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
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
England Netball has reported that the Active People Survey from Sport England has shown that the number of people playing netball on a weekly basis has increased once again. The latest figures show that 151,000 netballers aged 16 and over take to the court every week. The period between January and April 2015 displayed particularly strong
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
Racing an Olympic swimmer in the London 2012 Legacy Pool and taking on a modern pentathlon challenge are just two of the fun activities awaiting visitors to this year’s Team Bath Community Activity Day. Taking place at the Sports Training Village from 12-4pm on Saturday, June 20, the annual event provides an opportunity to try
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.
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
Tracey Neville’s team will take on a Superleague Select team on Monday 13 July at 7pm at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The match will be one of a handful of warm-up fixtures for England before they head to Sydney for the World Cup. Players likely to be on show include ANZ stars Jade Clarke,
The 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney is just eleven weeks away, and Tracey Neville has announced the long squad of nineteen players. The squad will be entering training camps over the coming weeks before being whittled down to the final 12 at the end of June. The England Long Squad for the 2015 Netball
Team Bath Netball’s Stacey Francis had double cause for celebration over the weekend as she won her 50th international cap and helped England reclaim the Netball Europe Open trophy. Club colleague Sam Cook also played a key role as England completed their warm-up for this summer’s Netball World Cup with convincing victories over Scotland, Wales
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