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| What a roller coaster of a match! Loughborough must be wondering how they lost it; for the first half of the game Mavericks was struggling to get into second gear as Loughborough’s mid court swarmed the centre third. Mavericks continued to turnover the ball at an extraordinary... match report |
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| Sweeting's New Baby 4th April 2008 |
Mavericks would like to say congratulations to former player Vicky Sweeting and her husband Andy as they welcomed the extremely cute Oliver Sweeting into the world at 11am on 26th March. They have been suitably busy changing nappies and keeping the new addition to the household happy. