England Netball

England Netball

Founded	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Region	Europe
President	Lindsay Sartori
CEO	Fran Connolly
Women's coach	Jess Thirlby
Official website
www.englandnetball.co.uk

England Netball, formerly the "All England Netball Association", is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in England.

Overview

England Netball is responsible for the management of the England national netball team, nicknamed The Vitality Roses.^[1] It also oversees a number of programs running from junior to development level such as High Five Netball, Walking Netball, Bee Netball and the Roses National Academy for aspiring athletes under the age of 20.^[2]^[3]

As of June 2017, England Netball has 103,335 affiliated members^[4] and more than 180,000 women and girls play the sport every week.^[5]

Hall of Fame

England Netball launched the concept of the Hall of Fame in 2001, in the year of the 75th Anniversary of the All England Netball Association. The inductees are listed below by year inducted.^[6]

2001

Mary Beardwood
Mary Bulloch
Annette Cairncross
Mary French (née Bushell)
Rose Harris, MBE
Joyce Haynes
Jean Perkins OBE
Sheelagh Redpath
Kendra Slawinski
Rena Stratford
Pat Taylor MBE
Mary Thomas MBE

2002

Jean Bourne
Margaret Cassidy OBE
Frances Tomkins

2003

Betty Galsworthy
Joyce Wheeler

2004

Heather Crouch MBE

2005

Pam Orton
Gordon Padley MBE
Anne Stephenson

2007

Colette Thomson

2008

Janet Wrighton MBE
Amanda Newton

2009

Karen Atkinson MBE

2010

Liz Broomhead MBE

2012

Anna Mayes

2013

Sonia Mkoloma
Sheila Perks MBE

2014

Jade Clarke
Cheryl Danson
Joan Mills

2015

Pamela Cookey
Geva Mentor CBE

2016

Gary Burgess

References

^ "England Netball secure new sponsorship deal with Vitality | Netball News | Sky Sports". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "National Academy Athletes". England Netball. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Get playing high five netball!". BBC Sport Academy. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ "England Netball 2016/17 Annual Report" (PDF). England Netball. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Refer to pp. 34-35 of the report.
^ "Record number of women get active". Sport England. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "England Netball Hall of Fame". England Netball. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

External links

Official website
BBC Netball
Sky Sports Netball
Our Netball History – Archival website dedicated to English netball

England national netball team

England Netball

Players

Notable players

Tournaments

Netball World Cup	1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Commonwealth Games	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Taini Jamison Trophy	2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2021 2023
Netball Quad Series/Nations Cup	2016 2017 (I) 2017 (II) 2018 (I) 2018 (II) 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024
Fast5 Netball World Series	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2022 2023
World Games	1985 1989 1993

Series

Australia	2022
Jamaica	2021 2023
South Africa	2019
Uganda	2022
NSL All-Stars	2022

Captains

Mary French
Jean Robinson
Josephine Higgins
Marion Lofthouse
Anna Miles
Judi Heath
Pat Watson
Jillean Hipsey
Kendra Slawinski
Fiona Murtagh
Joanne Zinzan
Olivia Murphy
Amanda Newton
Karen Atkinson
Sonia Mkoloma
Pamela Cookey
Jade Clarke
Geva Mentor
Ama Agbeze
Serena Guthrie
Yasmin Parsons
Natalie Metcalf
Laura Malcolm
Imogen Allison
Layla Guscoth
Halimat Adio
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis
Razia Quashie
Fran Williams

Head coaches

Rena Stratford
Ellen Marsh
Mary French
Joyce Wheeler
Irene Beagles
Gerry Cornwell
Heather Crouch
Betty Galsworthy
Liz Broomhead
Mary Beardwood
Julie Hoornweg
Lyn Gunson
Margaret Caldow
Sue Hawkins
Maggie Jackson
Collette Thomson
Anna Mayes
Tracey Neville
Jess Thirlby
Liana Leota

v t e Netball in the United Kingdom
Governing bodies	England Wales
Competitions	Netball Superleague British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship European Netball Championship Super Cup
National teams	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Superleague teams	Cardiff Dragons Leeds Rhinos London Pulse Loughborough Lightning Manchester Thunder Saracens Mavericks Severn Stars Strathclyde Sirens Surrey Storm Team Bath Wasps Netball
By country	England Scotland Wales

v t e Netball in Europe
Governing bodies	Netball Europe England Switzerland Wales
National teams	Catalonia England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Israel Republic of Ireland Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Switzerland Wales
Competitions	European Netball Championship Netball Superleague
By country	England Scotland Sweden Wales

v t e World Netball members
Africa	South Africa
Americas	Jamaica United States
Asia	Australia India Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Singapore
Europe	England Switzerland Wales
Oceania	Cook Islands New Zealand

v t e Sports governing bodies in England (ENG)
Australian rules football Association football Athletics Badminton British Baseball Basketball Bowls Boxing Amateur Professional Chess Cricket Croquet Diving Field hockey Golf Handball Hovercraft Ice hockey Korfball Lacrosse Netball Orienteering Rugby league Rugby union Shooting Snooker and billiards Swimming Sub-aqua Table tennis Volleyball
Some sports are run jointly with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; see Category:Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom

v t e Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton ENG WAL SCO Baseball Basketball GBR ENG SCO WAL Boxing Professional Amateur GBR ENG SCO WAL Canoeing Cycling BC CTT Dance sport Equestrian Fencing Football GBR^M^W ENG NI SCO WAL Golf GBR ENG WAL SCO Gymnastics Handball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Hockey GBR ENG SCO WAL Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's ENG NI SCO WAL Rowing Sailing Shooting GBR ENG SCO WAL Softball Surfing GBR ENG SCO WAL Table Tennis ENG SCO WAL Taekwondo Tennis SCO WAL Triathlon Volleyball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling ENG SCO WAL Ice skating Ice Hockey GBR ENG NI SCO Luge Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Bandy Billiard sports ENG NI SCO WAL Boules Bowling Bridge Chess ENG SCO WAL Cricket ENG & WAL SCO Floorball Karate Korfball ENG SCO WAL Lacrosse ENG SCO WAL Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and climbing Netball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller Sports Rugby Union ENG WAL SCO Squash ENG SCO WAL Sumo Tug-of-war Underwater sports ENG NI SCO WAL Water ski Wushu
Disability and Paralympic sports	Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair basketball
Other sports	American football Australian rules football Backgammon British baseball ENG WAL Bog snorkelling Bowls ENG SCO WAL Caving Croquet Darts Fullbore Target Rifle Horse racing Kho-kho Kiteboarding Quidditch Radio-controlled racing Sailing in schools Real Tennis Rugby league Smallbore Target Rifle
British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association Team GB Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK Sport Sport England Sport Northern Ireland Sportscotland Sport Wales Commonwealth Games England Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Games Wales For some sports, Northern Ireland belongs to all-Irish governing bodies; for these, see Category:All-island sports governing bodies in Ireland.