2023 Netball World Cup review: Trinidad & Tobago
FOR one-time Netball World Cup winner Trinidad & Tobago, the 2023 edition was not a fortnight to remember. The Calypso Girls have plenty of talent on paper, but could never put it all together and only came away with one win, against the lowest ranked nation in Singapore. Even that win was only margin by […]
2023 Netball World Cup preview: Trinidad & Tobago
THE 2023 Netball World Cup is almost here, and to help count down to the tournament, Rookie Me Central will be previewing all the competing teams and seeing how they might fair at the tournament. Today’s focus is on the Trinidad & Tobago Calypso Girls. HISTORY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AT THE NETBALL WORLD CUP […]
Calypso Girls book World Cup spot
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO has joined Jamaica as the second Americas nation through to the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town. While the Sunshine Girls automatically qualified due to their world ranking, the Calypso Girls booked their spot through qualifying, having won all seven matches so far. With just Jamaica to come, the Calypso Girls […]
VNSL Round 5 preview: Unbeaten Mavs and Thunder clash
A COUPLE of the undefeated Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) sides will clash in a blockbuster Round 5 of action. Saracens Mavericks and Manchester Thunder will do battle on Saturday afternoon, before the Thunder take on the Wasps in a standalone clash on Monday. The round kicks off with the Strathclyde Sirens hosting Loughborough Lightning tonight, […]
VNSL Round 4a preview: Standalone games kick off new round
SIX games played across four days – including a triple treat on Monday – is what faces fans in the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) for Round 4. The standalone fixtures take place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, culminating in the huge Monday fixture, with Surrey Storm doing the double this round. We preview the three […]
2022 VNSL Round 3 preview: Rhinos enter comp
ROUND 3 of the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) competition will get underway on Friday night, with three games on Saturday and a standalone all blue and gold battle on Monday evening. Leeds Rhinos play two matches across the weekend, after missing out on their Round 2 fixture. ROUND 3: Friday, February 11 Saturday, February 12 […]
Lightning start title defence off on right note
IT was a great opening two days of action in the Vitality Netball Superleague, with Loughborough Lightning kick-starting their title defence in the opening match, whilst Manchester Thunder and Saracens Mavericks became the only two sides to record back-to-back wins over the opening weekend. ROUND 2
2022 VNSL club preview: Saracens Mavericks
GAINING a red-hot international shooter in the wake of a reliable veteran retiring, and the Saracens Mavericks again look like a team to watch in 2022. The Mavericks just missed out on the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) finals series last year, but with minimal changes and an exciting, developing team, there is every chance they […]
VNSL 2022 Team Preview: Saracens Mavericks
MISSING out on the 2021 Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) finals series by just two points last season, Saracens Mavericks will be one determined side in 2022. The Mavericks won 11 games and drew one in their 20 matches, only marginally falling short of Leeds Rhinos, and finishing fifth overall. Though still someway off the top […]
2021 British Fast5 All-Stars: Talking points
THE British Fast5 Netball All-Stars event may be done and dusted for 2021, but that does not mean there is not still a heap to discuss following Team Bath’s title victory. From long-bomb prowess to high-powered defensive units, we run through the biggest talking points from the event. READ>>2021 British Fast5 All-Stars wrap: Bath claims […]