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2019 South Africa England Netball Series
The 2019 South Africa England netball series saw South Africa national netball team, South Africa host England national netball team, England in November and December 2019 for a three-match series. The series was Jess Thirlby's first as new coach of the England team and was also Dorette Badenhorst's first home series as the new South African coach. Squads Matches First test Second test Third test References External links England Netball {{DEFAULTSORT:South Africa 2019 in netball 2019 in South African netball 2019 in English netball International netball competitions hosted by South Africa England national netball team series South Africa national netball team series, England November 2019 sports events in South Africa December 2019 sports events in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa National Netball Team
The South Africa national netball team, also known as the SPAR Proteas, represent Netball South Africa in international netball tournaments, such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series. Their best result in a major tournament is a silver medal at the 1995 World Netball Championships. As of 1 March 2024, South Africa are currently fifth in the World Netball Rankings. History Early tests In 1956, South Africa hosted a touring England. The tour featured a series of three Tests, with England winning all three. In 1959 South Africa toured England for the first time, winning 18 out of 25 matches. However, they once again lost all three Test matches against England. Tournament history Major tournaments Netball World Cup South Africa made their World Netball Championships/Netball World Cup debut at the inaugural 1963 tournament. Despite victories over Scotland, the West Indies, Wales and Ceylon, they finished sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precious Mthembu
Precious Mthembu (born 11 July 1984) is a former South Africa netball international and current netball coach. Mthembu made 97 senior appearances for South Africa. She represented South Africa at the 2007 and 2015 Netball World Cups and at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She captained South Africa at the 2011 All-Africa Games. Mthembu also played for Kingdom Stars in the Premier Netball League. She captained Stars between 2019 and 2021. In 2015 and 2019, she was a members of the Stars teams that won Division Two Shield titles. In 2024, as a head coach, she guided South Africa to victory in a Netball World Youth Cup qualifying tournament and Kingdom Stars to a Division Two Shield title. Early life, family and education Mthembu was born and raised in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. She grew up in the Waterloo suburb and attended Virginia Preparatory School and Danville Park Girls High School. She later returned to the latter school to work as a Zulu language teacher and netba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Marshall
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Fran Williams
Francesca 'Fran' Williams (born 23 December 1997) is an English international netballer who currently plays for West Coast Fever in Suncorp Super Netball. With the England Roses she has won a silver and bronze medal at the Netball World Cup and she has four Netball Super League titles with Wasps Netball and Loughborough Lightning. Early life and education Williams started playing netball in her last year of primary school before joining Woodley Netball Club in Reading, Berkshire. She attended Kendrick School and later Reading Blue Coat School for sixth form. Williams has a degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham. Club career Surrey Storm Williams started her career as part of the Surrey Storm pathway. Wasps Netball She moved to Wasps Netball in 2017, and won the 2017 Super League Grand Final in her first year. She went on to make the Super League grand final in the following 2 seasons, winning a second title in 2018 and losing to Manchester Thunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razia Quashie
Razia Quashie (born 16 September 1997) is a netball player who plays for England and the London Mavericks. She had her senior debut with the England national netball team in October 2018 in the Sunshine Series against Jamaica. Early life and education Quashie was born on the south Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and played a range of sports as a child, crediting her mother for her interest in netball. She has a degree in Sports Science from Brunel University and also a Masters degree. Club career London Mavericks Quashie came through the London Mavericks pathway system and has played for the side since 2017. In 2019 she was named Players’ Player of the Season at Mavericks. Quashie suffered two serious Achilles injuries in 2021 and 2022 but returned in 2023. International career Quashie represented England at the World Youth Cup. She made her senior debut against Jamaica in 2018. She won bronze with the England team at the 2023 Fast5 Netball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Shimmin
Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin would join the full time England Roses programme. Shimmin grew up in South Australia and was a part of the South Australian Institute of Sport Volleyball program before being offered a SASI Netball scholarship which she chose over volleyball. When she finished High School she moved to Canberra where she developed her skills at the Australian Institute of Sport. Domestic career In 2011, after a year at the AIS, Shimmin was offered her first contract to play for the Adelaide Thunderbirds and went on to play for them up until and including the 2016 season, she was a part of the team that won the premiership in the 2013 season. At the end of the 2016 season, she was offered a contract at the Queensland Firebirds for 2017 and had a short sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Francis
