Afeisha Noel

Trinidad and Tobago shooter and vice-captain who represented the Calypso Girls across two World Cups a decade apart, including the historic 2023 tournament.

Afeisha Noel rose through Trinidad and Tobago's domestic All Sectors Netball League, becoming a standout shooter for the Fire Service team and earning individual shooting-accuracy honours in the local Premiership Division. She impressed at the 2015 World Cup in Sydney, her performances there leading Trinidad and Tobago's national federation to help her sign professionally with England's Severn Stars in the Netball Superleague, becoming the second local netballer to earn an overseas professional contract. Noel went on to play in England's Superleague for several seasons, including with Celtic Dragons, before returning to represent the Calypso Girls at the 2023 World Cup in Cape Town. She served as vice-captain alongside captain Shaquanda Greene-Noel, helping guide a young and relatively inexperienced Trinidad and Tobago squad through a gruelling schedule, including matches against higher-ranked nations like Jamaica and New Zealand, with the team finishing 12th overall. Noel has remained a key contributor to Trinidad and Tobago's domestic netball scene, continuing to represent the Fire Service team in the All Sectors Netball League and mentoring emerging Caribbean shooters, as the Calypso Girls work to rebuild toward the competitive heights the programme reached in the 1970s and 1980s.

Accurate, versatile shooter capable of playing goal shooter or goal attack, known for reliable long-serving form for club and country

One of the pioneering Trinidadian netballers to build a professional career overseas, helping raise the profile of the sport back home

• 2023 World Cup vice-captain
• 2nd Trinidadian netballer to sign a professional overseas contract
• Multiple domestic shooting-accuracy awards in the All Sectors Netball League