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National senior netballer Kadie-Ann Dehaney has described the atmosphere in the Sunshine Girls camp as great as the team continues its preparations for this month’s Commonwealth Games Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.The Sunshine Girls are currently engaged in a week-long training camp in Durham, England, as they fine-tune their preparations for the Games, which will run from July 23 to August 2. The Jamaicans will be looking to build on their historic performance at the previous Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, where the team captured its first-ever silver medal.Dehaney, who plays professionally for West Coast Fever in Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball League, said the players have quickly bonded and are working hard to build chemistry ahead of the tournament.“The vibes have been good so far in the camp. Since I arrived, I have met our new shooter, Azara (Wilmot), and other new English-born players, so we are just trying to build the vibes and chemistry in the team right now,” said Dehaney.Dehaney, a defender, who will be competing at her second Commonwealth Games, added that she is entering this tournament with a different mindset after gaining valuable experience over the past four years.“I am feeling good going into my second Commonwealth Games, but I think that I am going to take a different approach this time around,” she stated. “The first time it was a bit hectic for me coming into the team, and I made a lot of transitions, but now I am more settled in with my off-court stuff, and coming from Perth where I had a really good year, I am now very focused on the task.”Dehaney pointed out that Jamaica has a strong chance of challenging for another medal despite fielding a different-looking attacking unit.“I think our chances are high. I think we are the unknown because the attack is very different, but I think you can’t count out a team with Romelda Aiken-George as the main shooter,” she said. “I think we just have to use her to our advantage.  With Aiken-George and Shanice Beckford at the front, along with Nicole Dixon-Rochester in the middle, we can do well at the Commonwealth Games.”Dehaney also shared that while she hopes to maintain her own high standards throughout the tournament, her ultimate ambition is to help Jamaica return to the podium.“For me, I would like to remain consistent and leave with a medal, but we would like to go all the way to the top,” she pointed out. Reflecting on her club season with West Coast Fever, Dehaney said she was pleased with how the team overcame several setbacks to finish among the competition’s top teams.“I was pleased with our performance, knowing that it was very hectic for us at the start as we had injuries all over the court.  We started building halfway in the season, and to finish third was actually very good for us.”
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