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England set to play the Sunshine Girls in September

» by Rachel September 1st, 2010 at 9:30 pm » Comments (0)

The England girls’ netball squad are to play their first game against the Sunshine Girls from Jamaica today. The Caribbean team are their opponents in a crucial two match test series and the second match is scheduled for Friday 3rd September.
The Jamaica team are definitely no push-over and the games look set to be good […]



Austrialian Team Decided for Commonwealth Games in Dehli

» by Rachel August 30th, 2010 at 2:52 pm » Comments (0)

Australian netball coach, Nora Plummer, has finally announced her Diamonds team for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Dehli. The girls have been on tenterhooks for weeks as Plummer waited to announce her final team, but the waiting is finally now over and, as expected, Plummer has decided to go with a proven formula.
The three players […]



Men In Netball?!

» by Rachel August 26th, 2010 at 9:39 am » Comments (0)

For those of you who thought Men don’t play netball, think again!
The word from down under in New Zealand is that The Silver Ferns will be looking for blokes when they play Adelaide tomorrow in the run up to New Zealand’s first test match against Australia on Sunday.
Just in case your mind has drifted off […]



FastNet Launched by Leeds

» by Rachel August 24th, 2010 at 10:18 pm » Comments (0)

Leeds City Council, England Netball, and West Yorkshire County Netball Association have launched FastNet!
The event is going to be included as part of a netball funday being held at Armley Leisure Center. It will be taking place on Sunday 5th September. There will be a game in the afternoon for players, coaches and officials to […]



Netball Super League Trial Dates Announced by Leeds Carnegie

» by Rachel August 21st, 2010 at 2:17 pm » Comments (0)

Talented wannabe-netball stars will shortly have the chance to attend open age trials for Leeds Carnegie Netball Superleague on 4th September at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Athletes need to be a minimum of 16yrs old on the day and free to attend a training session on 5th September if they are successful.
If you are interested in applying […]



Bath Girls picked for Commonwealth Squad

» by Rachel August 19th, 2010 at 2:17 pm » Comments (0)

Three lucky girls from Bath will be travelling to Dehli in October to take part in the Commonwealth Games as part of the UK netball squad.
Teambath players Pamela Cookey, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, and Stacey Francis have all been short listed into the final twelve players. The additional honour of the Vice Captain role will also go […]



Superleague Results - 3rd November 2007

» by India November 4th, 2007 at 5:04 pm » Comments (0)

The results from yesterday’s matches are in. Here you go:

Home Team
Score
Away Team

Mavericks
30
32
Leeds Carnegie

Celtic Dragons
41
45
Northern Thunder

Loughborough Lightning
36
38
Team Northumbria

My predictions were as far out as they could be… none out of three correct. Certainly the Mavericks Loughborough will be upset with their losses to - on the face of it - weaker teams. This year’s competition […]



Today’s Superleague Fixtures

» by India November 3rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm » Comments (0)

UK Superleague games being played today. Good luck to everyone. Team Bath play Brunel Hurricanes on Monday

Mavericks
Leeds Carnegie
Herfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield
03 Nov 07
16:00

Celtic Dragons
Northern Thunder
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Wrexham
03 Nov 07
16:00

Loughborough Lightning
Team Northumbria
Netball Centre, Loughborough University
03 Nov 07
18:00

Mavericks v Leeds Carnegie may be an interesting game. The Mavericks will be on a […]



Match Report: Mavericks v Team Bath

» by India November 1st, 2007 at 7:56 pm » Comments (0)

With many players from both the Mavericks and Team Bath, this UK Netball Superleague tie was going to tell a story about the strength deep in the squad for both teams. And tell a tale it did: both missed key players, but still managed to put up quite the fight! This was the first game […]



Mavericks End Team Bath Winning Streak

» by India October 30th, 2007 at 10:08 am » Comments (0)

In what appears to have been a thriller from start to finish, last night the Mavericks beat Team Bath 29 points to 28 in both teams’ first match of the season. This defeat ends a 24-match unbeaten run for this season’s favourites.
This is a most interesting start to the season for both teams and the […]