Manchester Thunder have signed young England player Natalie Haythornthwaite. The 22-year-old will make the switch across the Pennines from Roses rivals Yorkshire Jets for the 2016 season. Haythornthwaite, who was voted the 2015 Superleague Player of The Season, is the first signing for new Black and Yellows coach Dan Ryan. Ryan comes to England from Australian ANZ
Anna Mayes (now Anna Stembridge) and Jess Thirlby are set to reunite in a strong coaching line-up announced today by Team Bath’s 2015-2016 Vitality Superleague franchise. Stembridge joins the Carter Jonas-backed University of Bath-based franchise as Head Coach whilst Thirlby steps into the role of Director of Netball. The duo will form the main coaching
Wales World Cup goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis is to join Team Bath Netball for the 2016 Superleague season. The 21-year-old is rated as one of the best young attacking talents in the game and already has 50 international caps, having made her debut at the age of 16. She marked her half-century of appearances by scoring
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
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.
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.
Sam Cook, Shaunagh Craig and Rachel Shaw were the main award winners when Team Bath Netball staged their end-of-season dinner on Sunday. All three made strong comebacks from serious injury during the 2015 Superleague campaign, with Craig and Shaw receiving the endeavour award from head coach Jess Thirlby for their determination to rebuild their careers.
2015 Netball Superleague Grand Final: Hertfordshire Mavericks 39-56 Surrey Storm Storm break their NSL duck with emphatic victory over Mavericks and were celebrating their first ever Netball Superleague triumph on Saturday evening, as they brushed aside Hertfordshire Mavericks 56-39 in the Grand Final at the Copper Box Arena. It was a case of fourth time lucky
Manchester Thunder win 3rd place with their victory over the Yorkshire Jets – final score: Manchester Thunder 55-49 Yorkshire Jets Match Report: Manchester Thunder powered to victory over Yorkshire Jets to secure third place in the netball Superleague. The sides traded blows for the majority of the game but Thunder were too strong for Jets
Surrey Storm Netball overcame a first half scare at Surrey Sports Park on Saturday to cruise past Yorkshire Jets and book a place in this weekend’s 2015 Superleague Grand Final. Tight first and second quarters saw Jets creep into the lead at half time, only for a pair of Coach Greenway inspired subs to turn
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