2023 NSL Season Preview: Celtic Dragons
THE 2023 Netball Super League (NSL) season is just around the corner, and clubs and fans alike are gearing up for another exciting season. After an eventful off season the 10 NSL clubs are ready to go for another year, and to prepare for the season we here at Rookie Me Central are going to go around […]
Jamaica wins title as Barbados qualify for World Cup
JAMAICA has taken out the Netball World Cup Americas Qualifiers, while Barbados secured its place in next year’s World Cup in Cape Town. The Sunshine Girls took on Trinidad & Tobago in a battle of the undefeated sides coming into the final day of the Qualifiers and came up trumps, while the Bajan Gems had […]
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 […]
Celtic Dragons confirm 2023 VNSL squad
ONLY the second team in the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) to do so, Celtic Dragons have confirmed their 15-player squad for next year’s VNSL season. Comprised of 12 registered players and three training partners, the Dragons recruited former Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) shooter Gabrielle Sinclair in a huge coup for the club. The Welsh outfit […]
2022 Commonwealth Games review: Trinidad & Tobago
AS the curtain closes on another Commonwealth Games, we take a look back at how each of the netballing nations fared in our team-by-team review series. Next up is Trinidad & Tobago, a nation that was missing its best shooter in Sam Wallace and subsequently finished bottom in Pool B, before defeating Barbados in the […]
Calypso Girls topple Bajan Gems for first win
TRINIDAD & Tobago has won its first match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games netball with a 32-goal victory over Barbados. In a battle of the two bottom placed sides in the respective Pools, it was the Group B winless team that took out the honours over the Bajan Gems. Trinidad & Tobago dominated in the […]
2022 Commonwealth Games Preview: Trinidad & Tobago
THE 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England are just around the corner. To celebrate, we are previewing each of the competing netball nations and predicting how they might fare in the tournament. Today it is Trinidad and Tobago, who did not compete in the most recent Commonwealth Games, but finished 10th in the 2014 Games. […]
2022 VNSL team review: Celtic Dragons
IN the wake of the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) season finishing, we have taken a look back at how each team fared. We continue the 11-team countdown with the 10th placed Celtic Dragons, who finished ahead of Severn Stars on goal difference. KEY NUMBERS Position: 10thWins: 3Losses: 17Goals For: 955 (10th)Goals Against: 1106 (8th)Goal […]
Thunder go undefeated as regular VNSL season wraps up
MANCHESTER Thunder finished the regular Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) season undefeated as last year’s grand finalists yet again were too good for reigning premiers Loughborough Lightning, setting up a massive post-season series. Though the Final Four was sorted coming into the game, the other two sides hoping to cause an upset in the knockout finals […]
VNSL Round 19 wrap: Final four locked in
ALL four teams are locked into the Final Four spots, with the ladder positions and semi-finals of the Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) all decided. Top of the table Manchester Thunder have too much of a goal difference gap on Loughborough Lightning and will finish top to take on Team Bath, while the reigning premiers Lightning […]
