Carla Borrego

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|image = File:Carla Borrego.PNG

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|caption = Borrego (left) and Casey Williams (right) in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final

|fullname = Carla Borrego

|maidenname = Williams

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|11|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Jamaica

|height = {{height|m=1.93}}

|school = Queen's School

|university = Broward College
University of Miami

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|positions = GS, GK

|clubyears1 = 200x–2003

|clubteam1 = Waulgrovians

|clubyears2 = 2009–2016

|clubteam2 = Adelaide Thunderbirds

|clubyears3 = 2017

|clubteam3 = Sirens

|clubyears4 = 2017-2018

|clubteam4 = Garville

|nationalyears1 = 2003, 2022

|nationalteam1 = Jamaica

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Carla Borrego (born 11 November 1983), also known as Carla Williams and Carla Williams-Borrego, is a former Jamaica netball international. She was a member of the Jamaica team that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships. She subsequently switched to women's basketball, playing for Broward Seahawks and Miami Hurricanes. In 2009, after returning to netball, Borrego began playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. She was a prominent member of the Thunderbirds teams that won the 2010 and 2013 titles. She has also played for Sirens in the Netball Superleague and for Garville in the Netball South Australia Premier League.

Early life, education and basketball

Borrego is originally from Green Island in Hanover, Jamaica. She attended Green Island High School and Queen's School. Leaving Jamaica in 2003, Carla moved to Florida where she initially attended Broward College.{{Cite web |url=https://miamihurricanes.com/roster/carla-williams/ |title=Carla Williams – University of Miami Athletics |publisher=Miami Hurricanes |access-date=13 November 2020}} She then gained a basketball scholarship to the University of Miami, where she completed a Criminology and Liberal Arts degree. While attending college and university, Borrego also played women's basketball for Broward Seahawks in FCSAA competitions and the NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship and for Miami Hurricanes in the Atlantic Coast Conference.{{Cite web |url=https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2003-08-26/page-39/l |title=Carla Off To College |work=The Gleaner |page=39 |date=26 August 2003 |access-date=14 November 2020 |via=NewspaperArchive |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/09/carla_borrego_netball_adelaide.php |title=Two-Sport Star Makes Career Choice: Netball! |first=Thomas |last=Francis |work=New Times Broward-Palm Beach |date=24 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928072516/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/09/carla_borrego_netball_adelaide.php |access-date=4 November 2009 |archive-date=28 September 2009}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/06/10/2923363.htm |title=Thunderbirds Jamaican shooting star Carla Borrego |first=Brett |last=Williamson |work=ABC Local |date=10 June 2010 |access-date=19 June 2010}}

Netball

=Early years=

Borrego, then Carla Williams, was discovered playing netball in regional competitions by the husband of Jamaica international, Elaine Davis. She originally played as a goal keeper, but became a goal shooter when a team she played for had too many defenders. Davis and her husband encouraged Williams to play in a Kingston-based league. She subsequently played for Waulgrovians.{{Cite news |url=https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner/2002-01-25/page-21/ |title=title unknown |work=The Gleaner |date=25 January 2002 |access-date=14 November 2020 |via=NewspaperArchive |url-access=subscription}}

=Adelaide Thunderbirds=

In 2009, after completing her degree at the University of Miami, Borrego signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://mobile.jamaicagleaner.com/20091124/sports/sports3.php |title=Williams to make netball return in ANZ champs |first=André |last=Lowe |work=The Gleaner |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=13 November 2020}} She was a prominent member of the Thunderbirds team that won the 2010 ANZ Championship; in the grand final against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Borrego scored 40 out of 46, including 11 out of 13 in the fourth quarter as Thunderbirds won 52–42.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/11/2950416.htm |title=Thunderbirds claim victory |agency=Australian Associated Press |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 July 2010 |access-date=16 October 2020}} In 2013, Borrego won a second ANZ Championship with Thunderbirds.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-14/thunderbirds-are-go-as-adelaide-takes-title/4819302 |title=Netball: Adelaide Thunderbirds win trans-Tasman title with 50-48 win over Queensland Firebirds |date=15 July 2013 |agency=Australian Associated Press |publisher=ABC News |access-date=13 September 2022}} Borrego continued to play for Thunderbirds until she announced her retirement at the end of the 2016 season, finishing her ANZ Championship career with 2,870 goals.{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-22/adelaide-thunderbirds-netballer-carla-borrego-retires/7532898 |title=Adelaide Thunderbirds netballer Carla Borrego to give the game away |publisher=www.abc.net.au |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=12 November 2020}}

