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Kangaroo Flat netball recruits Ruby Barkmeyer and Mwai Kumwenda speak on their excitement about joining the BFNL Roos
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10/4/2024
Kangaroo Flat has made a massive splash in BFNL netball, signing former Melbourne Vixens teammates Ruby Barkmeyer and Mwai Kumwenda for the 2025 season.
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Well, it's a very big day here at Kangaroo Flats and we have some amazing nipple recruits.
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We have Ruby and MJ. I don't think anyone saw this one coming, girls.
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No, we're really excited to finally get it out there that we've signed with Kangaroo
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Flats for 2025. I'm really excited to be coming home, playing and also bringing MJ,
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playing with MJ at the Vixens. We've spent a lot of time together. We're very good
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friends so we're really excited to be back in the circle together.
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First impressions of Kangaroo Flats, MJ?
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Yeah, I'm so excited. I can't wait to work with this community and be like my
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second family. So I'm so excited to join these girls. I can't wait.
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And obviously for Ruby, obviously a local girl who's gone away and done some
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amazing things and you're back. Did you miss your time here?
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Yeah, I've loved my time at the Vixens for five years. I've grown so much as a
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player and as a person and I'm really excited to be coming back to Kangaroo Flats.
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I always did think that I would be back home playing someday and I'm really excited
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to be bringing a friend with me. But yeah, I'm really excited to be getting back
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to the community where I grew up and playing my junior netball.
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And what's MJ going to bring to the club?
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MJ's going to bring so much. She's obviously a great netballer but she brings
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so much off the court. She's such an amazing person. Anyone that comes across
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her just speaks so highly of her. She's so caring and I'm sure she's going to make
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a big impact on this club, not just off the court as well. She's going to bring so much.
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And only two months into motherhood for MJ. What's it like?
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I'm loving it. I'm loving my little boy always smiling. Yesterday I just went to
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see Luby and the boy was like, he was like, smile, smile. He was like, smile.
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I'm like, oh, I don't get this. So you were very like a sister to get that.
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Yeah, I'm loving it.
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I think he's going to be a hit on the sidelines here at Kangaroo Flats next season,
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isn't he?
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Yes, he'll be running around the court.
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And obviously the season has just been completed and obviously a little bit of
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bad luck for Kangaroo Flat. Went down by a couple of goals in the grand final.
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I think you girls can get them over the line this year, couldn't you?
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Yeah, watching the grand final, I think it was such a high quality game of netball.
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Kangaroo Flat and Gisborne have been the top two teams all year. So I think we're
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really looking forward to joining the club. It's already been so successful and
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we're really wanting to add to that and be a part of what's next for them.
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And Jaden, obviously a great coach and obviously you've had discussions with him
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ongoing. What have they been like?
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Yeah, we've been in regular contact with Jaden. We're really looking forward to
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working with him. I'm looking forward to coaching with Jaden. He's been a part of
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an elite environment also with the big men's commitments. So he knows what it's
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like to, I guess, be a part of, I guess, elite level and local level. So we're
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really looking forward to sharing our knowledge with the girls and the whole
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club and looking forward to hopefully having a successful year and having as
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many teams as we can make finals.
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And we will put him down on the spot. What do you know about the Mendingo League?
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I don't know much about it, but I will be playing every time. I think the group is
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going to be on, so I can't wait to learn more.
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And you did say you do have some experience in a football or netball league?
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Yes, a little bit, but the one I was playing was second league. But maybe this
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one will be the best because some of the girls play V&M, so I can't wait to
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challenge them. Can't wait to challenge them, yeah.
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Well, we all look forward to seeing you on the court next season. It's obviously
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going to be a great one for Kangaroo Flat. We wish you all the best.
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Thank you. I'm excited.
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