The pair, who’ve been with the Swifts since 2017 and 2016 respectively, have played key role within the Swifts line-up over the past two seasons, helping the team to a premiership in 2019 and a finals berth this year.
Swifts Head Coach Briony Akle said she was delighted to announce the defensive duo as the team’s first signings for next season.
“I think when they are both fully fit and firing Sarah and Maddy form a formidable defensive combination which is pretty hard to match across the league,” she said.
“Both players are exceptionally driven to succeed and I know missing out on back-to-back titles this year will only spur them on.
“Sarah is one of the best in the world in what is perhaps the toughest position to play when you think of the players she’s up against every week - every year I think she gets better.”
Akle said she hoped Turner would get an injury-free run into next season and backed her for a Diamonds return.
“Maddy is perhaps the most consistent and under-rated player in the whole competition. She was immense in our 2019 Premiership success and only injury hampered her from reaching those same heights in 2020.
“When you see how far she’s come since that young rookie first took the court in 2016 you know that Maddy’s best days are still ahead of her and she’s got a big future at both national and international level. At only 24 she’s a senior player in our ranks and key to our continued success.”
With the current Super Netball Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring at the end of 2021, competition clubs are not permitted to sign players beyond next season.
The Swifts are expected to announce several more signings next week when the league’s player contracting period commences.
