Adelaide Thunderbirds Lead the ANZ Championship with Exciting New Ambassadors Program

The Adelaide Thunderbirds are excited and proud to announce the launch of their inaugural Ambassadors Program, as part of their revolutionary community initiative for 2012.

The Adelaide Thunderbirds Ambassadors Program is a collection of Adelaide media, political and sporting identities, with Chris Dittmar, Troy Gray, Jodie Oddy, Mark Soderstrom, Bernie Vince and Michael Wright all representing in pink this year. While they do hail from different backgrounds, they do have one thing in common, and that is absolute admiration and respect for the sport of netball and those who play it.

“I can’t wait to see the girls in action,” says Jodie Oddy who has been chatting to the girls weekly on the Mix 102.3 Breakfast Show, “I know just how hard they have been training - sometimes I can hardly believe what they’ve been up to! I’m extremely excited to be an Ambassador for 2012.”

Asked about his feelings on his pink guernsey, Troy Gray was thoughtful, “Must be my defensive skills - I do play a mean Wing Defence,” he jokes, “Probably not as well as Sharni Layton though, so I’ll leave the on-court stuff to the professionals!”

The Ambassadors Program is a new initiative by the Thunderbirds, who are hungry for a finals berth after finishing 6^th last year. The trial match in Bendigo against the Melbourne Vixens last Saturday, 24 March, proves just how eager they are for success this season as the team clawed its way back from a 14 goal deficit at half time to win 49-46. With a new look leadership group, exceptional fitness levels and Nat Von Bertouch and Renae Hallinan returning from injury, the Thunderbirds are absolutely bursting for Round 1 on March 31.

“It’s the first program of its kind for the Thunderbirds,” says Clare Harris, Adelaide Thunderbirds Commercial & Marketing Operations Manager. “We pride ourselves as being leaders in our field and exploring new ways to promote our exceptional brand of netball, on court and off. We are wholeheartedly aiming to emulate our success from 2010 and we feel having an Ambassadors Program will certainly contribute to this.”