[7] The Sting won seven out of the ten National Bank Cup titles,[8] being named as one of the world's best sporting teams.

Other big names to play for the franchise include: Bernice Mene, Tania Dalton, Megan Hutton, Belinda Colling, Leana de Bruin, Liana Leota, Adine Wilson, Lesley Rumball, Naomi Siddall, Wendy Frew, Erika Burgess, Daneka Wipiiti and Natalie Avellino.

[1] As a member of the New Zealand national netball team, Loffhagen won two Commonwealth Games silver medals, at Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and Manchester in 2002.

[15] Wilkins earned a Most Valuable Player award in the Sirens' first WNBL win, a 76–55 victory against Dandenong Rangers.

[16] As of 2006, Wilkins had 95 caps for the Tall Ferns, the New Zealand women's national basketball team,[17] including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (where she was the tournament's leading rebounder with 10.6 rebounds per game), and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne (where she captained the Tall Ferns to a silver medal behind gold medalists Australia).