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Ella Bowen Moves from Lightning to Thunder

Following a breakout season at Vitality Netball Superleague runners up Loughborough Lightning, defender Ella Bowen has made the move back to her first club and current champions Manchester Thunder. Twenty-year-old Ella Bowen is a versatile defender who covers all three defensive positions. After representing the Manchester Thunder performance pathway between 2018 – 2020, she moved

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Amy Clinton returns to Manchester Thunder

Shooting sensation Amy Clinton makes the move back home to Manchester Thunder where she made her debut back in 2016. Former U21 England netballer Amy Clinton initially made the move to Loughborough Lightning to gain experience and court time to further her netball career. She was subsequently snapped up by Celtic Dragons for two seasons

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Manchester Thunder Welcomes Home Mid-Courter Amy Carter

Manchester Thunder Welcomes Home Mid-Courter Amy Carter After Her Recovery From Injury Amy Carter has been a member of Manchester Thunder since 2017 and made her debut in the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) in 2018, and was in the squad when Thunder won the Superleague title for the third time in their history in 2019.

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Manchester Thunder Welcomes South African Lenize Potgieter

Manchester Thunder Welcomes South African Superstar Lenize Potgieter from Australian SSN Side Adelaide Thunderbirds Manchester Thunder have secured South African netball super shooter Lenize Potgieter for the 2023 season. With Thunder remaining undefeated for all 22 games, lifting the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) trophy, and smashing records by scoring 88 goals, it was no

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Manchester Thunder remains th-undefeated

Manchester Thunder have done what very few teams have done before them and gone all 20 rounds of the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague season undefeated, ending the season with a dramatic 71-63 win against second place Loughborough Lightning on Monday night. Only 3 clubs have ever gone through a regular season unbeaten – Team Bath,

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Manchester Thunder prepare for new season

“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

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Thunder confirm Yasmin Roebuck as final first team squad member

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

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Emma Rayner graduates to the Thunder first team

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

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Kathryn Turner retires from netball

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

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