England Netball has reported that the Active People Survey from Sport England has shown that the number of people playing netball on a weekly basis has increased once again. The latest figures show that 151,000 netballers aged 16 and over take to the court every week. The period between January and April 2015 displayed particularly strong
Adelaide Thunderbirds assistant coach Dan Ryan has been named as the new Manchester Thunder head coach. Ryan heads to the Superleague from the Australian ANZ Championship side and is ‘excited’ to be joining Thunder at the ‘perfect’ time in his career. He takes over from Tracey Neville, who left Thunder to become interim England boss for this
As part of their preparations for the Netball World Cup, England will be on the road in July as they visit four Netball Superleague sides. Each franchise will be hosting warm-up matches that will be open to the public as the England team show their support to the Netball Superleague and give fans across the
Tracey Neville’s team will take on a Superleague Select team on Monday 13 July at 7pm at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The match will be one of a handful of warm-up fixtures for England before they head to Sydney for the World Cup. Players likely to be on show include ANZ stars Jade Clarke,
The 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney is just eleven weeks away, and Tracey Neville has announced the long squad of nineteen players. The squad will be entering training camps over the coming weeks before being whittled down to the final 12 at the end of June. The England Long Squad for the 2015 Netball
Team Bath Netball’s Stacey Francis had double cause for celebration over the weekend as she won her 50th international cap and helped England reclaim the Netball Europe Open trophy. Club colleague Sam Cook also played a key role as England completed their warm-up for this summer’s Netball World Cup with convincing victories over Scotland, Wales
England took the 2015 Netball Europe trophy this afternoon but were made to work for their win following a spirited display from the host nation. Northern Ireland took a surprising early lead at the end of the first quarter but were eventually outclassed as England triumphed 64-22 to regain the title they last held in 2012.
Netball Europe Open Championships – Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May Final Results Saturday 16 May 8.30 Ireland 51-18 Malta 10.30 Scotland 45-42 Trinidad & Tobago 12.30 England 69-31 Wales 14.30 Switzerland 12-51 Ireland 16.30 Trinidad & Tobago 52-40 Northern Ireland 18.30 South Africa 72-42 Wales Sunday 17 May 8.30 South Africa v
Loughborough University has announced that Ugandan netball star Peace Proscovia will be a Loughborough Lightning player for the next two seasons. Proscovia, who is the first Ugandan to play professional netball in the UK, has signed onto a two year Masters course, which will see her combine sport with academia like many of her teammates.
England got their Netball Europe title hunt off to a winning start this afternoon as they overcame a lacklustre start to seal a convincing 60-16 victory over Scotland. This was the first match of the competition that counted towards the Netball Europe Championships following the fixtures against the invitational sides yesterday. It was always going to
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