Michelle Drayne
{{short description|Gaelic footballer and netball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|fullname = Michelle Drayne
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|09|22}}
|birth_place = Lisburn, Northern Ireland{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6024515-michelle-drayne.htm|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=gc2018.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}
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|school = Rathmore Grammar School
|university = Loughborough University
|occupation = Schoolteacher
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|positions = WD, C, WA
|clubyears1 = 199x–
|clubteam1 = Larkfield (Lisburn)
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|clubyears2 = 201x–
|clubteam2 = New Cambell (Dagenham)
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|clubyears3 = 2014
|clubteam3 = → Team Northumbria
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|clubyears4 = 2015–2019
|clubteam4 = → Hertfordshire Mavericks
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Michelle Drayne (born 22 September 1988) is a Northern Ireland netball international and a former Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballer. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland team that were silver medallists at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships. Drayne has also played in the Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria, Saracens Mavericks and London Pulse.
Early life, family and education
Drayne is from Lisburn, County Antrim.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/european-call-up-for-michelle-1-3884821|title=European call up for Michelle|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=27 May 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/larkfield-girls-helping-ni-to-make-games-history-1-6198868|title=Larkfield girls helping NI to make Games history|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=1 February 2020|date=29 July 2014}} She is the daughter of Michael and Stella Drayne. She has four siblings Niamh, Maeve, Owen and Aideen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/student-who-thought-stressed-told-16688521|title=Student who thought she was stressed told she has aggressive brain tumour|publisher=www.liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=3 August 2019}} Her mother, Stella Drayne, is a former netball coach/team manager with both Larkfield and Northern Ireland under-21 teams. She has coached teams that have included her daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/netball-girls-aim-for-world-finals-1-1638187|title=Netball girls aim for World finals|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=15 June 2006}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/sport/netball-international-honours-for-bowman-sisters-1-1798345|title=International honours for Bowman sisters|publisher=www.midulstermail.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=5 March 2009}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/netball-girls-clinch-silver-1-1642291|title=Netball girls clinch silver|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=12 March 2009}} Michael Drayne is a dairy farmer and a partner in the family firm, Draynes Farm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/news/lisburn-man-is-elected-as-chair-of-the-dairy-council-1-2802887|title=Lisburn man is elected as chair of the Dairy Council|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=28 June 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.farminglife.com/farming-news/yfcu-members-visit-draynes-farm-1-6309081|title=YFCU members visit Draynes Farm|publisher=www.farminglife.com|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=20 September 2014}} Michael and Stella Drayne have also fronted various sports sponsorships on behalf of Draynes Farm. These include Lisburn's Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Draynes Farm also helped sponsor the Northern Ireland team at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/celebrations-at-sports-personality-of-the-year-awards-1-4334243|title=Celebrations at Sports Personality of the Year Awards|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=4 October 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://netballni.org/news_detail/10025885/|title=U21 Team Travel to World Youth Cup|publisher=netballni.org|accessdate=24 January 2020|date=3 July 2017}} Drayne was educated at St. Joseph's Primary School in Lisburn {{Cite web|url=https://www.stjosephsschool.org/cmsfiles/items/downloads/doclett-20180112155919-9783/Friday%20Note%2012%20January%202018.pdf|title=Being the best that we can be|publisher=www.stjosephsschool.org|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=12 January 2018}} and at
Rathmore Grammar School.{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/netball-umpire-laura-nets-top-euro-trip-to-malta-28116501.html|title=Umpire Laura nets top Euro trip to Malta|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|accessdate=1 January 2020|date=6 December 2006}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rathmoregrammarschool.org/single-post/2018/03/28/Congratulations-to-all-our-Netball-teams-plus-Girls-Golfing-at-Rathmore|title=Recent success for our Netball teams|publisher=www.rathmoregrammarschool.org|accessdate=29 January 2020|date=28 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rathmoregrammarschool.org/single-post/2019/04/10/Netball-Success|title=Netball Success|publisher=www.rathmoregrammarschool.org|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=10 April 2019}} Between 2007 and 2010 she attended Loughborough University where she gained a BSc in Sports Science and Management and an M.Ed./PGCE in Physical Education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-drayne-638035113/|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=www.linkedin.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/news/2019/july/loughborough-netballers-to-compete-at-world-cup/|title=Loughborough Netballers get set to compete on World Stage|publisher=www.lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=24 January 2020|date=11 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/goldcoast2018/news/nine-loughborough-netballers-selected-goldcoast/|title=Nine Loughborough netballers selected for Commonwealth Games|publisher=www.lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=2 March 2018}}
