Clare Spillane To Lead Women’s Dodgeroos

Dodgeball Federation Australia is proud to announce Clare Spillane as the captain of the Chemist Warehouse Women’s Australian Dodgeroos team for the 2016 World Cup campaign in Manchester, England. 

Women’s coach, Craig Payne has selected Clare to continue her captaincy role, following the successful 2015 Asian Dodgeball Championships on home soil – where Australia was victorious and subsequently earned direction qualification to next year’s World Cup in April.

Clare is thrilled at the opportunity to lead her country and is looking forward to working with her teammates over the coming months.

‘I feel honoured to have been named captain of my country. It’s very exciting to work with such a talented group of girls and to be a part of the development and growth of women’s dodgeball’.

Following the trial event and review of the video applications on October 30, 10 girls have been chosen for the final stage of selection.

– Alex Young
– Amellia Fitzsimons
– Lauren McLean
– Rachel Dawson
– Rowena Chapman
– Sesha Achilingam
– Shae O’Reilly
– Simone Phillips
– Tara Skellerup
– Vaishle Gangatharan

A training session will be hosted by the women’s team coach Craig Payne and facilitated by the 6 players already selected for the team.

– Clare Spilane (captain)
– Amber Darwinkel
– Elli Darwinkel
– Lakita Seigafo
– Leanne Scott
– Megan Coetzer

Clare will be assisting Craig in coordinating the women’s training sessions and is seeking to lead our girls to victory at the 2016 Dodgeball World Cup!