Support Crew Stories: The Team Behind the Diamonds

Courtney Bruce: Who wouldn't you want to sit next to on a plane?
Amy Parmenter: Woah, savage.
Sunday Aryang: Maybe . . .
Hannah Mundy: I would probably say . . .
Liz Watson: Definitely Hannah. Just no explanation needed.
Hannah Mundy: Sophie Garbin.
Kate Moloney: Hannah does not let you watch a movie.
Hannah Mundy: I really like to talk on a plane.
Sunday Aryang: I just like to sleep. So, anyone that talks too much, I don't really want to sit next to them.
Hannah Mundy: And she puts her headphones in from the very start. Doesn't let me talk to her.
Cara Koenen: I'm going to say Jamie or Sunday because they immediately fall asleep everywhere. Gives you nothing.
Hannah Mundy: It really annoys me.
Sophie Dwyer: Sunday or Jamie probably because I don't sleep on planes. I just like to chat the whole time. Yeah. I need somebody that will also give me some conversation back.
Hannah Mundy: Which is me! Yay!
Sunday Aryang: Who is your most supportive teammate?
Sarah Klau: You guys.
Sunday Aryang: Awww
Cara Koenen: This lady right here. Joanna Weston.
Joanna Weston: Awww, Cara is my most supportive teammate.
Sunday Aryang: Probably my sisters. I've played with my older sister Rose um in a couple of teams. That was great. And then Ruth as well.
Amy Parmenter: Probably say Kira Austin. I feel like she cops a lot of my um downloads.
Sophie Dwyer: Courtney Bruce and Paige Hadley, they've always gone out of their way to check in on me.
Jamie-Lee Price: We're all each other's cheerleaders. Through all the highs and the lows.

Kate Moloney: Who is the loudest teammate?
Joanna Weston: One, two, three.
ALL: Kate Maloney.
Love you, Kate.
Sunday Aryang: Kate.
Sarah Klau: Yeah. Shock horror.
Sophie Dwyer: She's such a leader on court, but you can hear her no matter where you are in the stadium.
Courtney Bruce: Oh.
Jamie-Lee Price: Say it! So,
Courtney Bruce: Yeah, I feel that it has to be Ash Ervin. She just, she just yaps all day.
Hannah Mundy: Like, off court definitely Sophie Garbin. I think when she speaks, everyone listens.
Amy Parmenter: Sometimes Jamie-Lee, is like running down the court Yaaaaah!
Courtney Bruce: Who was your favourite coach as a kid?
Sophie Dwyer: Mine would be my primary school PE teacher, Mr. G. He definitely helped me fall in love with the sport.
Amy Parmenter: When I was really little, like year one, Miss Anderson, my school teacher, she was just a legend. Like taught me the game and still comes to my games now.
Cara Koenen: My high school, like she was a teacher of mine and a coach. So she, her name was Debbie Bennett Rowell. She still comments on my Instagram and DMs all the time
ALL: Awww, cute!
Courtney Bruce: I think I'm going to say Michelle Wilkins. She was my WAIS coach. Um, she made us work really, really hard, but um, we did have a lot of fun away from the court. So . . .
Jamie-Lee Price: She's also on the selection panel so, brownie points!

Amy Parmenter: I'm going to regret that. Can we start again?
Courtney Bruce: Nah!
Kate Moloney: Who is the messiest teammate?
Sunday Aryang: Um, I'll probably have to go Hannah. She just looks chaotic, so I feel like her room would be very messy as well.
Jamie-Lee Price: I'm going to give a shout out to Palmy just because I love her so much.
Amy Parmenter: I think Stacy Marinkovich. We stick together actually because . . .
Courtney Bruce: I’ll back Amy in on that. Yeah, definitely Stacy.
Amy Parmenter: I'm going to regret that. Can we start again?
Courtney Bruce: Nah!
Amy Parmenter: Uh, next . . .
Sunday Aryang: Who was the first person to believe that I could make it in netball? Um, for me, I'll probably have to say Sue Stacey. She got me into netball and then she thought that I could go a very long way.
Courtney Bruce: I think it was my first coach at my association, Nikki Prothero. She'll love the little shout out.
Sophie Dwyer: The first person that comes to mind would be my Dad. And I think he's always been my number one fan and you know, he was the one that would be out shooting with me practice.
Joanna Weston: We're actually at AIS, so I feel like the coach I had whilst I was here, Julie Fitzgerald, was probably the first person that really saw a lot of potential in me.Kate Moloney: Definitely be my Mum and Dad. They got me into the sport. They backed me. Um, they always showed me so much confidence. So, I was always really lucky to have them.

Hannah Mundy: Who is the person who would leave their team kit at home? Three, two, one. Um, Amy.
Jamie-Lee Price: Drum roll, please. One second. One second. One second.
Amy Parmenter: I don’t agree.
Jamie-Lee Price: When we were playing, was it England in Brisbane? She actually left her shoes at the hotel.
Amy Parmenter: This didn't happen.
Jamie-Lee Price: And Steph Wood had to go all the way back to the hotel. Forty minute drive.
Amy Parmenter: Why are you exposing me like this?
Sarah Klau: She's gotten a lot better, though. She's got to-do list. And a packing list. And she's really organised.
Sunday Aryang: Who's the first person I call after a bad game? My sisters.
Liz Watson: Well, you never have a bad game, so . . .
Cara Koenen: Oh
Liz Watson: You don’t call anyone.
Jamie-Lee Price: Um, I'd say my parents and my boyfriend. Hopefully fiance.
Liz Watson: I think Mum.
Cara Koenen: Manuela’s always got your back.
Liz Watson: Yeah
Keira Austin: I would think my sister, but then sometimes she knows too much about netball and gives me, like some feedback. So, if I don't want any, any feedback whatsoever, I'll call Sam because he's like loves the netball but he's really clueless still.
Joanna Weston: And who's Sam?
Keira Austin: My husband.