Imogen Allison (born 24 April 1998) is an English netball player, who has represented the national side since 2020. At club level, she is the captain of Team Bath and has previously played for Yorkshire Jets.

Club career

Allison plays as a wing defence. She played for Yorkshire Jets in the

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. 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

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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

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, a tournament which they won. In January 2022, she was named the team's captain for the

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. Bath coach Anna Stembridge told Allison that she would be captain on FaceTime, as Allison was at the

2022 Netball Quad Series The 2022 Netball Quad Series was the seventh Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five highest ranked nations in netball. The series was played in England during January 2022, several months before the 2022 Commonwealth ...

at the time. She missed a March 2022 match against Wasps after testing positive for COVID-19.

International career

Allison competed for England-under 21s at the

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, where the team finished third overall. She was a co-captain of the England A side for fixtures alongside the

2020 Netball Nations Cup The 2020 Netball Nations Cup was an international netball tournament contested by the national teams of England, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament, which briefly replaced the annual Quad Series, was hosted by England and playe ...

. She was in the England senior squad for a 2019 tour of Oceania, and also for the

2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series The 2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, also known as the 2020 Cadbury Netball Series saw England play New Zealand in October and November 2020 in a three-match series. It was the first international netball test series to be staged since the onset ...

. She made her debut for the senior team at the age of 22 in October 2020, coming on as a replacement for Jade Clarke. She played in the

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and the 2022 Netball Quad Series. Allison was named as a reserve in the England squad for the netball event at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. On 17 July, she replaced the injured Beth Cobden in the England squad for the Games.

Personal life

Allison attended The Brooksbank School and started playing netball in Year Seven. She later studied Sports & Exercise Science at the University of Bath.

References

External links

Team Bath Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allison, Imogen 1998 births Living people English netball players Team Bath netball players Commonwealth Games competitors for England Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Netball Superleague players Yorkshire Jets players 2023 Netball World Cup players