England Netball has introduced the 23 gamers who’ve been chosen for the Vitality Roses program for the 2024-25 worldwide season.
The announcement sees Beth Cobden and Zara Everitt return after a one-year hiatus, and Jessica Shaw after a protracted absence.
Tash Pavelin, Lois Pearson and Paige Reed are the brand new names to hitch Future Roses.
Sacha Glasgow and George Fisher haven’t been included at this stage as they concentrate on rehabilitating from accidents at their home golf equipment, whereas Halimat Adio, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, Laura Malcolm and Elle MacDonald have determined to withdraw from the intramural programme.
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis is a kind of who made the choice to withdraw from the full-time program
Of the 23 chosen, 20 are based mostly within the UK and play within the Netball Tremendous League (NSL), whereas the remaining three – Eleanor Cardwell, Helen Housby and Francesca Williams – play nationwide netball within the Suncorp Tremendous Netball league in Australia.
Head coach Jess Thirlby stated the choose group “excites” her and brings Vitality Roses nearer to their ambition of profitable the Netball World Championships in three years’ time.
“I want to congratulate all of the athletes who’ve been chosen to participate on this 12 months’s Roses programme,” Thirlby stated. “What an thrilling cohort to work with and one which I do know will assist us get nearer to our daring ambition of World Cup gold in 2027.
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England netball head coach Jess Thirlby discusses her intentions for the following 4 years as she hopes to steer the group to world titles.
“We at all times search for a superb mixture of expertise in any nationwide program, however the stability of readiness and potential amongst this group has me excited and hopefully the followers as properly.”
The Vitality Roses program runs over 12 months and consists of coaching camps within the UK and competitions at dwelling and overseas, in addition to in-club help for gamers all through the home seasons. Any gamers not chosen for the group for the intramural program are nonetheless eligible for aggressive choice.
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