UCFB, a world first in higher education teaching university degrees in the football and sports industries, and the Manchester Thunder, the Netball Superleague’s reigning champions, are delighted to announce a new partnership for the 2015 season. In a season-long deal that will see UCFB provide financial backing to the Thunder, UCFB will open up opportunities
Lightning kick-off their Superleague campaign tonight when they take on Yorkshire Jets at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. It will be the first chance for Karen Atkinson to see her new squad in competitive action after a successful pre-season, which has seen strong performances against Surrey Storm, England U19′s, and the England Men’s Netball team.
Apologies for the delay in posting the Superleague fixtures. Manchester Thunder have already opened the new season with a real bang, here are all the rest of the fixtures: Round 1 26 January 7.45 Manchester Thunder v Surrey Storm 55 – 52 30 January 2015 20.00 Yorkshire Jets v Loughborough Lightning 31 January 2015 16.00
Thunder weathered the Storm and held off a late surge from their London rivals to win a thrilling Superleague season opener. All the talk pre-game had been about that last-second Thunder win in last season’s final and this game did not disappoint. Surrey were outplayed for large spells of the game and had no answer to Thunder’s
England Netball is delighted to announce that following a selection weekend in Sheffield, the squad for the U17s to contest Netball Europe has been confirmed. The tournament takes place in Hull from Friday March 6th – Sunday March 8th. The competition has seen England dominant in recent years and they will be looking to retain
A final quarter surge from Jamaica saw them seal a 57-47 win and with it a 2-1 Series success over England in Kingston earlier this morning. Up until the final fifteen minutes these two great rivals were inseparable, locked together at 37-37 as the third quarter came to a close. However, it was the Sunshine
Darkness descended over the Sunshine Girls in more ways than one last night as England secured a 55-47 win to level the International Series at 1-1. In a remarkable set of events, the visitors were on top in the closing stages when, with one minute fifteen seconds left on the clock, the power failed inside
England stumbled to a nine goal defeat against Jamaica in Kingston last night. The Sunshine Girls now lead the best-of-three Series 1-0 following a high intensity 56-47 victory over their visitors. The game plan from the hosts was apparent from the start of the match with pressure applied all over the court and plenty of
England Netball has signed a new long-term contract with Gilbert Netball as their official and exclusive ball supplier. England Netball Patron Janet Wrighton said “We are delighted to welcome Gilbert as the official ball supplier to England Netball. Gilbert have a long running association with our wonderful sport and are recognised for producing international standard
There has been a change to the line up announced for the England three match tour to Jamaica. The team departed at the weekend without Tamsin Greenway, who had been advised not to travel to the Caribbean because of personal circumstances. In her place is Hertfordshire Mavericks’ Sophia Candappa who will fill in mid-court for
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