Beryl Friday
Beryl Friday (born 19 January 1994) is an Australian netball player. Friday was a member of the Queensland Firebirds teams that won the 2015 and 2016 ANZ Championships. She has also played for Queensland Fusion, Territory Storm and Canberra Giants in the Australian Netball League, Team Bath in the Netball Superleague and West Coast Fever in Suncorp Super Netball. Early life, family and education Friday is an Aboriginal Australian woman from Ingham, North Queensland. She is a Kuku Nyungkal woman of the Kuku Yalanji nation. She is also a descendant of the Olkolo, the Birri Gubba and the Kamilaroi nations. She was one of five children. Her mother and two older sisters were keen netballers and at eight years old, Beryl was taken to the local courts of the Herbert River Netball Association. While attending a coaching clinic in Townsville, she was spotted by Vicki Wilson. She subsequently gained a sports scholarship to attend St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School. As of 2021, Friday is studying for an education degree at Griffith University. She was an inaugural recipient of a scholarship named in honour of Ron Clarke. Playing career Queensland Between 2011 and 2015, Friday represented Queensland at the Australian National