The inaugural Festival of Stars was hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on 21 June 2009, before the 2009 ANZ Championship Round 12 match between New South Wales Swifts and West Coast Fever.
[3][4] Team: Luke Darcy (c)Wil Anderson Chris Grant Melissa WuC Shelley O'Donnell Andy Maher Kirk Pengilly Team: Liz Ellis (c) John Eales Adam Spencer Layne Beachley Marianne McCormick Nathan Hindmarsh Bill Woods Substitutes:C Ashlee Weir for McCormick The second Festival of Stars was hosted at Hisense Arena on 6 June 2010, before the 2010 ANZ Championship Round 12 match between Melbourne Vixens and Adelaide Thunderbirds.
[2][4][5][6] Starting 7: GS Luke Darcy (c)GA Dave HughesWA Rebecca Twigley[7]C Shelley O'DonnellWD Mieke BuchanGD Anthony Lehmann GK James Tomkins Changes:Twigley to GAHughes to WD Starting 7: GS Ryan MoloneyGA Adam SpencerWA Brigitte DuclosC Lydia LassilaWD Adam SwansonGD Glenn ArcherGK Liz Ellis (c) Changes: Ellis to WDArcher to GDSwanson to GKMoloney to WDEllis to GK Substitutes:GS Caitlin Thwaites for Swanson The third Festival of Stars was hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on 20 March 2011, before the 2011 ANZ Championship Round 6 match between New South Wales Swifts and Queensland Firebirds.
Other notable performers included Iron Men Shannon Eckstein, who scored seven goals for Team Beyond Blue, and Matt Poole, who was named Player of the Match.
[8][9] Starting 7: GS Kerri Pottharst GA Adam Spencer (c)WA Natarsha BellingC Laura DundovicWD Guy LeechGD Dean GladstoneGK Matt Poole Starting 7: GS Shannon EcksteinGA Charlie Pickering (c)WA Summer BurkeC James KerleyWD Gus WorlandGD Andrew Reid GK Charlotte Dawson