England Netball announce squad for 2024-25 Vitality Roses programme | Netball Information

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England Netball has introduced the 23 gamers who’ve been chosen for the Vitality Roses programme for the 2024-25 worldwide season.

The announcement sees Beth Cobden and Zara Everitt return after a 12 months’s break, and Jessica Shaw following an extended interval away.

Tash Pavelin, Lois Pearson and Paige Reed are new names to characteristic, all having being elevated from the Future Roses programme.

Vitality Roses programme – 2024-25 worldwide season

Imogen Allison (Manchester Thunder), Eleanor Cardwell (Melbourne Mavericks), Amy Carter (Manchester Thunder), Beth Cobden (Loughborough Lightning), Zara Everitt (London Pulse), Funmi Fadoju (London Pulse), Alice Harvey (Loughborough Lightning), Helen Housby (New South Wales Swifts), Hannah Joseph (Loughborough Lightning), Natalie Metcalf (Manchester Thunder) Berri Neil (London Pulse), Vicki Oyesola (Saracens Mavericks), Tash Pavelin (Group Bathtub Netball), Lois Pearson (Manchester Thunder), Jayda Pechova (Group Bathtub Netball), Razia Quashie (Saracens Mavericks), Ellie Rattu (Saracens Mavericks), Paige Reed (Manchester Thunder), Alicia Scholes (London Pulse), Jessica Shaw (Severn Stars), Olivia Tchine (London Pulse), Emma Thacker (Saracens Mavericks), Francesca Williams (West Coast Fever)

Sasha Glasgow and George Fisher haven’t been included at this stage as they give attention to their rehabilitation from damage with their home golf equipment, whereas Halimat Adio, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, Laura Malcolm and Elle McDonald have made the choice to take a step again from the full-time programme.

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Sophie Drakeford-Lewis is one to have taken the choice to take a step again from the full-time programme

Of the 23 chosen, 20 are based mostly within the UK enjoying within the Netball Tremendous League (NSL), with the remaining three – Eleanor Cardwell, Helen Housby and Francesca Williams – enjoying their home netball within the Suncorp Tremendous Netball league in Australia.

Head coach Jess Thirlby stated the group chosen “excites” her and strikes the Vitality Roses nearer to their ambition of profitable Netball World Cup in three years’ time.

“I want to congratulate all the athletes that have been selected for this year’s Roses programme,” Thirlby stated. “What an thrilling cohort to get to work with and whom I do know will assist transfer us nearer to our daring ambition of World Cup gold in 2027.

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England’s Netball head coach Jess Thirlby discusses her intentions for the subsequent 4 years in hopes of main the staff to turning into world champions.

“We always expect to have a brilliant blend of talent in any national programme but the balance of readiness to perform and potential amongst this squad excites me and I hope the fans too.”

The Vitality Roses programme runs over 12 months and consists of UK-based coaching camps and aggressive alternatives at dwelling and abroad, in addition to in-club help for the gamers throughout the home seasons. Any gamers not chosen within the squad for the full-time programme are nonetheless eligible for choice for competitors.

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