Stacey Francis-Bayman ( Francis, born 1 January 1988) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. At club level she has played for both Team Bath and Yorkshire Jets in the Netball Superleague, for Canterbury Tactix in the ANZ Championship and for West Coast Fever in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2005–06 and 2013 she was a prominent member of the Team Bath squad as they won five Superleague titles. She played in the 2010 and 2013 grand finals and in both 2011 and 2013 she was named the Netball Superleague Player of the Season. In 2017 she was inducted into the University of Bath/Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Early life, family and education Stacey is the daughter of Kevin Francis, a former professional footballer, and his wife, Sharon. She has a sister, Keisha. In her youth she played both association football and basketball before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Panagarry
Nat Panagarry (born 27 December 1990) is an English netballer who has won back-to-back Netball Superleague, Netball Super League titles as captain of Loughborough Lightning (netball), Loughborough Lightning and a Bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. Early life and education Panagarry started playing netball at the age of 9. She attended Leeds Beckett University. Club career Panagarry played for Yorkshire Jets while she studied at Leeds Beckett University. Loughborough Lightning She took a break from netball to work full time and travel, before being recruited to Loughborough Lightning (netball), Loughborough Lightning by coach Karen Atkinson. She won her first Super League title with Lightning in 2021 Netball Superleague season, 2021 before captaining the team to back-to-back titles in 2023 Netball Superleague season, 2023 and 2024 Netball Super League season, 2024. Panagarry has made 6 Super League grand finals and was named in the Netball Super League (United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Malcolm
Laura Malcolm (born 20 May 1991) is an English netball player and co-captain of the national team. At club level, she plays for Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Premiership, and has previously played for Netball Superleague teams Manchester Thunder and Severn Stars. Club career Malcolm has played for Manchester Thunder and Severn Stars. She won the 2014 Netball Superleague with Manchester Thunder. Malcolm joined Severn Stars from Thunder in 2017, before returning to Thunder ahead of the 2019 season. She was part of the Thunder team that won the 2019 Netball Superleague. She was named in the 2021 Netball Superleague Team of the Year. In September 2021, Malcolm signed a new two-year contract with Manchester Thunder. In June 2022, Malcolm announced that she was leaving Manchester Thunder to play overseas. That month, she signed for New Zealand team Mainland Tactix ahead of the 2023 ANZ Premiership season. International career Malcolm made her debut for the England national netball t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Clarke
Jade Bridget Clarke (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England) is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against New Zealand. During her international career, she has competed at six Netball World Cups/Championships (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023), four Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018), and the 2009 and 2011 World Netball Series. She is England's most-capped player and the most-capped player for a single country. Club career Clarke started her club netball in the Netball Superleague. She played four seasons with Loughborough Lightning before switching to the Northern Thunder for 2009–10. In 2010, Clarke was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with New Zealand–based team the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, as a Temporary Replacement Player for injured midcourter Peta Scholz. In 2012, she signed on to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Haythornthwaite
Natalie Metcalf (née Haythornthwaite; born 9 December 1992) is an English netball player. She was part of the England squad that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was appointed captain of the England team in 2022 and led them to their first Netball World Cup final a year later, where they finished runner up to Australia. Early life and education Metcalf studied Speech & Language Therapy at Leeds Beckett University. Club career Yorkshire Jets/Leeds Cargegie Metcalf started her Netball Super League career with the Yorkshire Jets/Leeds Carnegie, where she played for six seasons. She was named as the 2015 Netball Super League Player of the Season. Manchester Thunder She joined Manchester Thunder ahead of the 2016 season and made the grand final that same year. Metcalf played the full game as WA but Thunder ultimately lost to Surrey Storm. Wasps Netball Metcalf moved to Wasps Netball for their inaugural season in 2017. There she won consecutive Super Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (born 10 December 1998) is an English netball player who most recently played for Surrey Storm and has represented the national team. She has previously played for Saracens Mavericks and Team Bath, and was awarded the Young Player of the Season Award for the 2019 Netball Superleague season. Drakeford-Lewis has played tennis, and she was at one time the highest ranked Briton at under-16 and under-18 level. Early life Drakeford-Lewis attended The Abbey School, Reading. As a youngster, Drakeford-Lewis played tennis. Aged 14, Drakeford-Lewis won the HSBC Road to Wimbledon National 14 and Under Challenge Finals competition, and at the age of 15, she was the highest ranked Briton at under-16 and under-18 level. She studied Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, and graduated in 2021. She restarted playing tennis in 2024, where she attempted to qualify for the 2024 Surbiton Trophy. Club career Drakeford-Lewis started playing n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |