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
Eleanor Cardwell has cemented herself as a key player not only for Manchester Thunder but England Roses too, being one of just eight players to have been selected as a Vitality Rose every year following the programme’s inception, and is currently on her way back from New Zealand where the Roses produced a stunning comeback
Sensational mid-courter Laura Malcolm re-signs for Manchester Thunder for a further 2 seasons At 30 years old, Laura Malcolm has steadily become part of the furniture at Manchester Thunder, almost becoming as iconic as the yellow and black dress. Inspired by her sports-mad family, she started her netball journey aged ten, originally playing as a
Manchester Thunder have done it again with their second big name signing in a week as world class defender Shadine van der Merwe joins from Australian SSN side Adelaide Thunderbirds With the breaking news of Natalie Haythornthwaite arriving from NSW Swifts still the talk of the town, Thunder have pulled off another massive deal with
It’s the moment netball fans have waited for: Natalie Haythornthwaite returns to Manchester Thunder for the 2022 season Since the news broke in Australia last week that Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Natalie Haythornthwaite would be returning to the UK to play in the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL), netball fans all around the country have
Manchester Thunder mid-courter, Amy Carter will miss the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague season after rupturing her ACL Carter suffered the injury while in pre-season club training and will undergo surgery in early October. As a member of the Manchester Thunder squad since 2017, Carter had become an integral part of the team and was progressing
Social Networks