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The Roses impress against Scotland

England produced an impressive display to secure a 67-16 victory over Scotland in a friendly fixture at Northumbria University on Monday. As part of their England on the Road Series, the Roses headed to Newcastle in their opening World Cup warm-up clash and welcomed back a number of ANZ Championship players to the squad. One

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Three Team Bath players to compete at Netball World Cup

Team Bath Netball will have three players at the Netball World Cup this summer after Claire Brownie and Kyra Jones were named in the Scotland and Wales squads respectively. Wing-defence Brownie will be vice-captain of the Scottish Thistles when they compete in Sydney, Australia from 7-16 August. Centre Jones – who, like Brownie, has just completed her debut season

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Team Bath Netball defender Stacey Francis named in England squad for World Cup

Jess Thirlby says everyone at Team Bath Netball is “over the moon” for Stacey Francis after the defender was named in England’s 12-player squad for the Netball World Cup in Australia. Francis – who won her 50th international cap last month – is joined in the squad by seven former Team Bath players, including captain

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England announce final 12 for Netball World Cup

England have this afternoon, named their final squad of twelve players to compete at the Netball World Cup in Sydney which takes place between 7th–16th August this summer. Head Coach Tracey Neville and the national selectors have chosen a team that is brimming with experience and versatility. They have also revealed who will be leading the

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From Adelaide Thunderbirds to Manchester Thunder

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

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Students fly to Zambia for UK Sport IDEALS programme

University of Bath students past and present have flown out to Zambia to take part in this year’s “life-changing” UK Sport IDEALS programme. It is the tenth anniversary of the scheme, which sees aspiring coaches spend six weeks delivering PE lessons in schools and villages, as well as set up sporting competitions between neighbouring communities.

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England Netball on the road

As part of their preparations for the Netball World Cup, England will be on the road in July as they visit four Netball Superleague sides. Each franchise will be hosting warm-up matches that will be open to the public as the England team show their support to the Netball Superleague and give fans across the

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