The 2011 West Coast Fever season is the fourth season that the West Coast Fever

West Coast Fever

The West Coast Fever are an Australian netball team based in Perth that currently compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was one of the foundation teams of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, formerly the premier domestic league in Australia. They contested every year of the...

 are contesting the ANZ Championship

ANZ Championship

The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...

, and the fifteenth year of the franchise's competitive history. In 2011, the Fever will be coached by Jane Searle in her third year as head coach.

Transfers

2011 Fever player movements
Gains	Positions	Former team
Ama Agbeze Ama Agbeze Ama Agbeze is an English international netball player. Agbeze plays in the goal defence and goal keeper positions. She debuted in the England national squad in 2001...	WD, GD, GK	Central Pulse Central Pulse The Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Pulse represent several New Zealand regions in the North and South Islands, from East Cape in the north to Tasman and Marlborough in the south, and were formed as an...
Courtney Bruce	GD, GK	New signing
Ashlee Howard Ashlee Howard Ashlee Howard is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Melbourne Vixens.Howard came to prominence on the national netball scene in 2007 playing for the Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, the preceding competition to the ANZ Championship...	GA, GS	Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens The Melbourne Vixens are an Australian netball team in Melbourne that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The team were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of the Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels from the previous Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Sharelle McMahon and Bianca Chatfield have...  (2009)
Alicia Janz	WD, C	New signing
Losses	Positions	New team
Emma Beckett Emma Beckett Emma Beckett is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West Coast Fever. Beckett previously played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy for the Fever, then called the Perth Orioles, from 2003–07.-References:...	GD, WD	Injury retirement
Madison Browne Madison Browne Madison Browne is an Australian international netball player. Browne was included in the Australian national squad in 2007 after the World Championships in November. She debuted in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 2006, playing with the Melbourne Kestrels. In 2008, Browne signed with the Melbourne...	WA, C	Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens The Melbourne Vixens are an Australian netball team in Melbourne that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The team were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of the Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels from the previous Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Sharelle McMahon and Bianca Chatfield have...
Janelle Lawson Janelle Lawson Janelle Lawson is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship. Lawson previously played for the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. In 2008 and 2009, Lawson played for the Queensland Firebirds at Goal Attack position. In 2011, Lawson currently plays for the Spinning...	GS, GA	Not signed
Ashleigh Neal	GA	Not signed

Pre-season

Due to the condensed schedule of the 2011 season, the official ANZ Championship pre-season tournament will not be held that year. As of November 2010 only one pre-season tournament has been confirmed – in Queenstown

Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

, New Zealand – which the Fever will not be attending.

Summary

The Fever were considered to be one of the worst teams in the ANZ Championship. However, the Fever have started to gain form, experience and players that have represented the Diamonds, youth championship and even the Fastnet series. With the tallest goal keeper (Susan Fuhrmann) and one of the tallest goal shooters (Caitlin Bassett), the Fever were there to cause upsets. Despite losing Madison Browne to the Vixens, the Fever regained Ama Agbeze from the Pulse.

In round 2, the Fever defeated the Tactix, a team that featured Donna Wilkins and Jamaican defender Kasey Evering.

In round 6, the Fever defeated the Steel at home and prevented them from winning in Australian soil.

However, in rounds 7 and 9, they failed to defeat the Magic and Mystics at home by one and two goals respectively. This led to the Magic winning in Australia three times and the Mystics first ever win in Australia.

The Fever also had an upsetting loss to the Pulse after missing out on a chance to get the lead in the final minute, the game went into overtime. Unfortunately, the Fever loss after overtime. This match meant that Agbeze was on the losing team twice whenever the Fever and Pulse played together (in 2008, the match was called off).

Despite their setbacks, the Fever nearly upset the Firebirds in Brisbane when they had a seven goal advantage against them only to lose by two goals in round 11.

In round 12, the Fever prevented their round 11 scenario from happening again and defeated the reigning premiers, the Thunderbirds by five goals. Not only was this their first win against the Thunderbirds, but it also meant they defeated the reigning champion team again (they defeated the Swifts in 2009 and Vixens in 2010). In addition, this meant that all five Australian teams have defeated each other at least once.

Fixtures and results

Notes

• Colours:
• Home teams are listed left, away teams right.

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Round 1	NO MATCH

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Statistics

• As of Monday 11 April.

  Player
  	0	0	0	1	14	21	10	30	76	7
  	362	409	88.5	13	16	0	0	9	27	32
  	0	0	0	90	0	24	4	19	96	36
  	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  	0	0	0	2	4	6	2	6	45	5
  	0	0	0	80	0	104	1	5	45	29
  	0	0	0	0	26	0	2	30	159	8
  	0	0	0	1	0	64	18	39	87	18
  	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	33	0
  	47	59	79.7	24	0	42	0	2	7	12
  	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	3
  	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	2	33	1
  	0	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	1	2
  	81	116	69.8	79	2	190	2	4	27	29

  Statistics key
  GS	Goals scored	A	Assists	I	Intercepts
  GA	Goal attempts	R	Rebounds	D	Deflections
  G%	Goal percentage	CPR	Centre pass receives	P	Penalties
  = Competition leader				T	Turnovers conceded