Trinidad and Tobago national netball team

Trinidad and Tobago
Nickname(s)Calypso Girls
AssociationTrinidad and Tobago Netball Association
ConfederationAmericas Netball
Head coachLiselle Johnson
CaptainShaquanda Green-Noel
Afeisha Noel
World ranking11th[1]
Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances15 (Debuted in 1963)
2023 placing12th
Best resultJoint 1st (1979)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances3 (Debuted in 2010)
2022 placing11th
Best result8th (2010)

The Trinidad and Tobago national netball team, known as the Calypso Girls, represent the Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup and Netball at the Commonwealth Games. Trinidad and Tobago are the only team other than Australia and New Zealand to have won a Netball World Cup. At the 1979 World Netball Championships they shared the gold medal with Australia and New Zealand. At the 1987 World Netball Championships they shared the silver medal with New Zealand. They were bronze medallists at the 1983 World Netball Championships. As of 1 December 2025, Trinidad and Tobago are ranked 11th in the World Netball Rankings.

History

Early tournaments

In 1952, Lystra Lewis, the pioneering netball coach and administrator, first coached the Trinidad and Tobago national netball team. Competitive netball among Caribbean and West Indies countries started in 1954 with a triangular tournament featuring Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. In 1954, Lewis was instrumental in establishing the West Indies Netball Board in an effort to formalise netball tournaments.[2][3][4]

Tournament history

Major tournaments

Netball World Cup

Trinidad and Tobago played in the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships. Led by coach and pioneer Lystra Lewis, the team finished fourth. With the exception of the 1991 tournament, they have competed in every World Netball Championships and/or Netball World Cup since.[3][5][6][7] Trinidad and Tobago are the only team other than Australia and New Zealand to have won a Netball World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago hosted the 1979 World Netball Championships in Port of Spain. With a team coached by Lystra Lewis, captained by Sherril Peters and featuring Jean Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago won eight of their nine matches in the round-robin stage. This included a 40–38 win over Australia. However, both Australia and New Zealand also won eight of their nine matches. There were no playoffs to determine an outright winner and the tournament organisers declared all three teams champions. The Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association was subsequently awarded the Hummingbird Medal and the individual members of the team were also awarded the Chaconia Medal.[3][5][8][9][10] Trinidad and Tobago were bronze medallists at the 1983 World Netball Championships and shared the silver medal at the 1987 World Netball Championships.[7][9][11][12]

Tournaments Place
1963 World Netball Championships[6] 4th
1967 World Netball Championships[13] 6th
1971 World Netball Championships[14] 4th
1975 World Netball Championships[15] 4th
1979 World Netball Championships[8][10]
1983 World Netball Championships[11]
1987 World Netball Championships[12]
1995 World Netball Championships[16] 6th
1999 World Netball Championships[17] 8th
2003 World Netball Championships[18][19] 10th
2007 World Netball Championships[20] 11th
2011 World Netball Championships[21][22] 7th
2015 Netball World Cup[9][23][24] 9th
2019 Netball World Cup[25][26][27][28] 9th
2023 Netball World Cup[29][30][31][32][33][34] 12th

Commonwealth Games

In 2010, Trinidad and Tobago made their debut in the Netball at the Commonwealth Games. They finished 8th and this remains their highest finish in the tournament.[35][36]

Tournaments Place
2010 Commonwealth Games[37] 8th
2014 Commonwealth Games[38] 10th
2022 Commonwealth Games[39][40] 11th
2026 Commonwealth Games

Americas tournaments

Netball World Cup Qualifiers

Tournaments Place
2007 Women Netball World Championship Qualifier[41] 1st
2011 Women Netball World Championship Qualifier[42] 1st
2015 Netball World Cup Qualifier[43] 1st 1
2019 Netball World Cup Qualifier[44][45][46] 1st 2
2023 Netball World Cup qualification – Americas[47][48] 2nd

Source:[49]

AFNA Championships

Tournaments Place
1997 AFNA Championships[50] 4th
2008 AFNA Championships[51][52] 2nd
2012 AFNA Championships[53][54] 3rd
2014 AFNA Championships[43] 1st 1
2018 AFNA Championships[44][45][46] 1st 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:[49]

Central American and Caribbean Games

Tournaments Place
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games[55][56][57][58] 1st

Netball Europe Open Championships

Tournaments Place
2015 Netball Europe Open Championships[59][60][61] 5th

Netball Singapore Nations Cup

Tournaments Place
2007 Netball Singapore Nations Cup[62][63][64] 2nd

Players

Recent squad

2023 Netball World Cup – Trinidad and Tobago roster
Players Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps
Alena Brooks C, WD, WA (1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 31) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 11
Tia Bruno C, WD, WA 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Police 16
Joelisa Cooper GS, GA (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 34) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Fire Service 104
Tiana Dillon GS, GA 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 15
Oprah Douglas C, WD, WA 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) UTT Patriots 14
Shaquanda Greene-Noel (cc) WD, GK, GD (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 29) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Celtic Dragons 45
Jameela McCarthy WD, GK, GD (1995-06-20)20 June 1995 (aged 28) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 19
Jeresia McEchrane WD, GK, GD 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Trinidad and Tobago Regiment 27
Shaniya Morgan GS, GK 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) UTT Patriots 9
Afeisha Noel (cc) GS, GA (1985-11-18)18 November 1985 (aged 37) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 53
Shantel Seemungal C, WA 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Police Youth Club 41
Daystar Swift GD, GK (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 31) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) UTT Patriots 61
Head coach
  • Joel Young-Strong[32]


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

Sources:[29][30][33][34][65]

Captains

Captains Years
Phyllis Walker 1963
Enid Browne 1967–1971
Jean Pierre[66] 1975
Sherril Peters[10] 1979, 1983
Jennifer Frank ? 1987
Lystra Soloman[18][19] 2003
Rhonda John-Davis[20][26][62] 2007, 2019
Janelle Barker[22][67] 2010–2011
Anika La Roche-Brice[68][69][70] 2014
Joelisa Cooper[23][59] 2015
Candice Guerero[59] 2015
Samantha Wallace[71] 2021
Kalifa McCollin[71] 2021
Shaquanda Green-Noel[33][34][39][40] 2022–2023
Afeisha Noel[30][31][72] 2023
Daystar Swift[72] 2023

Source:[73]

1979 Gold medallists

The following players were members of the Trinidad and Tobago team that were gold medallists at the 1979 World Netball Championships. Individual members of the team were also awarded the Chaconia Medal.

  • Ingrid Blackman
  • Angela Burke-Brown
  • Peggy Castanada[74]
  • Heather Charleau
  • Cyrenia Charles
  • Marcia Dimsoy
  • Jennifer Nurse
  • Sherril Peters
  • Jean Pierre
  • Veryl Prescod
  • Althea Thomas-Luces
  • Jennifer Williams

Sources:[5][10][75]

Head coaches

Coach Years
Lystra Lewis[3][4][10][76] 1952–1979
Enid Browne 1983–1987
Eunice Pena 1995
Grace Parkinson-Griffith[18] 1999–2003
Veronica McDonald[18][19] 2003
Grace Parkinson-Griffith[62] 2006–2007
Bridget Adams[67] 2010
Karen Worland[21][22][77][78] 2010–2011
Jennifer Frank[53] 2012
Wesley Gomes[23][26][25][59][79][80] 2013–2019
Althea McCollin[71][81][82] 2021
Kemba Duncan[82][83] 2022
Joel Young-Strong[32][72][84] 2022–2023
Liselle Johnson[84] 2026–

Source:[73]

Honours

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