“We need you” – appeal to supporters as Netball Superleague returns to Manchester Supporters of Manchester Thunder, netball and sport are being urged to get behind the city’s Superleague team as netball’s top domestic competition prepares for its new season, which starts this weekend. After two years without any home games thanks to the aborted
One of Manchester’s biggest sporting events returns in 2022 with the city’s Vitality Netball Superleague team taking over the AO Arena once more for Netball Manchester Live. The event, last held in 2018, will reignite one of the greatest rivalries around as three-times champions Manchester Thunder welcome the league’s newest team, Leeds Rhinos. The battle
Manchester Thunder confirm pathway youngster Yasmin Roebuck as their final first team squad member for the 2022 season Yasmin Roebuck has gone from strength-to-strength over recent years, working her way up the Manchester Thunder performance pathway, as well as being selected for the England Roses Academy squad in the 2018/19 season. From there, Roebuck has
Pathway U21s player Emma Rayner steps up to the Manchester Thunder first team for the 2022 season When Manchester Thunder fans hear the name Emma Rayner, a majority of people would have never heard her name before. However, Rayner is an up-and-coming mid-courter, who is tipped to do big things in the Superleague over the
Kathryn Turner hangs up her netball trainers to concentrate on her family as she officially announces her retirement from netball Kathryn Turner has been a shooting sensation for Manchester Thunder since her first cap aged just fifteen years old. Arguably one of the Superleague’s best players in her position (a fact backed up by her
Three time title winning Manchester Thunder captain Emma Dovey hangs up her dress for the last time and announces her retirement from netball Speaking exclusively to presenter Lindsey Chapman, thirty-year-old Emma Dovey said: “I am officially, after thirteen years, announcing my retirement from [Manchester] Thunder and from netball. I’ve been debating it for the year, thinking
In the 2021 season, Lois Pearson stepped up from a training partner to a member of the first team squad at Manchester Thunder. Throughout the 2021 season, Pearson has played in 21 games, scoring 26 goals with an average goal scoring percentage of 78.79%. Currently studying mathematics at Manchester University, Pearson has been a part
Pathway defender Elia McCormick signs for Manchester Thunder for the 2022 season Starting on the Manchester Thunder performance pathway when she was fourteen, Elia McCormick is a huge success story of the Thunder pathway, which aims to find, inspire and develop the next generation of leading netballers not only for Manchester Thunder, but for the
Lucky number 13 for the retiree who’s not so retired as Kerry Almond re-joins Manchester Thunder for the 2022 season Rumours have been flying around the netball community around whether seasoned Thunder legend Kerry Almond would be returning for the 2022 season, or whether she would go back in to retirement as she did after
“Doctor O’Hanlon is ready to see you now’ – Versatile mid-courter Caroline O’Hanlon re-signs for Manchester Thunder for the 2022 season As a General Practitioner by day, and international netballer and Gaelic footballer by night, there’s not much that Caroline O’Hanlon can’t do. Born in Newry, Northern Ireland, she began to play netball from an
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