Watson ready and raring to go for Quad Series
AFTER a long injury lay off, Diamonds captain Liz Watson is raring to go ahead of the upcoming Quad Series. This Quad series will be the first netball action for Watson in almost a year, after she injured her foot in March last year and was ruled out of the 2021 Suncorp Super Netball season. […]
Excitement building as Quad series draws near
EXCITEMENT is building in the Australian Diamonds camp as the preparations for the upcoming Quad Series in England come to a head. Speaking to the media yesterday from their pre series camp, captain Liz Watson and coach Stacey Marinkovich spoke of the readiness of the team, as well as some of the protocols the team […]
Preview: VNSL Rise Again Festival
THE VNSL Rise Again Festival is back this weekend, with the preseason event taking place in Manchester. First run in 2020, it returns this weekend and will see all of the VNSL sides competing in the preseason tournament. Fans will be able to see the likes Natalie Haythornthwaite back on home soil for the first […]
Fitzpatrick earns top gong at Netball NZ Awards night
MYSTICS and Silver Ferns defender Sulu Fitzpatrick was the star of the New Zealand Netball Awards last night after winning the Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award. The ceremony was an opportunity to highlight the achievements of everyone in New Zealand netball, from the ANZ Premiership right down to the secondary schools competition. Fitzpatrick was well-deserving […]
Bruce crowned latest Liz Ellis Diamond
WEST COAST Fever’s Courtney Bruce is the toast of Australian Netball tonight, having won the Liz Ellis Diamond Award at tonight’s Netball Australia Awards. The Liz Ellis Diamond Award is the highest individual award in Australia. It is awarded to the best player across the Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) competition and the Diamonds campaigns. The […]
This week in netball: Gold Coast Titans announce a team as England and Scotland win
THERE was plenty of netball news this week from across the netball world, from local level right up to the international level. Here’s what you may have missed The big news from an Australian perspective came out of the Gold Coast Titans. Last weekend it was announced that the NRL club have applied for a […]
Roses Reunited Series weekend preview: England vs. Jamaica
AFTER England claimed the all-important first game win over Jamaica, the Roses will be out to clean up the series in the final two games. This weekend sees the second and third games of the Roses Reunited Series, which take place on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The first game of the series saw the Roses […]
2021 Surprise packets – Sunday Aryang
YOUNG gun Sunday Aryang rose the ranks from training partner of the West Coast Fever to on the verge of making her Diamonds debut in a matter of years. After spending two years as a training partner at Fever, Aryang was added to the squad for the 2020 season. However, she was behind the likes […]
Gold Coast Titans to enter netball team in Sapphire Series
OVER the weekend it was announced that National Rugby League (NRL) club, Gold Coast Titans have applied for a license to enter a team in the Sapphire Series. The Sapphire Series is one tier below the Suncorp Super Netball competition, so the aim is for the Titans’ new team is to start there, climb the […]
This week in netball: Quad Series confirmed for January 2022
ALTHOUGH it is the offseason for much of the netball world, there was still plenty of action and news to keep on top of this week. The big news out of Australian netball this week was that a Quad Series between Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa will be taking place over in the […]
VIC M-League 2021/22: Men’s Premier Division wrap – Round 2
ROUND Two of the Men’s Premier Division of the Victorian Men’s and Mixed Association (VMMNA)’s M-League saw a wide range of results, with some teams asserting their dominance on the competition even this early on in the season. The Ariels had their first match of the season after the bye last week, while the Netblacks […]
England Netball partners with England Men’s and Mixed Netball Association
THIS week an exciting new partnership between England Netball and the England Men’s and Mixed Netball Association (EMMNA) was announced. The partnership is designed to help grow the male side of the game in the UK, with England Netball also stipulating that it will work to protect the existing safe spaces for women that the […]
