England national netball team

Netball team
teamname = England Senior Squad


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shorts2 =The England national netball team is the national netball team of England. The team competed in the 2007 Netball World Championships in New Zealand, and came fourth, the same placing they achieved at the 2003 Netball World Championships. The England team is captained by Amanda Newton, coached by Marg Caldow (assisted by Denise Egan), and managed by Lesley Dixon. The England team was regarded as one of the favourites for the competition, having beaten nnt|New Zealand (current World Champions) in May 2007 - the first win over NZ for 32 years, winning test series 3-0 against nnt|Jamaica (currently world number 3) and nnt|South Africa (currently world number 5) and running nnt|Australia closer than ever before in May 2007. England has appeared at every World Championships since their inception in 1963.

Players

The England long squad consists of:
*Ama Agbeze (GK/GD/WD)
*Karen Atkinson (WA/C)
*Sara Bayman (WD/C)
*Eboni Beckford Chambers
*Jo Binns (WA/C)
*Louisa Brownfield (GS/GA)
*Jade Clarke (WD/C)
*Sasha Corbin (WA)
*Pamela Cookey (GA/GS/WA)
*Rachel Dunn (GS)
*Clare Elsley (WD/C)
*Chioma Ezeogu (WA)
*Tamsin Greenway (WA/GA)
*Jo Harten (GS/GA)
*Naida Hutchinson (GD/GK/WD)
*Geva Mentor (GK/GD)
*Sonia Mkoloma (GD/GK/WD)
*Amanda Newton (WD/GD/GK) (captain)
*Naomi Siddall (WD/GD)
*Asha Tett (GA/WA)

quad for the 2007 World Championships

*Amanda Newton
*Karen Atkinson
*Ama Agbeze
*Joanna Binns
*Louisa Brownfield
*Jade Clarke
*Pamela Cookey
*Tamsin Greenway
*Joanna Harten
*Sonia Mkoloma
*Geva Mentor
*Sara Bayman

[ [http://www.worldnetballchamps.com/index.cfm?goto=/teams/England England profile at World Championships website] ]

Competitive history

Netball World Championships

Commonwealth Games

References