet Waithe[11] 2003, 2007
Alwyn Babb[14][29][69][75][76] 2010, 2011
Anna Shepherd[77][78] 2014, 2015
Sandra Bruce-Small[19][38][40][71][79] 2018, 2019
Margaret Cutting[43][79][80][81][82] 2019–2023
Denise Alleyne[23][62][82] 2023–2025

Source:[73]

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