Beth Cobden (3 February 1993) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the

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. At club level, she was a member of the Northern Thunder/ Manchester Thunder teams that won

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titles in

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and

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. She also played in two grand finals for

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which won their first ever Superleague title in 2021. In

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she signed for

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Early life, family and education

Cobden is the daughter of Ian and Pat Cobden. She was raised in Staffordshire, living in Heath Hayes and

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and attending Five Ways Primary School in

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. Her older brother, Jack Cobden, is a former England under-20 rugby union international who subsequently represented

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at senior level. Another brother, Joe Cobden, represented England at under-18 level. Cobden was introduced to

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by her mother. She subsequently began playing for local clubs, Newhall and Parkside. The Sutton Coldfield–based Parkside club also produced players like

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and Layla Guscoth. Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden attended the

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where she gained a BA in Accounting and Finance. Together with

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, she also represented Manchester in

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intervarsity netball competitions.

Playing career

Manchester Thunder

Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden played for Northern Thunder/ Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Thunder teams that won

titles in

and

Loughborough Lightning

Between 2016 and 2018 Cobden played for

. She was a member of the Lightning team that won the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. She also played for Lightning in the

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and 2018 Netball Superleague grand finals. In the 2018 final Cobden suffered an

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and was taken off after just 14 minutes. On 27 June 2021, she and the Loughborough Lightning squad won their first netball superleague title Beth rejoined Loughborough lightning in 2021 after returning from a 3rd ACL rupture injury. She was won the super league title with Loughborough in 2021 and was named player of the year and player of the match in the grand final. In 2022 she was unable to play in the final few rounds of the league and the grand final due to a injury to her calf but was still named in the vitality all star V11 as the Wing Defence

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Cobden signed for

. However in a round three match against

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she again suffered an

and subsequently missed the rest of season. Cobden was not included in the Thunderbirds

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squad but was subsequently included in the Southern Force 2020 squad.

International

;Great Britain Cobden was a member of the

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team that won the gold medal at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. ;England Cobden made her senior debut for

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in 2016. In June 2016 she was given a full-time contract by

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. She was subsequently a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the

. Cobden missed the 2018–19 international season, including the

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because of injuries. she was selected to represent England in the 2022 home commonwealth games in Birmingham but was unfortunately ruled out due to a calf injury she suffered during her season with Loughborough Lightning and was unable to be fully fit in time

Coach

While playing for

, Cobden and her team mates, Hannah Joseph and Natalie Panagarry coached at Ratcliffe College. While playing with

she worked as a youth coach for Netball South Australia.

Honours

;

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**''Winners'':

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: 1 * Fast5 Netball World Series **''Winners'':

: 1 *

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**''Runners Up'': 2018 (Jan): 1 ;

* World University Netball Championship **''Winners'':

: 1 ; Northern Thunder/ Manchester Thunder *

**''Winners'':

: 2 ;

**''Runners up'':

: 2 * British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship **''Winners'': 2017: 1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobden, Beth 1993 births Living people English netball players English netball coaches Manchester Thunder players Loughborough Lightning netball players Netball Superleague players Adelaide Thunderbirds players Suncorp Super Netball players Australian Netball League players Southern Force (netball) players English expatriate netball people in Australia Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Sportspeople from Staffordshire Alumni of the University of Manchester