Characters
Meet Sally and Nat’s Families
| Sally Dowling | Aspiring netballer | Natalie Green | Aspiring netballer | ||
| Identifying traits: | Sally is ridiculously tall. | Identifying traits: | Messy, thick curly hair. | ||
| What’s her thing: | Trying to be as good as her siblings. | What’s her thing? | Awesome basketball player. | ||
| What she’s good at: | Running, jumping, throwing and catching. | What she’s good at: | Basketball, going hard and never giving up. | ||
| What bugs her: | Being ignored by her family. | What bugs her: | Boys, in particular, Patrick Donegan. | ||
| Needs to improve: | Her self-confidence. | Needs to improve: | Her school work. | ||
| Wants to: | Play netball. | Wants to: | Play netball. | ||
| James Dowling: | Sally’s older brother | Greenie (Mr Green), Nat’s dad |
Plumber: Green & Greener | ||
| Identifying traits: | Socially retarded. | Identifying traits: | Popular, well liked in the community. | ||
| What’s his thing: | Genius, also known as a nerd. | What’s his thing: | Basketball player and coach. | ||
| What he’s good at: | Everything. | What’s he good at: | Basketball & inspiring young players. | ||
| What bugs him: | Being interrupted when he’s trying to study. | What bugs him: | Anything that interferes with basketball. | ||
| Needs to improve: | Can’t improve on perfection. | Needs to improve: | Keeping the Green boys under control. | ||
| Wants to: | Invent/discover something extraordinary. | Wants to: | See a Green represent Australia in basketball. | ||
| Jasmine Dowling | Sally’s older sister | Mrs Green | Nat’s mum | ||
| Identifying traits: | Beautiful and talented. | Identifying traits: | Basketball mad. | ||
| What’s her thing: | Ballet. | What’s her thing: | Lists. | ||
| What she’s good at: | Getting her own way. | What’s she good at: | Driving the family to basketball. | ||
| What bugs her: | Getting a run in her ballet tights. | What bugs her: | Picking up after the boys. | ||
| Needs to improve: | Nothing. Jasmine has it all. | Needs to improve: | Keeping track of the family. | ||
| Wants to: | Make the Australian Ballet company. | Wants to: | Have some peace and quiet. | ||
| Sharon Dowling | Sally’s Mum | Jarryd Green | Nat’s youngest brother. | ||
| Identifying traits: | Always looks perfect. | Identifying traits: | Weird hair creations. | ||
| What’s her thing: | Running after Jasmine and James. | What’s his thing: | Basketball and keeping up with his brothers. | ||
| What she’s good at: | Ignoring Sally. | What’s he good at: | Basketball. | ||
| What bugs her: | Sport. | What bugs him: | Mick and Aaron getting all the attention. | ||
| Needs to improve: | Having fun. | Needs to improve: | Netball goal shooting. | ||
| Wants to: | See Jasmine and James succeed. | Wants to: | Be the best basketball player in the family. | ||
| Michael Dowling | Sally’s Dad. | Hayden Green | Nat’s second youngest brother | ||
| Identifying traits: | Works very hard. | Identifying traits: | Most presentable Green boy. | ||
| What’s his thing: | Work. | What’s his thing: | Trying to get out of family outings. | ||
| What’s he good at: | Working | What’s he good at: | Basketball. | ||
| What bugs him: | Sport. | What bugs him: | Mick and Aaron stirring him. | ||
| Needs to improve: | Spending time with the kids. | Needs to improve: | His excuses to get out of family stuff. | ||
| Wants to: | Make sure they all study hard and get good jobs | Wants to: | Be the one who makes the Australian basketball team. | ||
| Aaron Green |
Nat’s second oldest brother – Apprentice Plumber |
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| Identifying traits: | Tallest Green boy. | ||||
| What’s his thing: | Basketball. | ||||
| What’s he good at: | Basketball, he’s a Green! | ||||
| What bugs him: | Greenie making him dig the trenches by hand. | ||||
| Needs to improve: | His pick-up lines. | ||||
| Wants to: | Finish his apprenticeship. | ||||
| Mick Green | Nat’s oldest brother – Plumber | ||||
| Identifying traits: | Dreadlocks | ||||
| What’s his thing: | Basketball and girls. | ||||
| What’s he good at: | Reminding his siblings they will never be as good as him. | ||||
| What bugs him: | His mum threatening to chop off his dreddies. | ||||
| Needs to improve: | Getting up for work. | ||||
| Wants to: | Meet more girls. | ||||
| Aunty Faye |
Nat’s Aunty | ||||
| Identifying traits: | Loves netball. | ||||
| What’s her thing: | Gave Nat Netball Basics | ||||
| What’s she good at: | Netball and teasing Greenie. | ||||
| What bugs her: | Greenie not letting Nat play netball. |
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| Needs to improve: | Her convincing skills | ||||
| Wants to: | Form a mixed team with the Green family. |
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Meet Central Park School
