“I just can’t wait to be back in the black and yellow as that is home for me” Last playing for Manchester Thunder in 2022, Eleanor was instrumental when we went undefeated all season and winning our fourth championship title. Making the move overseas to join Adelaide Thunderbirds in Australia for the 2023 season, she made a huge impact and helped them to make history and win the SSN (Suncorp Super Netball) premiership trophy for…
Launched in February 2025, we gave netball grassroots teams the chance to win a unique netball package, in collaboration with electrical goods retail giants AO and kit designers VX3. With approximately 700,000 women and girls playing netball each week in the UK, and 3.1 million people playing the sport annually, it is the highest female participation sport in the UK. The competition, which was the first of its kind in netball, was designed to open…
South African international Ané Retief has been named as a temporary replacement player for Nicola Smith until she recovers from a broken arm which she sustained during the first test of the Sunshine Series in Jamaica. Twenty-six year old Ané represented South Africa in the Fast5 Netball World Series, before making her first cap for South Africa in October 2024 against Malawi. She also recently played in the Vitality Netball Nations Cup, where they were…
Making her Netball Super League debut in 2024 for Saracens Mavericks, we’re delighted to announce that we have signed the talented Wing Attack and Centre, Indya Masser, as a permanent replacement for Natalie Metcalf for the 2025 season, who has announced she is expecting her first baby. Thunder Head Coach and Franchise Director, Karen Greig, said, “I’m delighted to have secured Indya as our permanent replacement for Nat. We spent a lot of time doing…
We’re kicking off the new league in style with a chance for people to win a unique netball bundle! Ahead of our match against Loughborough Lightning at Manchester’s AO arena next month, in collaboration with official primary sponsors AO and kit designers VX3, we have launched a competition with a host of goodies up for grabs. The competition, which is the first of its kind for us, will give netball clubs a chance of getting…
