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Most popular Australian (and New Zealand) netball related Twitter accounts (March 23)

Posted by on Thursday, 24 March, 2011

Yes, this is version three of what amounts to the same list with diminishing numbers of people included. :) I just have a fondness for these categories and want to pull out what I consider to be important segments of the sport fandom community based on my interests.

Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 2503 471 76 67
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 2149 1338 79 28
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1768 857 71 181
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 1518 668 36 178
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 1443 972 43 99
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 1418 1057 59 115
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 1354 1060 47 161
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 1050 49 43 24
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 1005 83 47 39
anznetballchamp ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 935 592 37 68
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 900 818 44 44
netballmag ANZ Championship Netball Magazine magazine (female) 866 339 19 2001
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 796 589 25 141
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 761 312 23 40
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 751 664 28 40
NetballOnline Netball Australia Netball Australia fansite (female) 748 5721 22 246
bcarbonaro85 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship journalist (male) 702 6878 29 1512
netballnz Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand unofficial (female) 692 300 34 13
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 668 827 30 75
CathCoxy ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 597 232 13 34
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 574 44 31 14
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 493 293 29 0
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 486 140 24 62
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 485 124 29 6
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 464 5 33 7
bendunn43 Mens and Mixed NSW Netball Assoc Open Mens Ben Dunn (male) 457 9214 14 1216
MyNetballNZ Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand official (female) 433 729 24 105
theNSWSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts 286 469 8 64
ceonetballvic Netball Australia Netball Victoria ceo of Netball Victoria 248 96 12 73
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 233 11 5 34
NetballCoach Netball New South Wales Norths Netball Association coach (female) 205 620 11 326
WestCoastFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Official Club (female) 201 1 14 2
WNC2011 World Netball Championships World Netball Championships official (female) 194 361 9 63
northernmystics ANZ Championship Northern Mystics official team (female) 191 422 14 1
CorlettoSports Netball Australia Netball School Holiday Clinics Netball School Holiday Clinics 127 121 4 63
netballnerd Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand fansite (female) 118 90 6 14
kimmysmiff ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 103 6 12 28
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 98 184 6 63
Jasmine_Keene ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 97 245 6 83
amycsteel ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 97 23 4 12
NetFest2011 Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 82 18 3 41
NetballNinja ANZ Championship ANZ Championship fansite (female) 75 594 2 224
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 58 9 9 13
ACENetball Brisbane Netball Association ACE Netball Club official 58 36 7 6
Orcas_Netball Plenty Valley Netball Association Orcas Netball (female) 49 50 9 2
KaroriNetball Netball Wellington Karori Netball Official Club (female) 44 70 7 10
WildcatsNetball Netball South Australia WildcatsNetball Official Club (female) 43 2 5 11
netballwgtn Netball New Zealand Netball Wellington (female) 42 24 2 11
MensNetballVic Men’s Netball Vic Men’s Netball Vic league (male) 40 28 3 27
westernjets Netball SA Premier Western Jets team (female) 32 7 3 0
MDNAnetball Netball Queensland Brisbane Netball (female) 30 8 2 15
hillswarriors Netball Western Australia Warriors Netball Official Club (female) 29 13 2 4
woopinetball Netball New South Wales Woopi Netball Official Club (female) 28 111 3 0
winmaleenetball Netball New South Wales Winmalee Netball Official Club (female) 24 1 1 3
SharksNetball Netball Queensland Sharks NetBall Official Club (female) 22 0 2 0
comeonvipers Netball Victoria Vipers Netball Team Club (female) 22 3 1 0
BallsNGiggles Netball New South Wales Balls & Giggles league (female) 21 71 1 95
AmazonsNC Netball Queensland Amazons Netball Club Club (female) 19 8 2 11
cswnanetball Netball New South Wales Cranbourne South West Netball Association (female) 15 22 1 52
North_Paws Netball New South Wales North Paws Netball Club (female) 15 7 3 0
mascotnetball Netball New South Wales Mascot Netball Club Club (female) 8 59 1 0

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Most popular female Australian (and NZ) sport related Twitter accounts (March 23)

Posted by on Thursday, 24 March, 2011

This is an updated version of previous posts. :)   If any organisation or athlete is missing, please leave a comment.

Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 17592 3173 487 59
TheAnnaRawson PGA PGA Australia golfer (female) 16938 1055 881 217
Sally_Fitz Association of Surfing Professionals Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 6915 1115 326 100
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 6384 1894 203 123
gypsy_gilmore Association of Surfing Professionals Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 5884 207 255 32
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5492 267 197 8
LayneCBeachley Association of Surfing Professionals Layne Beachley surfer (female) 3670 191 146 33
Jarka_Groth Tennis Australia Jarka Groth athlete (female) 3150 762 296 22
ahealy77 Cricket Australia New South Wales Breakers player (female) 2683 505 44 51
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket Australia New South Wales Breakers player (female) 2585 158 38 77
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 2567 42 263 86
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 2503 471 76 67
clairebevo Association of Surfing Professionals Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 2475 1646 160 277
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 2439 662 305 24
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 2294 1279 147 53
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 2277 1743 75 121
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 2149 1338 79 28
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 2114 170 133 107
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 2074 222 143 2
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 2008 76 124 18
lauraenever Association of Surfing Professionals Laura Enever surfer (female) 1895 226 91 109
missarob43 Basketball Australia Australian Opals Ashley Robinson Seattle Storm (female) 1872 3552 106 237
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1768 857 71 181
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 1518 668 36 178
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 1492 102 57 22
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 1443 972 43 99
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1420 1576 104 559
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 1418 1057 59 115
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 1412 2840 78 344
jessmileydyer Association of Surfing Professionals Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 1389 1075 83 196
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1376 44 100 39
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 1354 1060 47 161
spencerprior Football Federation Australia Matildas assistant coach (female team) (male) 1309 919 28 93
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 1277 2858 58 119
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1276 120 106 123
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 1232 146 68 196
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 1159 7723 96 1252
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 1075 494 77 876
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 1050 49 43 24
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 1019 401 63 243
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 1017 2200 82 351
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 1005 83 47 39
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 989 2231 25 798
becwoods Association of Surfing Professionals Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 989 205 68 725
anznetballchamp ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 935 592 37 68
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 900 818 44 44
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 872 1747 62 67
netballmag ANZ Championship Netball Magazine magazine (female) 866 339 19 2001
_SouthernStars Cricket Australia Australian Southern Stars national women’s team (female) 798 507 33 237
laurenej15 Basketball Australia Australian opals Lauren Jackson (female) 797 167 31 26
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 796 589 25 141
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 761 312 23 40
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 753 1011 68 283
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 751 664 28 40
NetballOnline Netball Australia Netball Australia fansite (female) 748 5721 22 246
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 718 976 39 118
netballnz Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand unofficial (female) 692 300 34 13
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 674 1025 14 91
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 668 827 30 75
BlairEvans Swimming Australia Blair Evans athlete (female) 646 794 32 82
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 632 2310 58 127
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 628 1310 53 186
CathCoxy ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 597 232 13 34
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 574 44 31 14
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 562 2789 35 992
WomensSoccerUtd W-League W-League fansite (female) 539 3150 37 125
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 527 36 38 61
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 509 159 21 122
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 509 1017 50 65
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 493 293 29 0
RachaelHaynes Cricket Australia DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 492 351 23 74
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 490 14 57 29
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 486 140 24 62
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 485 124 29 6
ecambage WNBL Bulleen Boomers player (female) 480 1004 17 247
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 464 5 33 7
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 463 1398 42 306
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 457 477 33 51
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 443 389 35 336
MyNetballNZ Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand official (female) 433 729 24 105
KristenBeams Cricket Australia DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 431 433 20 114
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 428 1266 32 59
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 408 15 42 51
Asinger_dc W-League Perth Glory player (female) 403 358 36 80
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 390 427 34 28
ElyseVillani Cricket Australia DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 386 477 26 75
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 355 1857 28 87
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 343 1559 8 590
