Rising England star Imogen Allison believes she is in the best place to continue her education on and off the court after committing to Team Bath Netball for the 2017-18 season. The 19-year-old was one of the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold’s most consistent and impressive performers during the 2017 Vitality Superleague campaign as she fought off tough competition to claim a regular starting role at wing-defence. She formed a formidable partnership with Eboni Beckford-Chambers and...
Team Bath Netball’s Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Kadeen Corbin have been named in the England Netball squad touring Australia and New Zealand in the coming weeks. Defender Beckford-Chambers last represented the Red Roses during the Vitality Netball International Series against Jamaica last year, while attacker Corbin – who confirmed her return to the Blue and Gold last month – has been on a training camp with England for the past four weeks. Both are vastly experienced...
England international attacker Kadeen Corbin is returning to Team Bath Netball for the 2018 Vitality Superleague season and says: “I can’t wait to be back in the Blue and Gold!” The 25-year-old enjoyed a hugely-successful spell with the South West franchise from 2009 to 2013, coming through the performance pathway to help Team Bath win a record fifth Superleague title in her final season. Corbin also won the first of her 56 international caps during...
Captain Eboni Beckford-Chambers, defensive partner Layla Guscoth and goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis are the first Team Bath Netball players to officially sign up for the 2018 Superleague season. Beckford-Chambers and Guscoth forged an outstanding partnership during the 2017 campaign, which saw the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold concede the fewest goals of any franchise in the competition. Both were shortlisted for the Vitality Superleague Player of the Year award. “I am delighted to have signed to Team...
Team Bath Netball players and coaches helped England’s U21s record their best Netball World Youth Cup result since 2005 as they won bronze in Botswana. University of Bath student Imogen Allison, supported by a King Sporting Scholarship, and Jess Shaw both started Sunday’s convincing 70-35 victory over Fiji in the third-placed play-off. It was the perfect response to Friday’s hard-fought 59-39 semi-final defeat to Australia, the only reverse suffered by England during an encouraging week...
Team Bath Netball celebrated the 2017 season when the Superleague, U21 and U19 squads got together for the annual Player of the Season awards dinner. Attacking ace Rachel Shaw won the Superleague Players’ Player prize, while the Coaches’ Player award went to star defender Layla Guscoth after a season where the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold reached the Final Four. MJ Church ambassador Samantha Cook won the public vote for Fans’ Player of the Year and...
Team Bath Netball had to settle for a fourth-placed finish in the 2017 Vitality Superleague season after being edged out in a hard-fought bronze-medal match against Manchester Thunder on Sunday. The title might not have been on the line after Saturday’s semi-final setbacks but that did not stop both teams serving up a cracking contest for the Final Four fans in the Birmingham Arena. However, despite a battling effort from the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold,...
Battling Team Bath Netball saw their chances of winning a sixth Vitality Superleague title ended by an excellent Loughborough Lightning side in the Final Four semi-finals at Birmingham on Saturday. After a nervy start, the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold held their own against table-topping Loughborough for much of the first half and closed the gap to 25-21 at one point. However, Lightning pushed ahead again just before the break and then really turned the screw...
Team Bath Netball have booked their place in the Vitality Superleague Final Four, despite seeing their winning run come to an end at Wasps Netball on Saturday. Surrey Storm’s 71-63 defeat at table-topping Loughborough Lightning meant they were unable to take advantage of the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold’s 49-35 loss earlier in the evening. The results on the final day of the regular season meant that Team Bath finished fourth overall, three points clear of...
Team Bath Netball’s Final Four fate is in their own hands after they recorded a crucial Vitality Superleague victory at Manchester Thunder on Monday night. A defensive masterclass from the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold, coupled with some slick and vibrant attacking play, secured a 57-45 success for the visitors. It was a seventh successive win for Team Bath and moves them up to fourth in the table, three points clear of Surrey Storm who suffered...
