England international Stacey Francis, a five-time Superleague winner with Team Bath Netball, today became the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. The ceremony took place as part of celebrations to mark the University being named as the 2018 Sports University of the Year in The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide, with staff from all departments turning out to congratulate Francis on her induction and to be thanked for their...
Team Bath Netball got the 2017-18 season off to an exciting start as they reached the final of the inaugural British Fast5 All-Stars Championships. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold lived up to their pre-tournament promise of playing vibrant and dynamic netball as they treated the crowd to three entertaining contests at London’s O2 Arena. A nail-biting 19-18 win over Team Northumbria and an exciting 34-26 success against Severn Stars, inspired by some long bombs from...
Football coaches from the country’s top clubs have been swapping training pitches for netball courts, bobsleigh tracks and the University of Bath’s world-class sporting environment as part of a Premier League development programme. This year’s new cohort of Elite Coach Apprentice Scheme (ECAS) participants, representing academies from Manchester United and Chelsea to Bristol City and Preston North End, were on campus last Monday and Tuesday for the first residential workshop of the 2017-18 season. They...
A whole host of Team Bath Netball players past and present produced star performances for both teams as England were edged out 54-51 by South Africa in another thrilling Quad Series match in New Zealand on Sunday. Kadeen Corbin was once again in the starting seven for England and Eboni Beckford-Chambers was on the bench as coach Tracey Neville stuck with the team that began Wednesday’s stunning win over the Silver Ferns. Corbin scored with...
Team Bath Netball’s Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Kadeen Corbin helped England record an outstanding 49-45 victory over New Zealand in Auckland on Wednesday. The victory, in the second match of the Quad Series, was only the fifth ever recorded by the Roses against the Silver Ferns in 88 matches and was secured by three unanswered goals in the closing stages from Corbin. She showed the attacking qualities she will be bringing back to the Blue and...
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...