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 336 38 39 38
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 327 650 8 744
CricNSWBreakers Cricket Australia New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 313 787 21 204
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 311 167 42 151
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 297 241 12 158
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 295 53 29 425
GirlsLikeLeague NRL NRL fansite (female) 295 532 19 154
RikkiSwannell General New Zealand sport General New Zealand sport journalist (female) 288 1435 12 116
nikegolfchick PGA PGA Australia golfer (female) 286 27 12 284
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 271 648 24 93
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 263 340 27 50
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 251 38 4 611
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 233 11 5 34
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 224 484 24 382
amymccann Cycling Australia Cycling Australia (female) Communications Manager @cyclesportvic. Media Off @CyclingAus 220 1871 17 449
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 217 67 29 231
NetballCoach Netball New South Wales Norths Netball Association coach (female) 205 620 11 326
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 204 362 14 65
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 203 1046 21 29
WestCoastFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Official Club (female) 201 1 14 2
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 196 190 12 81
WNC2011 World Netball Championships World Netball Championships official (female) 194 361 9 63
northernmystics ANZ Championship Northern Mystics official team (female) 191 422 14 1
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 187 54 19 188
DECspirit Cricket Australia DEC Spirit official team (female) 186 301 13 53
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 182 162 16 105
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 172 275 12 91
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 154 232 9 79
bendigospirit WNBL Bendigo Spirit (female) 148 427 11 79
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 135 41 24 40
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 135 0 17 1
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 134 834 4 272
jess_corones Swimming Australia Jess Corones athelete (female) 132 393 6 93
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 131 6 20 157
MatildaRaynolds Triathlon Australia Matilda Raynolds iron woman (female) 121 759 1 83
netballnerd Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand fansite (female) 118 90 6 14
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 108 324 7 167
_WestCoastWaves WNBL West Coast Waves team (female) 107 79 8 88
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 107 38 15 10
victorywleague W-League Melbourne Victory team (female) 105 125 9 0
kimmysmiff ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 103 6 12 28
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 101 325 14 31
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 98 184 6 63
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 98 9 13 14
Lisa_marangon Triathlon Australia Lisa Marangon iron woman (female) 97 479 1 126
Jasmine_Keene ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 97 245 6 83
amycsteel ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 97 23 4 12
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 95 31 16 111
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 94 56 11 145
JoBrigdenJones Australian Canoeing Jo Brigden Jones Jo Brigden Jones (female) (kayaker) 84 57 2 67
NetFest2011 Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 82 18 3 41
JennyOwensSki Ski and Snowboard Australia Jenny Owens skier (female) 81 467 7 43
WavesWomenRugby Sydney Womens Rugby Waverley Women’s Rugby Team team (female) 77 632 2 74
NetballNinja ANZ Championship ANZ Championship fansite (female) 75 594 2 224
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 74 29 12 23
ckoski55 Cricket Australia New South Wales Breakers player (female) 72 94 11 29
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 71 83 19 108
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 71 18 14 56
CanberraCaps WNBL Canberra Capitals official account (female) 70 82 2 14
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 68 737 3 81
eliza_stewart Athletics Australia Eliza Stewart athlete (female) 63 292 0 22
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 58 9 9 13
littledownsey Triathlon Australia Michelle Downs iron woman (female) 52 221 5 80
Orcas_Netball Plenty Valley Netball Association Orcas Netball (female) 49 50 9 2
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 45 25 8 3
KaroriNetball Netball Wellington Karori Netball Official Club (female) 44 70 7 10
WildcatsNetball Netball South Australia WildcatsNetball Official Club (female) 43 2 5 11
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 43 112 9 6
netballwgtn Netball New Zealand Netball Wellington (female) 42 24 2 11
DragonsHockey AWIHL Melbourne Dragons team (female) 39 240 6 33
westernjets Netball SA Premier Western Jets team (female) 32 7 3 0
MDNAnetball Netball Queensland Brisbane Netball (female) 30 8 2 15
hillswarriors Netball Western Australia Warriors Netball Official Club (female) 29 13 2 4
woopinetball Netball New South Wales Woopi Netball Official Club (female) 28 111 3 0
winmaleenetball Netball New South Wales Winmalee Netball Official Club (female) 24 1 1 3
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 23 31 8 15
SharksNetball Netball Queensland Sharks NetBall Official Club (female) 22 0 2 0
comeonvipers Netball Victoria Vipers Netball Team Club (female) 22 3 1 0
BallsNGiggles Netball New South Wales Balls & Giggles league (female) 21 71 1 95
remobuess W-League W-League fansite (former professional) (female) 19 11 1 33
AmazonsNC Netball Queensland Amazons Netball Club Club (female) 19 8 2 11
cswnanetball Netball New South Wales Cranbourne South West Netball Association (female) 15 22 1 52
North_Paws Netball New South Wales North Paws Netball Club (female) 15 7 3 0
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 14 2 5 10
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 12 5 4 8
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 3 2
mascotnetball Netball New South Wales Mascot Netball Club Club (female) 8 59 1 0
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 5 3 2 1
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 2 1 2
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 0 1 0 1
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete)

