Jade Clarke

Jade Bridget Clarke MBE (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. During her international career, she has competed at six Netball World Cups/Championships (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023), four Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series.[2]

Jade Clarke
MBE
Jade Clarke in 2008
Personal information
Full name Jade Bridget Clarke
Born (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983
Manchester, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Relatives Ashley Hall (née Clarke)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, C, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2005–2009, 2016 Loughborough Lightning
2009 Northern Thunder
2010 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2012 Northern Mystics
2013–2014 Canterbury Tactix
2015 New South Wales Swifts
2016–2017 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2018–2020 Wasps Netball
2020–2022 Leeds Rhinos Netball
2023 London Pulse
Years National team(s) Caps
2002–present  England 201
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastNetball
Bronze medal – third place2006 MelbourneNetball
Bronze medal – third place2010 DelhiNetball
Last updated: 18 May 2023

She is England’s most-capped player and the most-capped player for a single country. [3]

Club career

Clarke started her club netball in the Netball Superleague. She played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10.[4] In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz.[5][6]

In 2012, she signed on to play for the NZ Franchise, Northern Mystics for the ANZ Championships. She signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2013 season. After 2 seasons with the Canterbury Tactix Clarke signed with the Sydney-based NSW Swifts signing as their import player.

In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning.[7] On 20 February 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds.[8] She stayed in Australia until 2018, when she returned to England to play for Wasps Netball.[9]

In 2020, Clarke was announced as the first player of the newly formed Leeds Rhinos.[10] In 2023, she joined London Pulse. [11]

International career

She made her debut in 2003 in her home city of Manchester against New Zealand.[12]

In 2011, she was named as the captain of England, after the retirement of Karen Atkinson after the 2011 Netball World Championships. She captained them to a first ever gold medal in the 2011 World Netball Series.

On 21 September 2014, Clarke was inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame.[13]

Clarke was a member of the gold medal winning England team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also selected in the 12-player squad for the Roses at the 2019 Netball World Cup.[14]

On the 25 January 2023, Clarke became only the second netballer to reach 200 international caps. [15] Clarke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to netball.[16][17]

Personal life

Jade Clarke was born in 1983 in Manchester and later studied Sports Science at Loughborough University.[1]

Honours

Individual
  • Inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame
  • England Commonwealth Games Netball Team Captain: 2014
  • Mainland Tactix Members' Player of the Year: 2014
  • Tactix Player of the Year: 2013

England
  • Commonwealth Games Gold medal: 2018
  • Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal: 2006, 2010
  • Netball World Cup Bronze Medal: 2011, 2015
  • FastNet World Netball Series Gold Medal: 2011

Wasps
  • Netball Superleague champions: 2018

References
  1. "2006 Commonwealth Games profile". Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. 2009 England Netball profile Archived 29 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. "How Jade Clarke's journey to 200 caps started". 25 January 2023.
  4. "Northern Thunder sign Bayman & Clarke". Daily Express. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  5. Pegden, Evan (5 June 2010). "Jade Clarke crossing the chasm". Waikato Times. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  6. Johannsen, Dana (5 June 2010). "Late Magic signing ends speculation". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  7. "Loughborough sign England's Clarke". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. "Jade Clarke to leave Loughborough Lightning for Adelaide Thunderbirds". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. "Jade Clarke joins Wasps for 2018 Superleague season". Sky Sports. 22 August 2017.
  10. "Rhinos Netball sign England veteran Clarke". BBC Sport.
  11. "Jade Clarke and Chelsea Pitman join London Pulse for 2023 Vitality Netball Superleague season".
  12. "How Jade Clarke's journey to 200 caps started". 25 January 2023.
  13. "Clarke inducted into England Netball Hall of Fame". NSW Swifts. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  14. "England squad for the Vitality Netball World Cup revealed". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
  15. "How Jade Clarke's journey to 200 caps started". 25 January 2023.
  16. "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N17.
  17. "England Netballer Jade Clarke Among Those Named In The New Year Honours List For 2023". World Netball. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.


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