Netball
=Clubs=
==Larkfield==
Drayne played netball for the Lisburn–based Larkfield club in the Northern Ireland Premier League. Her teammates at Larkfield included fellow Northern Ireland internationals, Neamh Woods and Caroline O'Hanlon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/larkfield-girls-helping-ni-to-make-games-history-1-6198868|title=Larkfield girls helping NI to make Games history|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=1 February 2020|date=29 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergazette.co.uk/other/2019/06/12/gallery/o-hanlon-named-ni-world-cup-captain-4934/|title=O'Hanlon named NI World Cup captain|publisher=www.ulstergazette.co.uk|accessdate=5 January 2020|date=12 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://netballni.org/player/5925/|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=netballni.org|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/local-teams-dominate-netball-awards-1-1638734|title=Local teams dominate netball awards|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=1 June 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk/sport/ni-netball-accept-invitation-to-go-to-singapore-for-six-nations-tournament-1-1694134|title=NI netball accept invitation to go to Singapore for six nations tournament|publisher=www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2019|date=19 June 2007}}
==New Cambell==
Drayne has also played for Dagenham-based New Cambell in the London & South-East Region Senior League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newcambell.com/london-se-region/
|title=London & SE Region|publisher=www.newcambell.com|accessdate=2 February 2020|date=29 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/sport/lots-to-cheer-for-cambell-1-4270574
|title=Lots to cheer for Cambell|publisher=www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk|accessdate=2 February 2020|date=14 October 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.richardkirby.org/grangetown-reports/grangetown-vs-new-cambell#
|title=Grangetown Vs New Cambell|publisher=www.richardkirby.org|accessdate=2 February 2020|date=13 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nicgc.org/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/2014%20Team%20Northern%20Ireland%20Handbook%20/Team%20Northern%20Ireland%20Handbook%20%28Compressed%29.pdf|title=Team Northern Ireland Handbook – Glasgow 2014|publisher=www.nicgc.org|accessdate=16 January 2020}}
==Team Northumbria==
As part of their preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Northern Ireland national netball team formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw Drayne and six other Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Noleen Lennon, Caroline O'Hanlon, Gemma Gibney, Fionnuala Toner and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season.{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/northern-ireland-reach-for-glory-with-team-northumbria-29963936.html|title=Northern Ireland reach for glory with Team Northumbria|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2020|date=30 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/26036014|title=Northumbria and Northern Ireland in Netball Superleague partnership|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2020|date=4 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/10994835.northern-irish-eyes-are-smiling-as-north-east-netball-enters-a-new-era/|title=Northern Irish eyes are smiling as North-East netball enters a new era|publisher=www.thenorthernecho.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2020|date=8 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/more-sport/lennon-s-ladies-slay-dragons-in-superleague-encounter-1-5866739|title=Lennon's ladies slay Dragons in Superleague encounter|publisher=www.newsletter.co.uk|accessdate=13 January 2020|date=9 February 2014}}
==Hertfordshire Mavericks==
Between 2015 and 2019, Drayne played for Hertfordshire Mavericks in the Netball Superleague. Her teammates at Mavericks have included Lindsay Keable.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/michelle-georgia/|title=Strengthening the Mid-Court – Michelle Drayne & Georgia Lees|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=27 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/Lindsay-Keable-Michelle-Drayne-leave-Saracens-Mavericks/|title=Lindsay Keable & Michelle Drayne leave Saracens Mavericks|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=26 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.saracens.com/drayne-all-set-for-world-cup-debut/|title=Drayne all set for World Cup debut|publisher=www.saracens.com|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=10 July 2019}}
==London Pulse==
=Northern Ireland=
