By Charmaine Austin, Staff Reporter 
Sunshine Girls Nadine Bryan (left), Simone Forbes (centre) and Nichala Gibson enjoy each other's company and juice from sponsor Serge Island at a recent training session. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
CARLA AND Kasey are grumpiest when they wake up in the mornings. So miserable everyone avoids them.
Althea is the clown.
Nichala is considered vain for always being in the mirror fixing her hair and face and she, like Simone, Nadine and Georgia, loves to sleep.
Tiffannie takes it upon herself to wash clothes in an attempt to expose her domestic side, then relaxes by watching television.
Sharon eats a lot, enough for three people sometimes, while Elaine is the one who loves sharing the food out of the pot.
Connie is forever in a pensive mood and Oberon the captain, is always planning.
So are Jamaica's Sunshine Girls in their camp environment at 28 Dewsbury Avenue, Kingston 6 where they have been calling home for the past few weeks as they prepare for the Cable & Wireless World Netball Championship from July 10-20.
HOUSE CAMP VS HOTEL CAMP
All 12 players say they are comfortable, well fed and happy in camp and prefer being in a house compared to a hotel.
Prior to their getting the six-bedroom house on loan from the Water and Housing Ministry, the team camped at the Alhambra Inn or another hotel.
They are happy that things have changed.
"Being in a house rather than a hotel is much more fun. We get to know each other better and we are free to move around more. If we were at a hotel our movements would be more restricted. We would meet for meals or a meeting then head back to our rooms.
"The house is more open and convenient," said veteran player Nadine Bryan.
Defender Georgia Gordon agrees: "We are always together and that for me is a good thing. We're like sisters. We get to know each other better. We see each other as an individual -- as a person, instead of as just a teammate."
TYPICAL DAY
A typical day with the girls sees them waking up at about 5:00 a.m., getting ready for training an hour later, returning for breakfast before indulging in a period of rest.
Lunch is served by 1:30 p.m., then they lounge around watching television, getting a well-needed massage or for the more adventurous, stoning mangoes on a tree in the yard.
Each shooter meanwhile also needs to make at least 200 attempts at the hoop in the yard.
By 4:00 p.m., the team leaves for an afternoon training session, gets back for dinner and, depending on the circumstances, is in bed no later than 9:00 p.m.
"Camp life is nice. Very disciplined, but nice. We all get along with each other here. The situation allows us to interact with each other on a different level outside of the game and make us see each other as we really are," said Tiffannie Wolfe, the youngest member of the team and one of the newcomers in the senior line-up.
