Career
Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. Clarke plays domestic netball in the Netball Superleague, having played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009-2010. In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz.
In 2011 she was named as the captain of England, after the retirement of Karen Atkinson after the 2011 Netball World Championships.
She captained them to a first ever gold medal in the 2011 World Netball Series. In 2012 she signed on to play for the New Zealand Franchise, Northern Mystics for the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championships.
She signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2013 season. After 2 seasons with the Canterbury Tactix Clarke signed with the Sydney based NSW Swifts signing as their import player.
On the 21st September, 2014, Clarke was inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame.
In September 2015, it was confirmed that she had re-signed for Loughborough Lightning. On the 20th February, 2016, it was announced she would be returning to Australia to play for Adelaide Thunderbirds. Jade Clarke was born in 1983 in Manchester and later studied Sports Science at Loughborough University.
2003-2014 England Netball Team
2014 England Netball Captain
Inducted into the England Netball Hall of Fame
2011 World Netball Championship Bronze Medal with England
2011 FastNet World Netball Series Gold Medal with England (as Captain)
2006, 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal with England.
