Source: Mark Pritchard

Football and Coronation Street stars in comedy video to promote netball

Former England and Manchester United football legends, England women’s footballers and stars from Coronation Street have joined forces with netball team Manchester Thunder for a special promotional video ahead of the team’s Superleague semi final match at the Manchester Arena on 18th April. In the video, Manchester United legends Gary and Phil Neville (whose sister

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Source: Gary Baker

Storm secure home semi-final

Surrey Storm Netball booked themselves a home semi-final on Monday afternoon with a 41-59 win over Hertfordshire Mavericks – their second victory over the Easter weekend. The visitors powered ahead early in the opening quarter to effectively finish off the match and bag their second win of the season against their Netball London Live rivals.

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Source: Mark Pritchard

England Netball squads for International Series

The England squad for the upcoming home International Series against Trinidad & Tobago has been announced this afternoon. This will be the final occasion that England competes on home soil ahead of the Netball World Cup which will be hosted in Sydney this summer. Tracey Neville leads the side for the first time since her

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Source: David Roper for Matchtight

Team Bath aim to finish season on a high

Team Bath Netball head coach Jess Thirlby is determined to finish the Superleague season on a high when Celtic Dragons visit the Sports Training Village for a televised fixture next week. A run of three away defeats in seven days, culminating in Easter Monday’s 51-45 reverse at improving Loughborough Lightning, mean Team Bath will not

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Source: Mark Pritchard

Thunder cruise to another win

Manchester Thunder cruised to a win over Team Northumbria in their last home game of the regular season 77-34. A sell-out Thunderdome looked on as the defending Superleague champions displayed passages of absolute dominance over the team now rooted to the bottom of the table. The Black and Yellows will now head to Loughborough on

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Source: Lee Crabbe - Scrumpix

Netball Superleague Round 13

At the end of round 13 Manchester Thunder remain unbeaten, Storm, Lightning and Jets also pick up convincing wins.   Full scores and table: Hertfordshire Mavericks 41-59 Surrey Storm Manchester Thunder 77-34 Team Northumbria Loughborough Lightning 51-45 Team Bath Yorkshire Jets 75-47 Celtic Dragons Team Played Points Won Lost + – +/- Manchester Thunder 13

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Manchester Thunder visit Coronation Street

The Manchester Thunder players took a trip down Coronation Street over Easter and reunited with their ITV Charity Netball team mates. First of all Thunder media guru Denis Evans caught up with Brooke Vincent who plays Sophie Webster in the soap. Talking about the Netball Superleague Semi-Final Showdown at the Manchester Arena on 18th April 2015,

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Source: Mark Pritchard

Netball Superleague Round 12

Round 12 was completed yesterday evening with convincing wins for Thunder and Storm. The scores are as follows: Team Northumbria 40-58 Hertfordshire Mavericks Yorkshire Jets 55-44 Team Bath Celtic Dragons 29-57 Manchester Thunder Surrey Storm 74-45 Loughborough Lightning Updated table: Team Played Points Won Lost + – +/- Manchester Thunder 12 36 12 0 690

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