Scotland to Compete at Inaugural School Netball Games
31st May 2018
Netball Scotland are excited to announce that we have been invited to enter an Under 15 netball team into the 2018 UK Schools Games to be held in Loughborough from Thursday 30th August to Sunday 2nd September 2018. This is a multi-sport competition in it’s 13th year featuring 10 sports with netball making its debut this summer.
The School Netball Games will feature 12 teams competing over four days of competition. The teams represent eight of the ten Vitality Netball Superleague teams, plus London Pulse, Yorkshire and Home Nations Netball Northern Ireland and Netball Scotland. Click here to learn all about the School Games 2018.
Congratulations to the following 26 athletes who will make up the 15 National Long Squad working towards a place in the final 12 who will compete for Scotland at the School Games this autumn:
Suzi Atkinson, South Development Academy
Cara Beattie, West Development Academy
Erin Bolland, U17 Scotland Team
Alex Brogan, West Development Academy
Emma Creighton, West Development Academy
Cerys Cairns, East Development Academy
Nicola Cosgrove-Clark, West Development Academy
Lori Dow, West Development Academy
Cerys Finn, East Development Academy
Ruby Finn, East Development Academy
Lucy Gaw, South Development Academy
Roisa Hughes, West Development Academy
Aina Jenkins Garcia, East Development Academy
Emma Latto, U17 Scotland Team
Hannah Little, East Development Academy
Lia McGrath, West Development Academy
Amy McVitie, South Development Academy
Eve Mitchell, West Development Academy
Jazmine Moore, West Development Academy
Orla Moore, East Development Academy
Sophia Paterson, West Development Academy
Taylor Rennie, West Development Academy
Zoe Rennie, U17 Scotland Team
Ruth Ritchie, East Development Academy
Iona Scanlan, East Development Academy
Abbie Sorrell, East Development Academy
Lead Coach: Gail Parata
Assistant Coach: Catherine Johnson
Support Coach: Paige Stalker
Team Manager: Yvonne Creighton
Lead Coach Gail Parata said; “It’s brilliant that netball has been included into the 2018 UK School Games for the first time and we are excited to be invited to compete.
The U15 age group is very important for the future development of the Scottish Thistle national programme and being Lead Coach means I can share my knowledge and experience with both the players and the Development Academy coaches whom I am looking forward to working with.”
Good luck to all players and management, we can’t wait to follow your progress #FutureThistles.
