Aussie Tait fits right in as a Crazy Roo

BRIDGET TAIT has swapped the national Netball Super League for the Guernsey version. Last season, the 22-year-old Australian was turning out for the Brunel Hurricanes in the top national competition.

Now, after moving from London to the island, Tait has signed up with Crazy Roos in the Condor Super League and was instrumental in her new team's 37-36 victory over Zebras on Thursday night at Beau Sejour.

Tait is a manager at Dix-Neuf but she originally took up a job at the Red Onion when she arrived during the summer.

She was spotted at the sports bar by local netball umpire Nigel Stafford-Gill when a Brunel Hurricanes' Super League game was shown on Sky Sports.

'It was on my first day and the game was on TV,' she said.

'I'd only just arrived on the island and I didn't know if there was netball on the island. It sort of found me.'

Originally from a little town in north-east Victoria called Yarrawonga, Tait used to play in the Australian State Championships.

Her favourite position is goal attack but she can play goal defence. She also turns out for Nerine A in the Praxis Winter League as she makes her mark on the local netball scene.

'Obviously it's different from what I'm used to, but it's not too bad,' she said.

'It's good that there are so many girls playing. I was quite surprised by the number they are getting.'

On Thursday, Tait's Crazy Roos found themselves behind 29-23 going into the last quarter but it was then that the match came to life.

From the first centre pass, Roos took an interception and scored. They then scored another four in a row.

That rocked Zebras as the score levelled and it was to be Roos who kept their nerve as, when the clock ran out, they had gone on to take a one-goal victory.

Queripel was there to watch Tait in action.

'I think she's finding the change a bit of a problem as she was playing with the big boys in the big league,' she said. 'But she knows her way around the court. She'll pass a lot on to her girls.'