Netball in England

Netball in England

Australia v England: Internationl netball test – Adelaide, October 2008.
Governing body	[[England Netball]]
National team	England

The English national team at the England v Australia Netball test: Adelaide, October 2008.

In England, netball has been popular enough to be included as part of the physical education curriculum.^[1] Its inclusion had been at times controversial; during the 1910s and 1920s, schools worried about the potential negative impact of physical exercise like netball participation on the health of girls.^[2]

Below is a list including some of the top performances for the English national netball team:

• 1998 Commonwealth Games: 3rd place^[3]
• 2002 Commonwealth Games: 4th place^[3]
• 2005 World Youth Netball Championship: 2nd place^[3]

As of January 2011, the women's national team was ranked number three in the world.^[4]

Australia v England

References

1. ^ White 2002, p. 37
2. ^ Western Argus 1922
3. ^ ^{a b c} International Federation of Netball Associations 2008
4. ^ International Federation of Netball Associations 2011a

Bibliography

• International Federation of Netball Associations (21 January 2011). "Current World Rankings". http://www.netball.org/IFNA.aspx?id=94. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
• International Federation of Netball Associations (15 June 2008). "History of Netball". http://www.netball.org/Netball.aspx?id=18. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
• Western Argus (24 October 1922). "GAMES FOR GIRLS.". Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916-1938) (Kalgoorlie, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34246126. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
• White, Anita (December 2002). "Women and sport in the UK". In Pfister, Gertrud; Hartmann-Tews, Ilse. Sport and Women: Social Issues in International Perspective. International Society for Comparative Physical Education & Sport. Routledge. ISBN 0415246288.