England made it three wins from three at the Melbourne Commonwealths 2006 with a 78-18 thrashing of a spirited St Vincent and the Grenadines. This win puts England on top of their group, ahead of New Zealand only on points difference; tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd March) will see the long awaited clash between the two.
Once […]

England’s netballers began their quest for Commonwealth Games medals with a victory over Malawi in their pool A match at Melbourne’s State Netball Centre, winning 63-47.
England made it look difficult at times, particularly so in the second half, and England’s coach Marg Caldow knows they’ll have to find some better form before they face slightly […]

Bath retained their lead this weekend with a rout of the Celtic Dragons. This won’t be good morale for the Welsh national team going into the Commonwealth Games, with many of their players being bettered by their Bath oppoite numbers.Loughborough had an impressive win over Leeds Met Carnegie, and Mavericks beat Brunel.
In the one […]

Jamaica have recently confirmed ther 12-strong squad that will compete in the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The line-up is as follows:

Elaine Davis
Jamalco Netball Club

Jodi-AnnFrench
Seneca Netball Club

Latoya Thomas
Alpha Netball Club

SimoneForbes
Waulgrovians Sports Club

Nadine Bryan
Jamalco Netball Club

MarionCampbell
Tivoli Netball Club

Peter-Gaye Thomas
Tivoli Netball Club

TamaraHylton
Waulgrovians Sports Club

Nicole Aiken
Jamalco Netball Club

KaseyEvering
Tivoli Netball Club

Oberon Pitterson
Waulgrovians Sports Club

NichalaGibson
Waulgrovians Sports Club

Wales have announced their 12-strong squad that will compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Wales play in Pool B with, among others, Australia.
The line-up is as follows:

JamillaAbbott
Cardiff Dinas

Rhiannon Ace
Carmarthen Milford Haven

SophieBaxter
Birmingham Toucans

Ursula Bowers
Wrexham Hucclecote

SuzanneDrane
St Asaph UWIC

Amanda Evans
Wrexham Deeside

Sara Hale
AbergavennyUWIC

Lynda James
Haverfordwest Dinas

Rebecca James
BridgendLoughborough

Nicola Lewis
Caerphilly Central

Anna Mayes
CardiffHucclecote

Nicola Szehofner
Flintshire Deeside

TeamBath’s emphatic win over Team Northumbria keeps Bath securely at the top of the Figleaves Superleague table.
But the score, Jan Crabtree claims, doesn’t do Northumbria any justice: “I truly don’t believe that the margin was a true reflection of the match and the way it went”, said Crabtree “They played really well throughout”.
The first […]

Loughborough Lightening v Mavericks
The visiting Mavericks team looked strong. Their international defence of Amanda Newton (good to see her back on court after a long lay off through injury,) Janet Colbourne and Naomi Stenhouse were all available and they played! Lightning turned out an experienced squad although Ama Agbeze, Rebecca James and Jo Munnion - […]

An official review of netball rules will be held by the IFNA Rules Board in 2007. The IFNA will look at the rules and at the proposals for rule changes submitted by interested parties. If appropriate, the changed rule will be subject to a trial period in which its suitability will be put to the […]

TeamBath, current leaders of the netball superleague, bounced back from last week’s gripping defeat to arch-rivals Loughborough, to record a 55-31 away win against Bedford Mavericks.
Geva Mentor, the team-bath goal-keeper, had a stunning game turning over a number of balls in defence.
TeamBath were 30-15 up by half-time, but the Mavericks launched a counter-attack in the […]

Fresh from a series defeat in Jamaica, England have named the England squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The team includes a few suprises, and a few younger players, in the form of Louisa Brownfield, Pamela Cookey and Geva Mentor. All three helped England win a Silver last summer in the World Youth Netball […]