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

netball in England In England, netball has been popular enough to be included as part of the physical education curriculum. Its inclusion had been at times controversial; during the 1910s and 1920s, schools worried about the potential negative impact of physical e ...

Overview

England Netball is responsible for the management of the

England national netball team The England national women's netball team, also known as the ''Vitality Roses'', represent England in international netball competition. England are coached by Jess Thirlby, and are currently captained by Natalie Metcalf. As of 1 July 2020, th ...

, nicknamed ''The Vitality Roses''. 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. As of June 2017, England Netball has 103,335 affiliated members and more than 180,000 women and girls play the sport every week.

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. 2001 * Mary Beardwood * Mary Bulloch * Annette Cairncross * Mary French (née Bushell) * Rose Harris, MBE * Joyce Haynes * Jean Perkins OBE * Sheelagh Redpath *

Kendra Slawinski Kendra Slawinski, OBE (née Lowe) (born 11 November 1962) is a former netball player for England. She had been part of the England national netball team between 1987 and 1997. She has represented her country on 128 occasions. She is one of the few ...

* 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 Sonia Mkoloma (born 17 January 1979) is a former English international netball player. Mkoloma made her international debut for the English national team in 1999, and during her career has competed at three Netball World Championships, three Co ...

* Sheila Perks MBE 2014 *

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 ...

* Cheryl Danson * Joan Mills 2015 *

Pamela Cookey Pamela Asibie Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a former English netball player, usually posted to goal attack (GA). Club career In domestic netball, Cookey has played with Team Bath in the Netball Superleague since ...

Geva Mentor Geva Kate Mentor CBE (born 17 September 1984) is an England netball international. She has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games: and in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games she was honoured to read, during the Opening Ceremony, The Athletes Oa ...

CBE 2016
Gary Burgess

References

External links

Official website

BBC Netball

Sky Sports Netball

Our Netball History – ''Archival website dedicated to English netball''
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Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

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