Drayne represented Northern Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/netball-umpire-laura-nets-top-euro-trip-to-malta-28116501.html|title=Umpire Laura nets top Euro trip to Malta|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|accessdate=1 January 2020|date=6 December 2006}}{{Cite web|url=http://netballni.org/player/5925/|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=netballni.org|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/sport/local-teams-dominate-netball-awards-1-1638734|title=Local teams dominate netball awards|publisher=www.lisburntoday.co.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=1 June 2007}} She made her senior debut for Northern Ireland in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.nicgc.org/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/2014%20Team%20Northern%20Ireland%20Handbook%20/Team%20Northern%20Ireland%20Handbook%20%28Compressed%29.pdf|title=Team Northern Ireland Handbook – Glasgow 2014|publisher=www.nicgc.org|accessdate=16 January 2020}} She has subsequently represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034832/michelle_drayne.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203000044/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034832/michelle_drayne.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 February 2020|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=thecgf.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6024515-michelle-drayne.htm|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=gc2018.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/warriors-confidence-remains-despite-close-defeats-drayne/|title=Warriors' confidence remains despite close defeats – Drayne|publisher=www.nwc2019.co.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=15 July 2019}} She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that won the 2015 Nations Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/real-gem-of-a-success-for-netball-girls-34302710.html|title=Real Gem of a success for netball girls|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|accessdate=20 December 2019|date=21 December 2015}} and silver medals at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://netballni.org/player/5925/|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=netballni.org|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/more-sport/netball-england-end-euro-dreams-for-northern-ireland-1-8186122|title=England end Euro dreams for Northern Ireland|publisher=www.newsletter.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2019|date=6 October 2017}} Drayne is one of several Ladies' Gaelic footballers to play netball for Northern Ireland. Others include Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh), Neamh Woods (Tyrone) and Emma and Michelle Magee (Antrim).{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/gaelic-football-netball-world-cup-northern-ireland-4722371-Jul2019/|title=Gaelic football fuelling Northern Ireland's Netball World Cup bid across the water|publisher=www.the42.ie|accessdate=20 December 2019|date=12 July 2019}}
Gaelic football
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=Clubs=
Drayne has played ladies' Gaelic football at club level for St. Gall's.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/gaelic-football-netball-world-cup-northern-ireland-4722371-Jul2019/|title=Gaelic football fuelling Northern Ireland's Netball World Cup bid across the water|publisher=www.the42.ie|accessdate=20 December 2019|date=12 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/id/470475/|title=St Gall's, Antrim v St Conleth's, Laois - Tesco All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football Club Championship Semi-Final|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=6 November 2010}} In 2010 she helped St. Gall's win the Ulster Intermediate Club Ladies Football Championship and was named player of the match in the final {{Cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/2010/10/excitement-at-ladies-club-championship-finals/|title=Excitement at Ladies Club Championship Finals|publisher=ulster.gaa.ie|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=29 October 2010}}
=Inter-county=
Drayne also represented Antrim in the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/gaelic-football-netball-world-cup-northern-ireland-4722371-Jul2019/|title=Gaelic football fuelling Northern Ireland's Netball World Cup bid across the water|publisher=www.the42.ie|accessdate=20 December 2019|date=12 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/PS080901/5000/|title=Antrim v Derry - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Junior Football Championship Semi-Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=31 January 2020|date=31 August 2008}}
Schoolteacher
Between July 2011 and July 2015 Drayne worked as a PE teacher at St Martin's School, Brentwood. Since September 2015, she has served as Head of Netball at New Hall School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-drayne-638035113/|title=Michelle Drayne|publisher=www.linkedin.com|accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.boarding.org.uk/media/news/article/8718/Commonwealth-Games-for-local-coach|title=Commonwealth Games for local coach|publisher=www.boarding.org.uk|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=28 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/news/commonwealth-games-call-new-hall-coach/|title=Commonwealth Games call-up for New Hall coach|publisher=www.dioceseofbrentwood.net|accessdate=28 January 2020|date=10 April 2018}}
Honours
- Nations Cup
- Winners: 2015: 1
- European Netball Championship
- Runner up: 2012, 2017: 2
References
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Category:Northern Ireland netball internationals
Category:Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
Category:2019 Netball World Cup players
Category:Netball Superleague players
Category:Team Northumbria netball players
Category:Mavericks netball players
Category:St Gall's Gaelic footballers
Category:Antrim ladies' Gaelic footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Lisburn
Category:Netball players from Northern Ireland
Category:Schoolteachers from Northern Ireland
Category:People educated at Rathmore Grammar School