Georgia Beaton (born 22 June 1990) is an Australian netball player who has played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship, for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League, for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague and for Contax in the Netball South Australia Premier League. She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship and of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 ANL title.

Georgia Beaton
Personal information
Born (1990-06-22) 22 June 1990 (age 34) [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
School St Peter's Girls' School
University University of Adelaide
Australian National University
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, GD
Years Club team(s) Apps
2008–2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2008–2016 Southern Force
2014 Team Northumbria
20xx– Contax

Early life and education

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Beaton attended St Peter's Girls' School, graduating in 2007. In 2017 St Peter's began organizing an annual challenge match between alumni and senior students. The winners of the match will be awarded the Georgia Beaton Cup.[2] Between 2008 and 2013 Beaton attended the University of Adelaide where she gained a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Bachelor of Laws. Between 2014 and 2015 she gained a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University.[3] She was also a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute.[4]

Playing career

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Adelaide Thunderbirds

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Between 2008 and 2011, Beaton played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. She was 17 when she made her senior debut.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10] She was a member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship[11]

Southern Force

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Between 2008 and 2016, Beaton played for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. She was a member of the Southern Force team that won the 2012 ANL title. She was also included in the 2014 and 2016 Southern Force squads.[4][9][12][13][14][15]

Team Northumbria

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Beaton played for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season.[16][17][18]

Contax

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Beaton was a member of the Contax teams that won Netball South Australia Premier League titles in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018. In the 2013 grand final she was named MVP.[19][20][21] She has captained Contax since 2015.[22][23][24] She was named the league's best and fairest player in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.[22][25] She was also named in the league's team of the year in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2020.[14][19][26][27][28][29][30][31]

Australia

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In 2010 Beaton represented Australia at under-21 level.[11][32]

Employment

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Between 2008 and 2013 Beaton worked for as a clerk for Adelaide-based firm Kelly & Co. Lawyers. Since 2014 Beaton has worked as investigator for the Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).[3][24]

Honours

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Adelaide Thunderbirds
Southern Force
Contax

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Squad Members – Georgia Beaton". www.thunderbirds.anz-championship.com. 14 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Old Scholars vs Senior Students Netball Match – Introducing the Georgia Beaton Cup". www.stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Georgia Beaton". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "2012 highlights - South Australian Sports Institute" (PDF). www.sasi.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Lightning sign teenager to senior squad in bid for back-to-back titles". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Overseas players join new netball league". www.brisbanetimes.com.au. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Georgia Beaton beats Natasha Chokljat to the ball". www.abc.net.au. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ^ "2009 (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Team List". www.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Reddy and Beaton still Thunderbirds". www.anz-championship.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Annual Report 2011 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Aiming for a tour de Force on court". www.perthnow.com.au. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Annual Report 2014 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  15. ^ "2016 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Team Bath get off to winning Superleague start". netball.teambath.com. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Team Northumbria netball make winning start to weekend double-header". www.thenorthernecho.co.uk. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Netball: Team Northumbria out to cause a shock against Surrey Storm". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Club History – 2010 onwards". Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Contax survives late charge from Matrics to win SA state league grand final". www.news.com.au. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Premier League Grand Final Match Report". sa.netball.com.au. 10 September 2018. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Honour List". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Club Captains". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  24. ^ a b "Georgia Beaton (Club Captain)". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  25. ^ "State / Premier League Best & Fairest". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Netball SA Premier League 2020 Team of the Year". sa.netball.com.au. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  27. ^ "Annual Report 2013 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  28. ^ "2015 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  29. ^ "2017 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  30. ^ "2018 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  31. ^ "2019 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  32. ^ "Netball Australia Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Netball Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.