Balldale Hotel - Sharni Layton

Sharni Layton " No Apologies""

Join us, for what will be a fantastic evening, and yep you can use your NSW Dine and discover vouchers !!! ( $25 includes the booking fee)) 

A professional multi-sport athlete, Sharni’s tenacious defensiveness on the netball court coupled with her courage on the footy field; makes her a truly unique athlete. Touted one of the best netballers in the world in the modern era, Sharni began her professionals porting career playing netball and then decided to challenge herself by playing AFL.

Sharni started her netball career playing for the Melbourne Kestrels in 2004 until 2006, where she received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport for the 2007 season. Sharni signed for the
Melbourne Vixens for the first two seasons of the ANZ Championships before switching to the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2010. Sharni immediately made an impression in Adelaide, winning the
competition’s Young Player of the Year award and was a significant reason as to why the Thunderbirds won the 2010 premiership.

Sharni’s impressive form earned her selection to debut for the Australian Diamonds in the 2011World Netball Championships in Singapore, where she won her first of two World Championships
and the Holden Netball Test Series, regaining the number one rank in the world for Australia. Sharni was elevated to Vice-Captain in 2011 for the Thunderbirds and then once again in 2012 to Co-Captain.
Her time at the Thunderbirds culminated with stellar defensive performances in their 2010 & 2013 premierships.

Even after winning two premierships with the Adelaide Thunderbirds, Sharni chose to further challenge herself and moved out of her comfort zone to relocate to Sydney to play for the NSW Swifts so that she could continue to grow as a person. Having moved to a bigger city, Sharni was able
to build her brand and also was able to lift the profile of netball by appearing on regularly on various sport TV & Radio shows.

Continuing her winning streak, Sharni was named in Australia’s squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow winning a gold medal against New Zealand. Sharni continued her winning ways the following year after she won her second World Championship with the Diamonds. In her last season with the Swifts before the inaugural Suncorp Super Netball league season, Sharni was awarded the Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year and International Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017.

Joining the AFLW, her standout season with Collingwood Magpies came in 2020 where she was rewarded with AFLW All-Australian selection after a breakout year in the ruck. 

After an 18-year professional sporting career, with the last three years being with the AFLW, she is hanging up the boots, with im sure plenty of stories to tell.

Balldale Hotel only 20 minutes from Corowa is the place, rug up and mosey on out.  Courtesy Bus available.