Melbourne Kestrels

Melbourne Kestrels were an Australian netball team that represented Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Between 1997 and 2007, together with Melbourne Phoenix, they were one of two teams to represent Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era. In 2008, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Kestrels and Phoenix merged to form Melbourne Vixens.<ref name="vixenshistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="nzherald270207">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="heraldsun180807">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Regular season statistics

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
1997<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>	8th	3	1	10
1998<ref name=":0" />	5th	6	1	7
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2000<ref name=":1" />	5th	6	0	8
2001<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>	5th	5	0	9
2002<ref name=":2" />	4th	8	0	6
2003<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref>	4th	9	0	5
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2007<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	3rd	8	0	6

Home venues

Kestrels played their home games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre and at the Waverley Netball Centre.<ref name="netballau2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="netballau2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage300606">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="theage250607">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="researchbank2860">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable players

Internationals

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Shae Bolton Jenny Borlase Madison Browne Rebecca Bulley Julie Corletto

Nicole Cusack Janine Ilitch Cynna Kydd Sharni Layton Demelza McCloud

Shelley O'Donnell Nicole Richardson Amy Steel Caitlin Thwaites Chelsey Tregear

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• Abby Sargent

CBT MVP

Season	Player
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CBT Best New Talent

Season	Player
2000	Cynna Neele
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Head coaches

Coach	Years
Lisa Alexander<ref name="vicnetball201809">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="athletesvoice170618">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||1997
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Margaret Caldow<ref name="theage091002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||2002–2003
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Sponsorship

Sponsors	Seasons
Akai<ref name="researchbank2860">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||c. 1997–1999
Allied Pickfords<ref name="netballau2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="netballau2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="wsr140807">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||c. 2006–2007