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2025 Netball Nations Cup
The 2025 Vitality Netball Nations Cup was an international netball series hosted and organised by England Netball in February 2025. It featured England, South Africa, Malawi and Uganda. The series was played over two successive weekends. The first weekend was played at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena, and the second weekend was played at London's Copper Box Arena. With a team coached by Jess Thirlby and captained by Fran Williams, England won the series after defeating South Africa 61–55 in the final. It proved sixth time lucky for England. Since the Nations Cup/Quad Series was established in 2012, England had finished as runners up five times. Uganda finished third after defeating Malawi 50–45 in a play-off. The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports YouTube in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on SuperSport in South Africa and on NetballPass worldwide. Squads Debuts and milestones * On 1 February 2025, umpire Gary Burgess officiated his 150th intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Smoking in the United Kingdom, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Nottingham had a reported population of 323,632. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen Allison
Imogen Allison (born 24 April 1998) is an English netball player, who has represented the national side since 2020. At club level, she plays for Queensland Firebirds and has previously played for Manchester Thunder,Team Bath & Yorkshire Jets. Club career Allison plays as a wing defence or centre for Manchester Thunder. She played for Yorkshire Jets in the 2016 Netball Superleague season. She joined Team Bath ahead of the 2017 season. She re-signed for Bath for the 2018 season. During the 2019 season, Allison was Bath's captain when regular captains Eboni Usoro-Brown and Serena Guthrie were away on international duty. She was shortlisted for the 2019 Superleague Young Player of the Year Award, and later re-signed for Bath for the 2020 season. She was named Bath's Player of the Year for the 2021 Netball Superleague season, and later captained Bath in the 2021 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship, a tournament which they won. In January 2022, she was named the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Mwafulirwa
Grace Mwafulirwa Mhango (born 24 December 1987) is a Malawian netball player who plays for Malawi in the positions of goal defense or wing defense. She has featured in four consecutive World Cup tournaments for Malawi in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. She has also competed at the Commonwealth Games on three successive occasions in 2010 and 2014 representing Malawi. In September 2019, she was included in the Malawian squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships. In 2023 she was in the national side when they played and were beaten by England in the Netball World Cup. The other six of the starting Malawian seven were Loreen Ngwira (GK), Towera Vinkhumbo, Takondwa Lwazi, Jane Chimaliro, Thandie Galleta and Joyce Mvula. National co-coaches Peace Chawinga-Kaluwa and Mary Waya announced a twelve person squad for the 2025 Netball Nations Cup. They chose six new names and six experienced players who were Mwafulirwa, Joyce Mvula, Takondwa Lwazi-Chiwaya, Towera Vinkhumbo, Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Mvula
Joyce Mvula (born 15 April 1994) is a Malawian netball player and winner of two Netball Superleague titles. Domestic career Mvula started playing netball at age 13 and became the first Malawian to play in the Netball Superleague after she was picked up by Manchester Thunder following the Netball World Cup in 2015. She has paved the way for a number of Malawian players to join the Superleague. Mvula played for Manchester Thunder for 6 years from 2017 until 2022, winning titles in 2019 and 2022. She was named Sky Sports Fan's Favourite Player of the Season in 2019. Mvula was named in the Netball Superleague All Stars team who played a series against England Netball in January 2021. After her role in Thunder's unbeaten and grand final winning season in 2022, during which Mvula scored 774 goals, she announced she would be leaving to play in another country. Her long time coach Karen Greig said "Whilst I am disappointed that we lose Joyce, I am so proud of her that she is ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takondwa Lwazi
Takondwa Lwazi also spelt as Takwonda Lwazi (born 15 May 1992) is a Malawian netball player who plays for Malawi internationally and for Malawian local club Blue Eagles in the positions of C and WA. She is known as one of the finest netball centre players to have played for Malawi despite being only 160cm tall in height. She also serves as a Police Sergeant in the Malawi Police Service. Career She was part of the Malawi team which finished at fifth position at the 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series. In the same tournament, Malawi stunned England twice in the round robin match and in the playoff for the fifth place. Takondwa made her Commonwealth Games debut representing Malawi at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 where Malawi finished at fifth position. She was part of the Malawi team which claimed bronze medal at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series which was held in Melbourne. She was also a member of the Malawi side which finished last position at the 2014 Fast5 Netball Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thandie Galleta
