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The England national netball team is the national netball
Netball

Netball is a non-contact team sport originating from the United States similar to, and derived from, basketball. Invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a pioneer in women's sport, netball is now pre-eminently played as a women's team sport in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in the West Indies, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom....
 team of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The team competed in the 2007 Netball World Championships
2007 Netball World Championships

The 2007 Netball World Championships was the twelfth Netball World Championships, a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations , inaugurated in 1963....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, and came fourth, the same placing they achieved at the 2003 Netball World Championships
2003 Netball World Championships

The 2003 Netball World Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh 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 (current World Champions) in May 2007 - the first win over NZ for 32 years, winning test series 3-0 against (currently world number 3) and (currently world number 5) and running closer than ever before in May 2007.






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The England national netball team is the national netball
Netball

Netball is a non-contact team sport originating from the United States similar to, and derived from, basketball. Invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a pioneer in women's sport, netball is now pre-eminently played as a women's team sport in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in the West Indies, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom....
 team of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The team competed in the 2007 Netball World Championships
2007 Netball World Championships

The 2007 Netball World Championships was the twelfth Netball World Championships, a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations , inaugurated in 1963....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, and came fourth, the same placing they achieved at the 2003 Netball World Championships
2003 Netball World Championships

The 2003 Netball World Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh 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 (current World Champions) in May 2007 - the first win over NZ for 32 years, winning test series 3-0 against (currently world number 3) and (currently world number 5) and running closer than ever before in May 2007. England has appeared at every World Championships
Netball World Championships

The Netball World Championship is a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations , inaugurated in 1963....
 since their inception in 1963.

Players

The England long squad consists of:
  • Ama Agbeze
    Ama Agbeze

    Ama Agbeze is an English international netball player. Agbeze plays in the goal defence and goal keeper positions. Agbeze debuted in the England national netball team in 2001....
     (GK/GD/WD)
  • Karen Atkinson
    Karen Atkinson

    Karen Atkinson is an English international netball player. During her international career with the England national netball team, she has won bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games, as well as in the 2003 Netball World Championships....
     (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
    Pamela Cookey

    Pamela Cookey is an English netball player, usually posted to goal attack . She was one of the starting seven players for England in the 2007 World Netball Championship....
     (GA/GS/WA)
  • Rachel Dunn
    Rachel Dunn

    Rachel Dunn is an England international netball player. Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa national netball team....
     (GS)
  • Clare Elsley (WD/C)
  • Chioma Ezeogu (WA)
  • Tamsin Greenway
    Tamsin Greenway

    Tamsin Greenway is an English netball player and member of the England national netball team. Tamsin is a member of the TeamBath netball squad based at the University of Bath....
     (WA/GA)
  • Jo Harten (GS/GA)
  • Naida Hutchinson (GD/GK/WD)
  • Geva Mentor
    Geva Mentor

    Geva Mentor is an England international netball player. Mentor was selected for the England national netball team in 2000, debuting the following year against Silver Ferns....
     (GK/GD)
  • Sonia Mkoloma
    Sonia Mkoloma

    Sonia Mkoloma is an English international netball representative, and ex-captain of the Brunel Hurricanes. In November 2007, it was announced that Mkoloma will play for the Central Pulse in the 2008 ANZ Championship....
     (GD/GK/WD)
  • Amanda Newton
    Amanda Newton

    Amanda Newton is an English netball player. Throughout her career, Newton has played mostly goal defence but also wing defence .Newton debuted for the England national netball team in 1996 against The Sunshine Girls ....
     (WD/GD/GK) (captain)
  • Naomi Siddall (WD/GD)
  • Asha Tett (GA/WA)


Squad for the 2007 World Championships

  • Amanda Newton
  • Karen Atkinson
  • Ama Agbeze
    Ama Agbeze

    Ama Agbeze is an English international netball player. Agbeze plays in the goal defence and goal keeper positions. Agbeze debuted in the England national netball team in 2001....
  • Joanna Binns
  • Louisa Brownfield
  • Jade Clarke
  • Pamela Cookey
  • Tamsin Greenway
  • Joanna Harten
  • Sonia Mkoloma
  • Geva Mentor
  • Sara Bayman

Competitive history


Netball World Championships

Year(s)Result
1963
1963 Netball World Championships

The were held in Eastbourne, England, which was the first edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 Third
1967
1967 Netball World Championships

The were held in Australia, which was the second edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Silver Ferns were the winners.hi...
 
1971
1971 Netball World Championships

The were held in Jamaica, which was the third edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 Third
1975
1975 Netball World Championships

The 1975 Netball World Championships were held in Auckland, New Zealand, and were the fourth staging of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 Second
1979
1979 Netball World Championships

The were held in Trinidad/Tobago, which was the fifth edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad/Tobago were the joint winners....
 
1983
1983 Netball World Championships

The were held in Singapore, which was the sixth edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 
1987
1987 Netball World Championships

The were held in Scotland, which was the seventh edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Silver Ferns were the winners.New Zealand was the only team that won every game at the 1987 World Champs in Glasgow....
 
1991
1991 Netball World Championships

The were held in Sydney, Australia, which was the eighth edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 
1995
1995 Netball World Championships

The were held in Birmingham, England, which was the ninth edition of the Netball World Championships tournament. Australia national netball team were the winners....
 
1999
1999 Netball World Championships

The 1999 Netball World Championships were held at the Westpac Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand, the tenth edition of the Netball World Championships....
 Third
2003
2003 Netball World Championships

The 2003 Netball World Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh Netball World Championships....
 


Commonwealth Games

Year(s)Result
1998
1998 Commonwealth Games

The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as :wikt:host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century....
 Third
2002
2002 Commonwealth Games

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in England, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating....
 Forth
2006
2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, Sportsperson competing, and events being held....
 Third