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                                          Bermuda is hoping to boost its netball development programme, following the success of its inaugural North Village Community Club Youth Netball Camp, held last week and pictured above.  Nearly 30 girls, aged 8-13, took part in the programme, co-...

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  Scotland youth squad on their way to WYNC2009 last year. Scottish netballers are celebrating this week, after the decision by IFNA to award the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships to Glasgow.  The competition, which will be held from 22-31 August 2013, will take place at t...

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Botswana Netball is taking an important step forwards in development terms, with the announcement of a ten day performance coach and player development workshop, to be held in association with IFNA from 15-25 August 2010.  Led by two international coaches – former England international Jo...

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To ensure that opportunities to play and coach netball in Lesotho continue to grow, a week long basic coaching clinic for high school and primary school teachers has been implemented by the Lesotho Netball Association.  Facilitated by Ramafahla Thamae, Maseabata Makhetha and umpire Chakatsa Leph...

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Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados will join Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships, after this week’s Americas qualification tournament held in St Lucia.  Trinidad and Tobago defeated hosts St Lucia 57-45 to end the competion with a perfect unbeaten record. Barbados took second place in the ...

Giving Netball a try in Uganda!

      350 Ugandan children thank the Netball Development Trust   The Netball Development Trust (NDT) returned last week from an extremely successful trip to Uganda where they taught over 350 children the basic rules and skills of Netball.  The Netball Development Trust (NDT)...

Asia go Live!

IFNA’s Asian Netball Federation (ANF) Launch New Website After months of work the Asian Netball Federation (ANF) has launched an exciting new website to promote netball, its Members and the great work that is happening across the Region. Check out  the new website at:       ...

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Australia and England have both submitted bids to IFNA to host the 2015 World Championships in Sydney and Manchester respectively.  Australia last hosted the competition in 1991, while England played host in Birmingham in 1995.  IFNA will announce which venue has been successful in Singapore at th...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD:  9 JULY 2010   Netball is the beneficiary of the single largest female sports sponsorship across Australasia, with this week’s announcement that ANZ has renewed its naming rights sponsorship for the ANZ Championship for an additional three years.  As the competi...

Annual World Rankings Shake Up

Annual Rankings Refresh The IFNA World Netball Rankings has just been refreshed by statistician David Kendix who devised the rankings specifically for international netball.  It is worth noting that a) The gap between Australia and New Zealand has narrowed to just 8 points. ...

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Two of IFNA’s top ranked Members yesterday submitted their bids to Host the World Netball Championships 2015. Australia and England submitted bids to host the event in Sydney and Manchester, respectively. England last hosted the championships in 1995, while Australia last hosted them in 1991....

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Northern Ireland and Wales were successful at the European qualification tournament for the 2011 World Championships.  Northern Ireland defeated Wales 50-40 and Scotland 40-36, while the Welsh side battled past Scotland 49-44 to take the second qualifying place. In Pakistan, Karachi n...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD England’s international squad has arrived in Australia for a training tour ahead of selection for the Commonwealth Games.  TeamBath squad member Lindsay Keable has been called up for her first tour at this level, which will see England play friendly ...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD:  11 JUNE 2010   The Queen’s Commonwealth Baton relay recently reached Vanuatu, where it was carried to Waterfall Village in Pentecost by coaching scholarship winner Stacey Sandy.  The baton, which includes a camera and microphone to capture footage of the ...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD:  4 JUNE 2010   Jade Clarke is the latest English international to join a team in the ANZ Championship, after the 26 year old was called up by the Waikato/BOP Magic following a season-ending knee injury to Australian Peta Sholz.  Clarke, who has amassed 49 ...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD: 28 May 2010 Jamaica's netballers have begun preparations for the next four months with the first training camp to be held at their new netball "house", the Sunshine Chalet in Barbican, St Andrew. The three day camp, held last weekend, aimed to hone the team's physi...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD: 21 MAY 2010 The new Regional Federation for Africa was formally constituted on 15 May 2010. The inaugural meeting of the new body was held in Johannesburg and was attended by ten netball associations - Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria (by proxy), South Afr...

Coaching Opportunity in Tasmania

Neball Coach (424908) Applications Close:– Friday, 28 May 2010. Salary:– $54,106 – $63,737 p.a.. Tasmanian State Service Award, General Stream Band 4. Permanent full-time Location:– Launceston Duties:– The Netball Coach is responsible for the coordinated delive...

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NETBALL AROUND THE WORLD:  14 MAY 2010   Netball Australia this week launched the game’s first brand advertising campaign, which recognises the sport’s biggest assets – the players and all the people associated with it.  The “Ode to Netball” campaign was shot in Adelaide and involved a c...

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Preparations for the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore are going well, with the organisers reporting “healthy demand” for platinum ticket packages.  Costing S$550 each (approx $390 US), 1,100 of the 1,300 packages have already sold, and it is anticipated that the lower value tickets...