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Team England Head to Delhi

» by Rachel September 28th, 2010 at 4:18 pm » Comments (0)

Despite the BBC News reports of incomplete accommodation and potentially hazardous structures around Commonweatlh Games stadium last week, the first athletes from Team England headed out to Delhi over the weekend and many other nations have announced that they will definitely be taking part in this year’s games.
The 2010 Commonwealth games are being held in […]



Commonwealth Games in Jeopardy

» by Rachel September 22nd, 2010 at 2:28 pm » Comments (0)

With the recent headlines about the precarious state of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, BBC Sports are reporting that it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Team England will be playing in India. Organisers from Team England, Scotland, and Wales, have all cast doubt on their participation and Team Scotland, who were supposed to be travelling to […]



St Austell Coach Wins Netball Coach of the Year

» by Rachel September 21st, 2010 at 7:58 pm » Comments (0)

Jean Davies, St Austell netball coach has been awarded the prestigious title of 2010 England Netball Coach of the Year at the Netball Golden Globes Awards in Leicester. Davies beat nine other nominees from other regional clubs across the UK to win the accolade.
The judges said Davies, who has been coaching youngsters to play […]



Premier League Round Up – Week 1

» by Rachel September 17th, 2010 at 12:44 pm » Comments (0)

Rather predictable results from Premier League 1 in the first week of play. Old favourites, Surrey Storm, top the league tables, followed by Team Bath who beat NSL rivals Oldham, and Oaksway who came out on top over Bournmouth 7’s Blades. But the closest contest of week was between Linden and Leyton, which was almost […]



Goalden Globe Awards 2010

» by Rachel September 14th, 2010 at 10:28 am » Comments (0)

Get your party frocks and tuxedos on for the most glamorous netball fixture of the season! Tickets are now on sale for The Goalden Globe Awards Ceremony. This event is held every year to honour those who annually volunteer their time to help forward the sport of netball in the UK.
Generously sponsored by California Prunes, […]



World Netball Series

» by Rachel September 9th, 2010 at 5:40 pm » Comments (0)

This year’s IFNA  World Netball Series will be hosted at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The three day competition will start on Friday 19th November and conclude with a celebratory Gala Dinner on the evening of Sunday 21st November.
There will be six countries competing in this year’s championship: last year’s winners, New Zealand, plus Australia, […]



Golden Oldies Can Still Play Netball!

» by Rachel September 7th, 2010 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Just to prove the point that you are never too old to play Netball, one enterprising team from a care home in Warrington, Manchester, has an average age of 90–and the oldest player is an unbelievable 101!!
Co-ordinator and coach, Christine Carroll, apparently got the idea from an exercise session when one of the residents threw […]



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 […]