England Netball
{{Short description|Governing body of netball in England}}
{{Infobox sport governing body|name=England Netball|logo=England netball logo.png|logosize=300|sport=Netball|jurisdiction={{flag|England}}|abbrev=EN|founded={{Start date and age|1926}}|aff=World Netball
Netball Europe|headquarters=Loughborough|president=Joan Mills MBE|chairman=Baroness Sue Campbell|chiefexec=Fran Connolly|coach=Jess Thirlby|sponsor=Vitality
Nike|url=www.englandnetball.co.uk}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
England Netball, formerly the "All England Netball Association", is the national governing body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in England. It is responsible for the strategic plan of the sport across the country and is a not for profit customer-focused sport business.{{Cite web |title=What We Do |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/about/what-we-do/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}
Overview
England Netball is responsible for the management of the England national netball team, nicknamed The Vitality Roses, the professional Netball Super League and the Netball Premier League.{{Cite web |title=Competitions - The Official Home of England Netball |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/competitions/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}} It also oversees a number of programs running from junior to development level such as [https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/my-game/walking-netball/ Walking Netball], [https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/play/back-to-netball/ Back to Netball], [https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/play/bee-netball/ Bee Netball] and the Future Roses National Academy for aspiring athletes under the age of 20.{{cite web|url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/england/national-academy-athletes/|title=National Academy Athletes|date=1 January 2018|work=England Netball|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408113132/https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/england/national-academy-athletes/|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/netball/give_it_a_go/newsid_2933000/2933617.stm|title=Get playing high five netball!|date=27 February 2011|work=BBC Sport Academy|access-date=8 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302051243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/netball/give_it_a_go/newsid_2933000/2933617.stm|archive-date=2 March 2011|url-status=live}}
As of August 2023, England Netball has 111,000 affiliated members{{cite web |last=Franks |first=Hannah |date=23 August 2023 |title=England Netball 2022/23 Annual Report |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/document/2022-2023-annual-report/ |work=England Netball |quote=Refer to pp. 4 of the report.}} and more than 180,000 women and girls play the sport every week.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportengland.org/apsresults/|title=Record number of women get active|work=Sport England|date=8 December 2016|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043142/https://www.sportengland.org/apsresults/|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}
Competitions and Leagues
England Netball organises the following competitions and leagues:
- Netball Super League
- Netball Premier League
- NXT Gen League
- Netball Performance League
- U16 & U14 National Clubs Competition
- U19, U16 & U14 National Schools Competition
Hall of Fame
England Netball launched the concept of the Hall of Fame in 2001, in the year of the 75th Anniversary of the All England Netball Association. The inductees are listed below by year inducted.{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/be-involved/volunteers/celebrating-with-volunteers/hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=England Netball |language=en-US}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/ Official website]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/ BBC Netball]
- [http://www.skysports.com/netball/ Sky Sports Netball]
- [http://www.ournetballhistory.org.uk/ Our Netball History – Archival website dedicated to English netball]
{{England national netball team}}
{{Netball in the United Kingdom}}
{{Netball in Europe}}
{{National Members of the International Federation of Netball Associations}}
{{Sports governing bodies in England}}
{{Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom}}
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Category:Sports organizations established in 1926
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