Wales Netball Announces Senior Squad for 2022/23 Season

We are delighted to announce that our Wales Netball Senior Squad and Training Partners for the 2022/23 season have been selected.

The athletes selected are as follows:

Senior Squad 2022/23 

Name	Position	Club
Millie Carter	GK/GD	Celtic Dragons
Suzy Drane (Co-Captain)	C/WA	Team Bath Toucans
Bethan Dyke (Vice-Captain)	WA/C	Team Bath
Celyn Emanuel	WA/C	Celtic Dragons
Nia Evans	C/WD	Celtic Dragons
Lucy Howells	GD/GK	Celtic Dragons
Charlotte Jennings-Evans	GA/GS	Team Bath NPL
Beth Johnson	WA/C	Team Bath Toucans
Clare Jones (Vice-Captain)	WD/C	Celtic Dragons
Holly Jones	GS/GA	Durham Palatinates Netball
Nia Jones (Co-Captain)	WD/GD	Leeds Rhinos
Nansi Kuti	GS/GK	Celtic Dragons U21
Zoe Matthewman	GA/GS	Celtic Dragons
Caris Morgan	GK/GD	Worcester University
Megan Pilkington	WD/GD	Tameside
Shona O’Dwyer	WA/C	Celtic Dragons
Ella Powell-Davies (Vice-Captain)	GD/WD	Wasps Netball
Eleanor Roberts	GA/GS	Hucclecote
Georgia Rowe	GS/GA	Celtic Dragons
Christina Shaw	GK/GD	Saracens Mavericks
Sarie Watkins	GS/GA	Team Bath NPL
Phillipa Yarranton	GA/WA	Celtic Dragons

Training Partners 2022/23:

Name	Position	Club
Ellie Blackwell	GD/GK	Wasps Netball NPL
Laura Dixon	WD/GD	Leeds Athletic
Meg Evans	WD/GD	Manchester Thunder NPL
Ellen Morgan	C/WD	Team Bath
Lauren Pawson	GA/WA	Team Bath NPL
Ella Porter	WD/C	Exeter University
Ayren Walker	C/WA	Swansea League

The chosen squad includes a blend of established Welsh internationals, including 10 of the Commonwealth Games squad. Many of the athletes have recently been named in 2023 VNSL franchise teams, who will be performing at the highest levels. These athletes along with exciting young players who have progressed through our age group squads will create a good blend of youth and experience.

Sara Moore, Head Coach said “Selecting this group of athletes was not easy. We had a wealth of talent to choose from, and they made it really difficult for us as coaches to decide on the final group.

Following the Commonwealth Games campaign, we have had a number of athletes decide that they wish to step away from international netball, which is of course disappointing, but for me it’s also about seeing the opportunity that comes with that. We have never been reliant on one or two individuals to get the job done, it’s about the collective. I’m all for giving athletes opportunities and seeing them thrive.

We have included a number of talented young players in the group and working closely with them over these last few weeks, I’ve seen their enthusiasm for what we do, and that really excites me.

I am extremely pleased to be working with our Leadership Group again this season. Suzy, Nia, Clare and Ella have been standout leaders for Wales, and they are absolutely the right people to continue to take this group forward. I am delighted to also name Bethan Dyke as a Vice-Captain. Her experience and her personality are exactly what this team needs.

Seeing a good number of our National Academy athletes make the transition from U21 to Senior Netball is also huge, and I am excited to see what this group can do against Uganda in October, and at Europe Netball as we aim to qualify for the World Cup.”

We have an exciting year ahead with Wales facing Uganda in a two-match test series on Saturday 1^st October and Sunday 2^nd October, and competing in the World Cup Qualifiers in Glasgow which will hopefully see the squad travel to South Africa to compete in the Netball World Cup in 2023. The Ugandan test series is a great opportunity to further prepare for the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town. You can buy your tickets to watch the 2022/23 squad in action here.