| Patrick Donegan | Dorkiest kid in grade 6C. | Maddie Douglas | Nicest kid ever. | |
| Identifying traits: | Red hair & tall with spaghetti legs. | Identifying traits: | Nice to everyone! | |
| What’s his thing: | Nothing. Patrick is a loser, just ask Nat. | What’s her thing: | Never brags. | |
| What he’s good at: | Breaking up fights. | What’s she good at: | Everything, especially netball. | |
| What bugs him: | Natalie Green. | What bugs her: | People being mean. | |
| Needs to improve: | His dress sense. | Needs to improve: | Thinks she needs to improve everything. | |
| Wants to: | Have people like him. | Wants to: | Save the planet | |
| Danny O’Neill | Naughtiest kid in 6C. | Prue Stewart | Awesome netballer. | |
| Identifying traits: | Noisy, messy. | Identifying traits: | Best goaler in the school. | |
| What’s his thing: | Disrupting the class. | What’s her thing: | Hanging out with Julia. | |
| What’s he good at: | Making mischief. | What’s she good at: | Shooting goals. | |
| What bugs him: | Goody two-shoes students. | What bugs her: | Missing goals. | |
| Needs to improve: | His burps & farts. | Needs to improve: | Her long shots. | |
| Wants to: | Be a comedian. | Wants to: | Play rep netball forever. | |
| Julia Knight | Awesome netballer. | Miss Crabble | Grade 6C teacher. | |
| Identifying traits: | Always smiling. | Identifying traits: | Worst teacher ever. | |
| What’s her thing: | Hanging out with Prue. | What’s her thing: | Stopping Sally and Nat from making the netball team. | |
| What’s she good at: | Shooting goals. | What she’s good at: | Being mean. | |
| What bugs her: | Alicia and Kelly being pains. | What bugs her: | Seeing the students happy. | |
| Needs to improve: | Her goal circle moves. | Needs to improve: | List too long to mention. | |
| Wants to: | Win every game of netball this year! | Wants to: Win. | Be principal one day. | |
| Mrs Douglas | The Assistant Coach. | |||
| Identifying traits: | Fair. | |||
| What’s her thing: | Very experienced netball coach. | |||
| What she’s good at: | Teaching the players how to improve. | |||
| What bugs her: | Filling out permission slips. | |||
| Needs to improve: | Staying calm around Miss Crabble. | |||
| Wants to: | Teach Miss Crabble how to coach netball. |
The Mean Girls |
The Opposition
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| Siobhan | School Captain (Book 1) | Mr Stevenson (Stevo) | Highfield Primary netball coach. | |
| Identifying traits: | Better than everyone else. | Identifying traits: | Strict, mean, lots of muscles. | |
| What’s her thing: | Representing the school. | What’s his thing:: | Winning no matter what. | |
| What she’s good at: | Everything. | What’s he good at: | Scaring people. Yelling. | |
| What bugs her: | Sally and Nat thinking they can make the netball team. | What bugs him: | People who don’t do as he says. | |
| Needs to improve: | Go to a better school. | Needs to improve: | His courtside manner. | |
| Wants to: | Coach the footy team again. | |||
| Kelly | Siobhan’s best friend. | Dayna | Highfield Primary Goal Shooter. | |
| Identifying traits: | Siobhan’s best friend. | Identifying traits: | Tall. Focussed. | |
| What’s her thing: | Following Siobhan around. | What’s her thing: | Shooting awesome goals. | |
| What she’s good at: | Reminding everyone they aren’t as good as her. | What’s she good at: | Ignoring her opponent. | |
| What bugs her: | The ordinary people. | What bugs her: | Missing goals. | |
| Needs to improve: | Convince Siobhan they are BFF. | Needs to improve: | Her rebounding. | |
| Wants to: | (Secretly) be more popular than Siobhan. | Wants to: | Play for Australia. | |
| Alicia | Siobhan’s best friend. | Bridget | Highfield Primary Defender. | |
| Identifying traits: | Siobhan’s other best friend. | Identifying traits: | Tall. Mean. Rough. | |
| What’s her thing: | Being part of the in group. | What’s her thing: | Using her elbows. | |
| What she’s good at: | Feeling and acting smug. | What’s she good at: | Keeping goalers away from the ball. | |
| What bugs her: | The rest of the grade. | What bugs her: | Goalers who don’t miss. | |
| Needs to improve: | Making sure Siobhan likes her best. | Needs to improve: | Her speed and fitness. | |
| Wants to: | (Secretly) be School Captain. | Wants to: | Beat everyone and win. | |
| Eleanor | Kasey Beach Goaler | |||
| Identifying traits: | Never stops talking. | |||
| What’s her thing: | Shoots awesome goals, whilst still chatting. | |||
| What’s she good at: | Shooting goals from anywhere. | |||
| What bugs her: | Lambs getting sick. |
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| Needs to improve: | Knowing when to stop talking. |
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| Wants to: | Play State Netball like her grandma. |