England Rose, Eleanor Cardwell, has followed her heart and returned home from Australia, joining her former team Manchester Thunder Netball Last playing for Manchester Thunder in 2022, Cardwell was instrumental when Thunder went undefeated all season and winning their fourth championship title. Making the move overseas to join Adelaide Thunderbirds in Australia for the 2023
Manchester Thunder Netball, in collaboration with AO and VX3, have helped grassroots netball teams get bespoke netball kit packages worth over £500! Launched in February 2025, four-time Netball Super League winners Manchester Thunder gave netball grassroots teams the chance to win a unique netball package, in collaboration with electrical goods retail giants AO and kit
Table-topping Manchester Thunder proved too experienced for Team Bath Netball in their penultimate home match of the 2024 Super League season. The visitors underlined their title credentials during a dominant first quarter which set the platform for an 82-50 victory in front of another 1,200-strong crowd at the Team Bath Arena The Blue & Gold
Manchester Thunder have secured the signature of star South African shooter Elmerè van der Berg as the final piece of the jigsaw for their 2024 campaign. With the unfortunate withdrawal of Lenize Potgieter due to medical reasons, Thunder will be welcoming van der Berg, another dynamic Proteas shooter who deputised in the Netball World Cup.
O Captain! My Captain! Roses Co-Captain Natalie Metcalf Re-signs for Manchester Thunder Fresh from the superlative silver medal win at the Netball World Cup, England Roses co-captain, Natalie Metcalf, has re-signed for another season with Manchester Thunder. With inspiring leadership skills and unrivalled ability on the ball, Metcalf’s return is a huge bolster to Thunder’s
Laura Malcolm returns to Manchester Thunder as Technical Support Coach After leaving Manchester Thunder in 2022 and playing overseas for Mainland Tactix in New Zealand for the past year, Manchester Thunder are ecstatic to announce the return of England Roses player, Laura Malcom, as their new Technical Support Coach for their Super League squad and
Karen Greig is returning to the 2024 season as not only Head Coach of Manchester Thunder but is also stepping up as Manchester Thunder Franchise Director. This role is the perfect fit for Greig who has 18 years experience within Manchester Thunder as a player, Captain, Assistant Coach, Head Coach and now Franchise Director. Greig’s
Manchester Thunder, Manchester Metropolitan University and Nichols plc in collaboration with England Netball working to understand the barriers to both overall participation and in para-athletes achieving their potential. Initially focused on understanding participation, player retention and overall athlete experience, the programme will identify key themes and reasons for participation and drop out to help design
Team Bath Netball treated another capacity crowd to arguably their best performance of the season so far as they narrowly lost out 67-63 to defending Netball Super League champions Manchester Thunder. A memorable last home game of the 2023 season saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold provide a 1,700-strong crowd in the Team Bath
Saturday 5th November saw the launch of Netball Super League (NSL) franchise Manchester Thunder’s ParaNetball sessions, offering a unique inclusive netball opportunity to people in the SEND community who live with a disability. This is the first time that a NSL franchise has launched an official ParaNetball programme, and has been built on the foundations
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