Performance Pathway

This will take place on Saturday 15^th August as follows:

U17 – Glasgow International Arena, G40 3HY from 9-1pm

U19 – Glasgow International Arena, G40 3HY from 12:30-5pm

If successful on this date, you will be invited to attend a second trial on Saturday 22^nd August as follows:

U17 – Glasgow International Arena, G40 3HY from 9-1pm

U19 – Glasgow International Arena, G40 3HY from 12:30-5pm

• Age Criteria
• U17 – must be under 17 as of 31^st December 2026 – 2010 or later birth year
• U19 – must be under 19 as of 31^st December 2026 – 2008 or later birth year
• Current National squad athletes will automatically receive an invite to trial from Netball Scotland
• Scotland based athletes – nominations will be completed by your district coaches, and each district will have received an email to confirm this process
• Scotland eligible athletes living outwith Scotland – you must be nominated by your club or franchise coach to be considered for trial. Please ask them to do so via the link below.
• Coaches, please follow Netball Scotland’s Benchmarking criteria
• Submitting an application for the performance pathway does not guarantee you will be selected to trial. All applicants will be advised via email prior to the trial if they are required to attend.

This will take place on Sunday 16^th August at the Glasgow International Arena, G40 3HY from 9-1pm.

• U21 – must be under 21 as of 31^st December 2026 – 2006 or later birth year
• Current National squad athletes will automatically receive an invite to trial
• All other athletes interested in trialling for Scotland and meet the eligibility criteria above, please complete the link below to be considered for trial:
• Submitting an application for the performance pathway does not guarantee you will be selected to trial. All applicants will be advised via email prior to the trial if they are required to attend.

Please note that late trials will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances and due to the volume of trialists we cannot guarantee late trials will be granted.

Libby Clark, Alex Craig, Heidi Dawson, Lexy Gillies, Francesca Hall, Phoebe Haynes, Eva Howitt, Tilly Larner, Beth Logan, Bethany Long, Rebecca Macdonald, Ruby MacLean, Becca McKelvie, Rae Nelson, Ilori Platten, Evie Sherwin, Amelie Smith, Mira Tallentire, Niamh Trainer, and Mckenna Wilkinson.

HEAD COACH – Hayley Mackellar, ASSISTANT COACH – Frances Doyle, ASSISTANT COACH – Sheryl Braidwood, TEAM MANAGER – Eliza Mather, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER – Jozef Thorpe

Aania Ali, Lily Boden, Bella Broadhurst, Brooke Butterfield, Keira Campbell-Cornish, Libby Clark, Sophie Craig, Erin Devine, Mary Dickson, Olivia Doherty, Bethan Downie, Zara Grogan, Onomen Ibhanesebhor, Ella Johnson, Gracie Linton, Rae Nelson, Lauryn O’Brien, Zara Pearson, Zara Pottinger, Hannah Proudfoot, Poppy Scott, Kate Seenan, Amelie Smith, Grace Stanley, Freya Stoops, Eilidh Thoms, Roma Wilson.

HEAD COACH – Lindsay Filiata, ASSISTANT COACH – Frances Youngson, ASSISTANT COACH – Leanne Maciver, TEAM MANAGER – Alyson Love, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER – Fiona Walker

Emily Allott, Emma Brannan, Martha Cartwright, Rachel Cramb, Nikki Echeng, Issy Ferguson, Lola Ferris, Naomi Green, Halle Hepburn, Freya Hook, Alexandra Howitt, Sofia Huerta-Aban, Thea Ibidun, Poppy Isaacs, Connie Knox, Megan Millar, Anna Murdoch, Grace Murphy, Alice Paxton, Sophia Perkins, Isabelle Pickering, Elise Pitty, Harriet Rankin, Emily Shannon, Katie Shiels, Eva Sneddon, Ava Vickers, Sian Vickers

HEAD COACH – Nikki Lloyd, ASSISTANT COACH – Rhona Barnes, APPRENTICE COACH – Elaine Stapleton, TEAM MANAGER – Bryan McAlpine, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER – Jozef Thorpe

Netball Scotland is incredibly proud of the U15s long squad and program which looks to develop the critical fundamental skills reflecting the future Thistles of the National Program.  These athletes are based/located in Scotland coming through the Scotland District programs or Clubs programs.

Sophie Alexander, Iona Black, Caitlin Chalmers, Isla Dale, Isla Dobbie, Orla Easdon, Poppy Gair, Jasmine Gardiner, Emily Gunn, Kali Jo Hay, Sophia Hollis, Sofia Huerta-Aban, Isla Lennock, Rosa Leonard, Emma MacMillan, Lauren McLafferty, Jamelia Moore, Elizabeth Munt, Phoebe Porter, Ellie Rafferty, Lilia Sheed, Harriet Shorrock, Imogen Stewart, Nancy Thomson, Ava Whelan, Sian Vickers

HEAD COACH – Millie Boyle, ASSISTANT COACHES – Savannah Antoine & Janine Korologa, TEAM MANAGER – Kira Hampson, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER – Robin Singh

Playing netball for Scotland at International level is a huge honour and achievement.

You can play for Scotland if you have the commitment, dedication, skills, talent and consistency that are required to excel against the world’s best teams and players.

If you are ambitious and talented, you can join a select group of players who have been capped at International level.

Our international teams compete regularly on the world stage in events including:

Netball World Cup

Commonwealth Games

International Test Matches

Celtic Cup Test Series

Europe Netball Championships (Under 17, Under 19 and Under 21)

Underage test matches v Europe Nations

To find out more about athlete eligibility and our National Athlete Selection Policy, please contact Elena.Morris@netballscotland.com

Netball Scotland work with the Home Office to approve any overseas athletes who wish to play in Scotland.  Please see our Governing Body Endorsement Requirements for full details.

AGE RANGE:
U17 – 16 on 31st December 2026
U19 – 18 on 31st December 2026
U21 – 20 on 31st December 2026

To be eligible to play for a National Association’s national representative team in any International Event, by the Submission Date for that Event a player must satisfy at least one of the following requirements and their National Association must provide corresponding Evidence of Eligibility to the INF:

(a) be born in that country or have at least one parent or grandparent born in that Country;
(b) reside in and have a fixed address in Scotland for > 2 years (European Competition)
(c) reside in and have a fixed address in Scotland for > 4 years (Commonwealth Games)

CAMPS:

Training camps for all squads will take place on the same weekend each month with longer camps scheduled throughout the school holidays.

Athletes wishing to be selected for, and those who are successful in selection into a National Squad are required to be training and competing at the highest club / representative level weekly;

• 1^st / 2^nd University Club Teams that play within BUCS Tier 1A or 2A
• 1^st Division / Premier League Senior Club Team
• NPL Franchise Squads
• SuperCup Competition