Demelza McCloud

{{short description|Australian netball player (born 1980)}}

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|name = Demelza McCloud

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|updated = 2009-03-14

|full_name = Demelza McCloud (née Fellowes)

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|8|5}}

|birth_place = Wodonga, Australia

|death_date =

|death_place =

|height = 188 cm

|positions = GD, GK

|clubyears1 = 2010

|clubteam1 = Melbourne Vixens

|clubapps1 = 5

|clubyears2 = 2009

|clubteam2 = Queensland Firebirds

|clubyears3 = 2008

|clubteam3 = Canterbury Tactix

|clubyears4 = 2007

|clubteam4 = Otago Rebels

|nationalyears1 = 2004–05

|nationalteam1 = Australia

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Demelza McCloud (née Fellowes; born 5 August 1980) is an Australian netball player. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. McCloud was selected in the Australian national team in 2004 and 2005. Domestically, she has played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy,{{cite news |author=Milbank, Zac |title=T-Birds discard Demelza |work=The Advertiser |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/t-birds-discard-demelza/news-story/bf4aa3ad324afc78945136a068472a19 |date=13 November 2006 |accessdate=21 January 2019}} and also played in New Zealand for the Otago Rebels in the 2007 National Bank Cup.{{cite news |author=ONE Sport |title=2007 NBC squads revealed |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10780787 |date=24 January 2012 |accessdate=21 January 2019}}

With the advent of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, McCloud was rostered with the Canterbury Tactix in New Zealand for the inaugural season in 2008.[http://www.tactix.org.nz/playerprofile.asp?team=28343&id=139&comp=8074&orgid=2344 2008 Canterbury Tactix profile]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 14 March 2009. For the 2009 season, she signed with the Queensland Firebirds.[http://www.firebirds.net.au/extra.asp?ID=4300 2009 Queensland Firebirds profile]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 14 March 2009.

In August 2009, McCloud played for a World 7 team, coached by Julie Fitzgerald, that defeated New Zealand 2–1 in the 2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/world-7-48-defeats-silver-ferns-44-in-1st-test|title=World 7, 48 defeats Silver Ferns, 44 in 1st Test|publisher=www.netballnz.co.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124164504/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/news/detail/world-7-48-defeats-silver-ferns-44-in-1st-test|archive-date=24 November 2021|date=24 August 2009|access-date=24 November 2021}}

In 2010, McCloud decided to retire from netball. However, in the first round of the 2010 ANZ Championship, she was called to play for the Melbourne Vixens to replace Julie Corletto.{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/netball/former-tbirds-defender-demelza-mccloud-set-to-relaunch-her-career/news-story/8ef47d4a4142b063af5847395a92f522 |title=Former T-Birds defender Demelza McCloud set to relaunch her career |author=Partland, Warren |work=The Advertiser |date=6 November 2013 |accessdate=21 January 2019 |via=news.com.au}} In that match, she played all four quarters at Goal Keeper.

In late 2011, McCloud confirmed she would be returning to top level netball in 2012 for New Zealand franchise the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship.

In 2013 she played again for the Queensland Firebirds and was named in the Australian squad at the end of the season to play a series against the Malawi Queens.{{cite news |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/netball/firebirds-defender-demelza-mccloud-selected-in-diamonds-squad/news-story/df3389cc624a5c47d0d0ff970df5f0c0 |title=Firebirds defender Demelza McCloud selected in Diamonds squad |work=The Courier-Mail |date=3 August 2013 |accessdate=21 January 2019}}

In 2015 she signed with the Tactix and plays with them currently.{{cite news |url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/213-zones/mainland/news/3824-fellowes-and-hazeldine-sign-for-easiyo-tactix.html |title=Fellowes and Hazeldine Sign for EasiYo Tactix |accessdate=21 January 2019}}