On Friday 1 March, the Netball Europe Under 17 Open Championships will get underway in Huddersfield and Wales will face their U.K. rivals as well as new entrant, the United Arab Emirates. In a great development for netball fans in Wales, this year’s tournament will be live streamed on Welsh Netball’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Leading […]
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Rhian Edwards to Umpire at Netball Europe Open Challenge
Elite Welsh umpire, Rhian Edwards is to umpire at the upcoming Netball Europe Open Challenge tournament taking place in Douglas, Isle of Man from 9 to 12 May 2019. Edwards has already enjoyed a breakthrough 2019 as a rising star of ‘Team White’ having been appointed as a Vitality Netball Superleague umpire for the very […]
North East Wales Win 2019 Under 14 Inter Area Competition
On Sunday 10 February, Welsh Netball hosted the 2019 Under 14 Inter Area Competition in Cardiff where 15 teams went head to head in Pool A and Pool B competitions. It was North East Wales A who came out on top in the A competition, ahead of local side Cardiff & Vale A. In Pool […]
Wales Under 17 Team Announced for Netball Europe
Welsh Netball is proud to announce its squad for the upcoming Netball Europe Under 17 Open Championships taking place in Huddersfield from 1 to 3 March 2019. Leading the squad to the European tournament will be Head Coach Rhian Davies. She will be joined by Assistant Coaches Emma Meredith and Jo Ricketts and Team Manager […]
Welsh International Player Organises Charity Netball Tournament
On Sunday 13 January a mixed netball tournament was held in Cwmbran. The tournament was for a very special cause and it was organised by one of our very own international netball stars, goal shooter Georgia Rowe. The tournament was in aid of Marrow for Marley, a campaign being run by the family and friends […]
Glamorgan Valleys Win 2019 Under 16s Inter Area Competition
On Sunday 27 January, Welsh Netball hosted the 2019 Under 16 Inter Area Competition in Bangor where teams competed across two pools for the title of Under 16 Welsh champions. In Pool A it was Glamorgan Valleys who came out on top, beating Cardiff & Vale in second place. Meanwhile in the second division, it […]
South East A Win Under 18s Inter Area Competition
On Saturday 19 January, Welsh Netball hosted the 2019 Under 18 Inter Area Competition in Ebbw Vale where 11 teams from across Wales battled it out to take the bragging rights as Wales’ under 18 top dogs. It was South East Wales A who emerged victorious, winning against West Wales by 20 goals to 12 […]
Welsh Netball 2019 Umpiring Courses Get Underway
The new year has arrived and with it a new batch of Welsh Netball Umpiring courses. ‘Team White’ makes netball possible and clubs and leagues across Wales and beyond are always on the look out for people to officiate matches as netball continues to grow and grow in popularity. (Dani Coxey [furthest left] mentoring umpires […]
Nikki Lloyd Takes Charge of Wales Under 21s
Welsh Netball is pleased to announce that Nikki Lloyd has been appointed as the new head coach of Wales Under 21s. Lloyd has a range of experience of coaching and developing young netballers in both Wales and England. Recently, Lloyd has worked with Wales Under 21 as an assistant coach and is the current Team […]
Training Begins for New 2018/19 Wales Long Squad
Christmas may be on the horizon, but the Wales senior long squad have been very busy over the last few weeks in their first block of training under returning head coach, Julie Hoornweg. Returning from Australia to lead Wales on a march back up the INF rankings, Hoornweg has been keeping her diverse squad on […]