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AU/NZ Netball on Foursquare

Posted by on Tuesday, 8 February, 2011

I’m trying to improve my list of sporting events on Foursquare as the NRL, AFL, Super Rugby and ANZ Championship leagues all get started this very shortly. The winter season appears to have fewer women’s sports taking place so I really want to make sure that I have a good list. Any help improving this list would be fantastic.

Why am I interested in Foursquare? Because the audience that uses Foursquare tends to be very engaged in social media. It seems to be that if there is a very engaged audience, it is good for netball as it means that the community is self propagating and isn’t limiting itself to a narrow community. It suggests that teams like the Melbourne Vixens, who have an official Foursquare account, are smart to market online in order to reach their audience. Checkins to different event types can help to explain who is using Foursquare in the netball community. (Are fans checking into games? Are referees checking into to training sessions? Are players checking into carnivals?) The type of person checking in can help people in the netball community can help stakeholders develop strategies to best engage in outreach.

I’ve tracked a few netball related events already. The table below includes total checkins to these events on Foursquare.

Name Link City State Date checked League Team 1 Team 2 Checkin count People count
NCB Wellness & Recreation Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/4765248 Kingston Jamaica 12-Jan-11 Three Test Series Jamaican Sunshine Girls Australian Diamonds 2 1
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 3-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 27-Jan-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 25-Jan-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 21-Jan-11 NSW SWIFTS School Holiday Clinic Netball New South Wales 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 20-Jan-11 NSW SWIFTS School Holiday Clinic Netball New South Wales 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 20-Jan-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales 0 0
NCB Wellness & Recreation Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/4765248 Kingston Jamaica 16-Jan-11 Three Test Series Jamaican Sunshine Girls Australian Diamonds 0 0
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 11-Jan-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales 0 0

None of these are particularly major events. Thus, checkin totals being small is not surprising. (And is anyone surprised that people aren’t checking into umpire training?) What I’m more interested in is how the ANZ Championship performs, especially when compared to the WNBL and W-League. I’d also like to see how netball clubs do when the local seasons actually start. The following list includes the events I will be tracking:

