Carla Borrego
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Carla Borrego is a Jamaica
n international basketball
and netball
player. Borrego grew up playing netball in Jamaica, but gave up the sport to play women's basketball, first at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale before gaining a scholarship to the University of Miami
.
Before her move to the United States in 2004, Borrego was a member of the Jamaican national netball team at the 2003 Netball World Championships
in Kingston, where she was the second most prolific shooter of the tournament.
Her studies in the United States prevented her from playing for Jamaica in the 2007 Netball World Championships
.
She currently plays domestic netball for Waulgrovians,
and for the Adelaide Thunderbirds
in the Australasian ANZ Championship
.
Borrego also made herself available for selection in the Jamaican national team for tours in 2010. But later that year, Borrego signalled her intention to become an Australian citizen, with the possibility of joining the Australian national team for the 2011 Netball World Championships
in Singapore.
In 2011, in the fifth round against the Firebirds, Borrego played at the Goal Keeper position for the very first time. She played at that position again in round 11 against the Magic. After the ANZ Championship, Borrego was invited to the Diamond's selection camp as training partner, but is ineligible to be in the Diamonds squad. As a result, Borrego will not compete in the 2011 World Netball Championship as she aims to obtain Australian citizenship and be eligible to be in the Diamonds squad in the future.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n international basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
player. Borrego grew up playing netball in Jamaica, but gave up the sport to play women's basketball, first at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale before gaining a scholarship to the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
.
Before her move to the United States in 2004, Borrego was a member of the Jamaican national netball team at the 2003 Netball World Championships
2003 Netball World Championships
The 2003 World Netball Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh World Netball Championships. After 100 matches, the New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns, won the tournament, defeating Australia to win the World Championship for the first...
in Kingston, where she was the second most prolific shooter of the tournament.
Her studies in the United States prevented her from playing for Jamaica in the 2007 Netball World Championships
2007 Netball World Championships
The 2007 World Netball Championships was the 12th staging of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations , inaugurated in 1963....
.
She currently plays domestic netball for Waulgrovians,
and for the Adelaide Thunderbirds
Adelaide Thunderbirds
The Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide that currently compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Thunderbirds were formed as one of the foundation teams of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy , previously the premier netball league in Australia, which was...
in the Australasian 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...
.
Borrego also made herself available for selection in the Jamaican national team for tours in 2010. But later that year, Borrego signalled her intention to become an Australian citizen, with the possibility of joining the Australian national team for the 2011 Netball World Championships
2011 Netball World Championships
The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial event first staged in 1963. The World Netball Championships is the premier event in international netball. The 2011 tournament was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played...
in Singapore.
In 2011, in the fifth round against the Firebirds, Borrego played at the Goal Keeper position for the very first time. She played at that position again in round 11 against the Magic. After the ANZ Championship, Borrego was invited to the Diamond's selection camp as training partner, but is ineligible to be in the Diamonds squad. As a result, Borrego will not compete in the 2011 World Netball Championship as she aims to obtain Australian citizenship and be eligible to be in the Diamonds squad in the future.