Alana John (left) and Paige Reed (right) will become the latest Team Bath Netball players to represent their country when they go on tour with England Netball U21s this week. They will head to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra to take part in matches against Australian and New Zealand sides from August 4-15. Team Bath Netball Assistant Coach Emily Perry will also add to her international experience when she assists Head Coach Tamsin Greenway on...
Team Bath Netball’s Samantha Cook played a starring role as England retained the Netball Europe Open Championship title with wins against the other home nations over the weekend. The defender, who enjoyed a strong finish to the Vitality Netball Superleague season after returning from injury, came off the bench to help England to an 83-32 victory over Northern Ireland in the opening match. Cook then started the remaining two games and produced some outstanding intercepts...
Team Bath Netball defender Sam Cook has been named in the England squad for next month’s Netball Europe competition in Newcastle. Cook has made a strong recovery from injury this season to help the Blue and Gold qualify for the Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals. She has 12 senior caps and last wore the Rose when she helped England win Netball Europe last year. Cook is joined in the squad by Ama Agbeze (captain), Laura Malcolm...
Team Bath Netball’s end-of-season awards will this year be bigger and better than ever as they form part of a region-wide celebration of the sport at all levels. The annual dinner, which reflects on Team Bath’s achievements in the Vitality Netball Superleague and Netball Performance League (NPL), will take place alongside the England Netball and Netball South West Goalden Globes Awards. The Goalden Globes celebrate the hard work and dedication of netball officials, coaches, young...
Up-and-coming Team Bath Netball star Ella Powell-Davies enjoyed an international debut to remember as she helped England continue their dominance of the Netball Europe U17 Championship. The talented teenage defender, who celebrates her 17th birthday next week, helped the young Roses complete a clean sweep of victories in Gibraltar earlier this month. England’s quality at both ends of the court was immediately clear as they finished the opening quarter of their first match against Northern...
Talented young Team Bath Netball player Ella Powell-Davies has been named in the England U17 squad for March’s Netball Europe tournament in Gibraltar. Powell-Davies, who plays in the National Performance League (NPL) for the Blue and Gold, earned her place after impressing at a selection camp and training weekend at the EiS Sheffield. “I was so happy when I got the call-up,” she said. “It was quite overwhelming because I didn’t really expect it. “I...
Team Bath Netball’s Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Rachel Shaw have been named in the England Netball squad for the Vitality Netball International Series against Australia in January. Superleague players Sam Cook, Shaunagh Craig, Alana John, Mia Ritchie and Jazz Scott have also been selected for England’s 2016 High Performance Programme, as have University of Bath students Sophie Carter and Paige Reed. Defender Beckford-Chambers is one of only five England players who competed at this year’s World Cup to...
The Sports Training Village is proud to host a National Academy and under-21 training camp in association with Netball England. For more information, please refer to Netball England: www.englandnetball.co.uk This event is not open to public spectators
Former Team Bath Netball player Pamela Cookey has announced her retirement from international netball. The former captain of both club and country amassed 114 caps over 11 years for England and also represented the Red Roses at U17 and U21 level. Cookey said: “I would like to thank everyone who has played a part in getting me to where I am today. From all at England Netball to numerous coaches, the EIS, my surgeons Andy...
An England side with a strong Team Bath Netball influence put up a real fight before going down 51-41 to defending champions Australia in their opening ‘first eight’ group match at the Netball World Cup. Stacey Francis started at wing-defence, while former Team Bath players Geva Mentor, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Serena Guthrie and Pamela Cookey were also in the seven that took to the Allphones Arena court in Sydney. And defences were very much on top...