Name Link City State Date checked League Team 1 Team 2
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 8-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 10-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 12-Feb-11 Coaching Convenors Workshop Netball New South Wales
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 14-Feb-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Southern Steel
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 15-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 16-Feb-11 Newcastle Netball NNA 14 Years – Final Selections .
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 17-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 17-Feb-11 Newcastle Netball NNA 13 Years – Final Selections .
Te Rauparaha Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/5087065 Wellington New Zealand 19-Feb-11 ANZ Championship Central Pulse Northern Mystics
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 22-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 22-Feb-11 Newcastle Netball NNA 12 Years – Final Selections .
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 24-Feb-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Bay of Plenty Magic
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 24-Feb-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 26-Feb-11 Newcastle Netball NNA Registration Day .
CBS Canterbury Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/2279883 Christchurch New Zealand 27-Feb-11 ANZ Championship Canterbury Tactix Northern Mystics
Sydney Olympic Park http://foursquare.com/venue/283442 Sydney New South Wales 27-Feb-11 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts Melbourne Vixens
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 1-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 3-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 6-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Melbourne Vixens
Wyong Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/1837214 Wyong New South Wales 6-Mar-11 Newcastle Netball State League Region 2 – Round 1 .
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 8-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 10-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
State Netball Hockey Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/282171 Parkville Victoria 12-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens West Coast Fever
Mystery Creek Events Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/2087559 Hamilton New Zealand 13-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Bay of Plenty Magic Northern Mystics
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 14-Mar-11 Newcastle Netball NNA Annual General Meeting (AGM) .
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 15-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 17-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 19-Mar-11 Newcastle Netball Level 1 Umpiring Course .
Mystery Creek Events Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/2087559 Hamilton New Zealand 21-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Bay of Plenty Magic Melbourne Vixens
Mystery Creek Events Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/2087559 Hamilton New Zealand 21-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Bay of Plenty Magic Melbourne Vixens
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 22-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 24-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 26-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Queensland Firebirds
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 26-Mar-11 Newcastle Netball Compulsory Umpire Session 15s/Cadet/Senior .
Hisense Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/653016 Richmond Victoria 27-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Canterbury Tactix
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 29-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
State Netball Hockey Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/282171 Parkville Victoria 31-Mar-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Queensland Firebirds
Anne Clark Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/3464893 Lidcombe New South Wales 31-Mar-11 State League Umpires’ Pre-season Fitness Netball New South Wales
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 31-Mar-11 Newcastle Netball Additional Player Registration Night .
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 2-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Central Pulse
Hisense Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/653016 Richmond Victoria 3-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Southern Steel
Hisense Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/653016 Richmond Victoria 10-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Adelaide Thunderbirds
Challenge Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1113529 Perth Western Australia 11-Apr-11 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Northern Mystics
Challenge Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/12168910 Perth Western Australia 11-Apr-11 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Northern Mystics
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/280660 Southbank Queensland 14-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Melbourne Vixens
Challenge Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1113529 Perth Western Australia 17-Apr-11 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Melbourne Vixens
Challenge Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/12168910 Perth Western Australia 17-Apr-11 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Melbourne Vixens
Sydney Olympic Park http://foursquare.com/venue/283442 Sydney New South Wales 18-Apr-11 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts Northern Mystics
Hisense Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/653016 Richmond Victoria 23-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Central Pulse
Waitakere Trusts Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1427702 Auckland New Zealand 24-Apr-11 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Canterbury Tactix
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 2-May-11 Newcastle Netball NNA Council Meeting .
Newcastle Netball Courts http://foursquare.com/venue/2601276 Newcastle New South Wales 22-May-11 Newcastle Netball Newcastle Carnival .
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 3-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Opening Ceremony 01 Match
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 3-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Opening Ceremony 01 Match
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 3-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Opening Ceremony 01 Match
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 4-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 7 matches .
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 4-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 7 matches .
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 4-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 7 matches .
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 5-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 5-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 5-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 6-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 6-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 6-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Round Robin ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 7-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 4 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 7-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 4 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 7-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 4 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 8-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Top 8; Semis Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 8-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Top 8; Semis Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 8-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Quarter Finals: Top 8; Semis Finals: Bottom 8; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 9-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Semi Finals: Top 8 and Finals ; Bottom 8 ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 9-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Semi Finals: Top 8 and Finals ; Bottom 8 ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 9-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Semi Finals: Top 8 and Finals ; Bottom 8 ; 2 courts; 8 matches
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/292041 Singapore Singapore 10-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Finals ; Top 8; 1 court; 4 matches; Closing Ceremony
Singapore Indoor Stadium SISTIC box office http://foursquare.com/venue/8070349 Singapore Singapore 10-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Finals ; Top 8; 1 court; 4 matches; Closing Ceremony
Singapore Indoor Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/16842661 Singapore Singapore 10-Jul-11 World Netball Championships 2011 Singapore Finals ; Top 8; 1 court; 4 matches; Closing Ceremony