Thandie Galleta (born 27 January 1993) is a Malawian netball player who plays for Malawi national netball team, Malawi in the positions of WA or C. She has played in two Commonwealth Games and in 2025 she was an experienced member of the squad. Career She has featured in two World Cup tournaments for Malawi in 2015 Netball World Cup, 2015 and in 2019 Netball World Cup, 2019. She made her Commonwealth Games debut representing Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was named in Malawi at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Malawian netball squad for the women's netball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2023 she was in the national side when they played and were beaten by England in the Netball World Cup. The other six of the starting Malawian seven were Loreen Ngwira (GK), Towera Vinkhumbo, Takondwa Lwazi, Jane Chimaliro, Grace Mwafulirwa and Joyce Mvula. National co-coaches Peace Chawinga-Kaluwa and Mary Waya announced a twelve person squad for the 2025 Netball Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Dambo
Martha Dambo (born 28 September 1993) is a Malawian netball player who plays for Malawi in the position of goal defense. Career She was named in Malawi's squad for the 2013 Taini Jamison Trophy Series against New Zealand. She made her Commonwealth Games debut representing Malawi at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, where Malawi finished at seventh position. She was included in the Malawian squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships. She was also named in Malawian netball squad for the women's netball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was included in the Malawian squad for the 2023 Netball World Cup, which was also her maiden appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament. National co-coaches Peace_Chawinga-Kaluwa and Mary Waya Mary Waya (born 25 May 1968) is a Malawian netball player and coach. Waya started playing international-level netball at age 14, and has played in more than Cap_(sport)#Netball, 200 representative matches for Malawi national ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Tchine
Olivia Tchine (born 22 November 2000) is an English international netball player who plays for London Pulse in the Netball Super League. Early life and education Tchine began playing netball at James Dixon Primary School, then more seriously as part of her first club Sabina. She attended the University of East London. Domestic career London Pulse Tchine is a product of the London Pulse pathway and made her senior debut for the club in the 2019 Super League season. She helped Pulse reach the 2023 Super League final however they lost to Loughborough Lightning. Tchine helped the side win their first Super League Grand final in 2025, defeating Loughborough Lightning 53-45. International career Junior Tchine has played for England's age group teams throughout her career including as part of the winning U17 and U21 Europe Netball Championships sides in 2017 and 2018. Senior She was part of the Futures programme before making her senior debut in 2022 against Uganda. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Scholes
Alicia Scholes (born 8 May 2001) is an English international netball player. She plays for London Pulse in the Netball Super League and is part of the English national team. Early life Scholes is the daughter of Manchester United player Paul Scholes and his wife Claire Froggatt. She has an older brother Aiden and younger brother Aaron. Growing up in Oldham, Scholes started playing netball at Hulme Grammar School and later joineOldham Netball Clubwhere she rose through the age groups before then moving on to YWCA Bury at the age of 15 and playing in their Premier League squad. Domestic career Manchester Thunder Scholes was a member of the Manchester Thunder pathway. She was named in the senior squad for the 2020 Super League season. Her debut came in March 2021 against Severn Stars. London Pulse Scholes joined London Pulse in 2022. She helped Pulse reach the Netball Super League Grand Final in 2023, and was part of the 2024 squad that finished third after defeat in t ... [...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] |
Berri Neil
Berri Neil (born 12 February 2003) is an English international netball player. She plays for Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Super League and is part of the English national team. Early life and education Neil grew up in Manchester and started playing netball at 9 years old at school. She later joined YWCA Bury netball club and then Oldham Netball Club. Neil attended Parrenthorn High School and Bury College. Club career Manchester Thunder Neil worked her way through the Manchester Thunder pathway and was named as a training partner in Thunder’s senior squad in 2020. She made her Netball Super League debut for the club on her 18th birthday in February 2021 against Strathclyde Sirens. London Pulse She joined London Pulse ahead of the 2022 season where she partnered with England Rose goal shooter, Olivia Tchine. She helped Pulse reach the Netball Super League Grand Final in 2023, and was part of the 2024 squad that finished third after defeat in the play-of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funmi Fadoju
Funmi Fadoju (born 15 August 2002) is an English netball player, who has represented the national team since 2022, and was a member of the England team that came second at the 2023 Netball World Cup. Fadoju plays for London Pulse in the Netball Super League. Early life and education Fadoju is from Dagenham, London. She attended Eastbury Community School, and won a schools cross-country competition in 2017. Domestic career London Pulse Fadoju is tall, which is comparatively short for a defender. She made her Netball Super League debut for London Pulse in March 2020; she came on in the third quarter of Pulse's opening match of the season. She won the Netball Super League Young Player of the Season award in both 2021 and 2022 seasons. Fadoju once played a whole match with a headphone in by accident. She helped Pulse reach the Netball Super League Grand Final in 2023 however they ultimately lost to Loughborough Lightning. She was also part of the 2024 squad that finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
