Wilma Shakespear
AM
Wilma Shakespear coaching the AIS netball team in 1986
Personal information
Full name Wilma Joyce Shakespear (née Ritchie)
Born (1943-03-04) 4 March 1943 (age 81)
Victoria, Australia
Spouse Peter Shakespear
Netball career
Years National team(s) Caps
1963 Australia 7
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
197x–197x Australia
1981–1990 Australian Institute of Sport
198x–198x Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Netball Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Eastbourne Team

Wilma Joyce Shakespear AM (born 4 March 1943), previously known as Wilma Ritchie, is a former Australia netball international, Australia head coach and sports administrator. As a player, she represented Australia at the 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. Shakespear coached Australia at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. Shakespear also served as head netball coach at the Australian Institute of Sport.[1][2][3] Shakespear is married to Peter Shakespear, a former Australian rower.[4][5]

In the 1992 Australia Day Honours, Shakespear was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to sports, particularly netball."[6][7] As a sports administrator she was the founding director of both the Queensland Academy of Sport and the English Institute of Sport. In 2010 she was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.[8]

Playing career

As Wilma Ritchie, Shakespear represented Australia at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships winning a gold medal. She made seven senior appearances for Australia.[1][2][9][10][11]

Coaching career

Australia

Shakespear coached Australia at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. Under Shakespear, Australia were gold medalists in 1971 and 1979 and silver medalists in 1987 and 1989.[2][12]

Tournaments Place
1971 World Netball Championships[13] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1979 World Netball Championships[14] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1987 World Netball Championships[15] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1989 World Games[3] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Australian Institute of Sport

Between 1981 and 1990, Shakespear served as head coach at the Australian Institute of Sport. She was the first head coach of the AIS netball program.[16][17][18]

Sports administrator

Position Employer Years
Manager Australian Institute of Sport[19] 1990–1991
Director Queensland Academy of Sport[19][20][21] 1991–
Director English Institute of Sport[19][20][21] 2001–2008
Director Netball Australia[8][22][23] 2011–2013

Honours

Player

Australia

Head coach

Australia
Individual

Bibliography

Wilma Shakespear, Margaret Caldow: Netball:Steps to Success (1979)

References

  1. ^ a b "Wilma Shakespear". diamonds.netball.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Australia at the Netball World Cup" (PDF). Netball Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Women Netball World Games 1989 Karlsruhe". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "World Leader in Talent ID to Join Rowing Canada's High Performance Staff". www.row2k.com. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Peter Shakespear". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Inspiring Leader Interview with Wilma Shakespear". focussedfish.com. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Australia Day Honours". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 25 January 1992. p. 10. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b "2011 Annual Report – Netball Australia" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Women Netball I World Championship 1963 Eastbourne". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Team Of The Century". vic.netball.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  11. ^ "1963 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame". sahof.org.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Women Netball International Tests Matches 1989". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Women Netball III World Championship 1971 Kingston". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Women Netball V World Championship 1979 Port of Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Women Netball VII World Championship 1987 Glasgow". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  16. ^ "AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  17. ^ "1981 AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  18. ^ "1990 AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  19. ^ a b c "Much ado about medals". www.theguardian.com. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Shakespear takes centre stage". www.standard.co.uk. 20 September 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  21. ^ a b "National director appointed for English Institute of Sport". www.leisureopportunities.co.uk. 3 October 2001. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Netball Australia Annual Report 2012" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Former captain elected to Netball Australia board". womensportreport.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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