Is there anything missing? I know a lot of things are missing. I can find pages like Netball New South Wales’s list of carnivals. The problem with lists like these is they often don’t tell you the location. This was a huge problem when I was looking for where the Silver Ferns were playing: I couldn’t find the facility. (And ticket buying integration was awful. They wanted to sell packages but didn’t link them to games.) (Not a problem just for netball. I had this problem with Australian hockey.) Beyond that, when location is known, it is hard to determine what the location is on Foursquare. I was trying to find North Turramurra so I could try to add some of the events on North Turramurra’s website and just major fail. Meep.

If you love netball, any help by improving this list would be fantastic. Long term, it would be great to be able to add netball to a map like this. :) Thanks!

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An Overview of the Existing Online Fan Community for Australian and Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by on Friday, 3 December, 2010

This packet contains raw information.    It is provided as a courtesy to the wider community to give benchmarks for information pertaining to the online communities for the Australian and Kiwi women’s sport.   The hope is that others can use this information to do a greater student of this important community.  The packet is licensed using a creative commons license.  Please feel free to share this.

If you are involved with women’s sport in Australia or New Zealand, please get in touch with me.  I would love to talk to you about this data to better understand the backend of what is driving some of these numbers.  If you’re in Canberra or Sydney, I’d love to do a coffee.

Any feedback people have regarding this data and the small accompanying analysis would be appreciated.  A lot of what I think is going on is based on my own history in media fandom, and based on what I learn about Australian sport through my ongoing research. I sometimes get bogged down in numbers and don’t always understand why numbers are they are, just that they are that way.

If anyone wants a similar packet about Australian sport (like the AFL or NRL or the A-League), please get in touch and I can see what I can do.  I’m generally pretty happy to share my data.

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ANZ Championship fandom location on LiveJournal, bebo and blogger

Posted by on Thursday, 28 January, 2010

I’m playing with Microsoft MapPoint. It is pretty awesome, except for the fact that some smaller cities don’t register. Anyway, I finished compiling the location of all fans of ANZ Champship teams on bebo, blogger, LiveJournal and LiveJournal clones. Interest in this particular competition is small compared to the NRL, AFL and A-League. For a few people, fans didn’t list a city which makes getting an accurate idea of where fans are difficult. Two cities didn’t appear as they were really, really rural so they were excluded. I took this data and the output was the following map.

ANZ Championship

Overview map

Australia Test by City

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1
Adelaide Thunderbirds
Melbourne Vixens
New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts)
Northern Mystics
Southern Steel
Sydney Swifts

The map has that limited perspective because there were no Queensland based fans. That includes people who just listed state, not city. The same situation existed for Western Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and Northern Territory.

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Central Pulse on bebo

Posted by on Sunday, 24 January, 2010

The Central Pulse are a New Zealand based team in the Australian/New Zealand based ANZ Championship, the premiere netball competition in both countries.  Because the presence of Australian teams, it is being covered by this blog.

There is a small community of people listing the team as an interest on bebo.  It consists of four people.  Of these four, all are from New Zealand and all are female.  These two are not surprising given that this a female athletic team and the team is based in New Zealand.

The average and mean age of the three fans listing their age is 21.6 and 21 respectively.  This sample of three is the largest of all the other teams looked at on social networks so far.  With samples of one, the New South Wales Swifts community on LiveJournal, and the Melbourne Phoenix on blogger are both older at 22 and 32.  With samples of one, Adelaide Thunderbirds on bebo, and New South Wales Swifts on bebo are younger at 18 and 20.

Considering the population size of Australia compared to New Zealand, the most surprising thing about this bebo data is that the community is so big at 4 compared to Australian teams with 1.

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