=Sirens=

During the 2017 Netball Superleague season, Borrego played for Sirens, in that team's inaugural Superleague season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20170208/282093456480470 |title=Netball team bids to reach new heights |work=Evening Times |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=12 November 2020 |via=PressReader |quote=[note: includes three high def images of Borrego]}}

=Garville=

In 2017 Borrego began playing for Garville in the Netball South Australia Premier League.{{Cite web |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/former-adelaide-thunderbirds-shooter-carla-borrego-set-to-join-premier-league-netball-side-garville/news-story/cc1577749fbbc55bb1bc29db5793ee71 |title=Former Adelaide Thunderbirds shooter Carla Borrego set to join Premier League netball side Garville |publisher=www.adelaidenow.com.au |date=30 May 2017 |access-date=12 November 2020}} In 2018 she played for Garville in the league's grand final, helping the club finish as runners up.{{cite web |url=http://premierleague.sa.netball.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=160805&id2=1&eID=42249&entityID=42249 |title=Premier League Grand Final Match Report |publisher=Netball South Australia |access-date=23 July 2020 |date=10 September 2018}} She was also named as the league's 2018 MVP and was included in the league's Team of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2018.pdf |title=2018 Annual Report – Netball SA |publisher=Netball South Australia |access-date=23 July 2020}}{{Cite web |url=http://garville.sa.netball.com.au/content.aspx?print=1&file=44073%7C37796a |title=Club Trophy Winners –Garville |publisher=Netball South Australia |access-date=12 November 2020}}

=International=

;Jamaica

Borrego was a member of the Jamaica team that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_2003.html |title=Women Netball XI World Championship 2003 |publisher=www.todor66.com |access-date=25 February 2020}} She finished the tournament as the second highest scorer after New Zealand's Irene van Dyk.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/3890899/Borrego-makes-most-of-netball-resurrection |title=Borrego makes most of netball resurrection |agency=NZPA |work=Stuff |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=6 July 2010}} Jamaica tried to call Borrego up for the 2007 World Netball Championships but the University of Miami refused to release her from her scholarship commitments. In January 2010, following her return to netball, it was reported that Borrego was going to make a comeback for Jamaica.{{Cite news |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100104/sports/sports2.html |title=Williams makes move to rejoin Sunshine Girls |first=André |last=Lowe |newspaper=The Gleaner |date=4 January 2010 |access-date=13 November 2020}} However in November 2010 she announced that she was no longer available.{{Cite news |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101123/sports/sports9.html |title=No change of heart ...Williams-Borrego has no intention to play for Jamaica |first=Robert |last=Bailey |newspaper=The Gleaner |date=23 November 2010 |access-date=13 November 2020}} In September 2022 Borrego, along with Romelda Aiken-George and coach Connie Francis, was added to the Jamaica team for the 2022 Taini Jamison Trophy Series due to several other players being unavailable.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/129937244/silver-ferns-series-against-jamaica-to-go-ahead-as-visitors-find-reinforcements|title=Silver Ferns' series against Jamaica to go ahead as visitors find reinforcements|publisher=stuff.co.nz|access-date=20 December 2023|date=20 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300693645/coach-and-new-mum-to-suit-up-for-jamaica-against-the-silver-ferns-in-auckland|title=Coach and new mum to suit up for Jamaica against the Silver Ferns in Auckland|publisher=stuff.co.nz|access-date=20 December 2023|date=21 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/62978554|title=Jamaica coach Connie Francis, 54, comes out of retirement for New Zealand Tests|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2023|date=21 September 2022}}

;Australia

In May 2011 Borrego declared an interest in playing for Australia and becoming an Australian citizen.{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20110504/286053413153168 |title=I want to be an Aussie |first=Warren |last=Partland |work=The Advertiser |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=15 November 2020 |via=PressReader}} In 2013 she attended Australia training camps as a guest.{{cite web |url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2013.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 – Netball SA |publisher=Netball South Australia |access-date=29 June 2020}} In February 2015 she became a citizen.{{Cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/netball/new-australian-citizen-carla-borrego-no-longer-an-import-for-adelaide-thunderbirds/news-story/78e2f54bc6b73e4634f14a7351a3c69d |title=New Australian citizen Carla Borrego no longer an import for Adelaide Thunderbirds |first=Warren |last=Partland |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=13 February 2015 |access-date=15 November 2020}} In April 2015 she was included as a training partner in an Australia squad that was preparing for the 2015 Netball World Cup.{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/netball/west-coast-fever-players-earn-diamonds-selection-for-world-cup-20150415-1mll6t.html |title=West Coast Fever players earn Diamonds selection for World Cup |agency=Australian Associated Press |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 April 2015 |access-date=15 November 2020}}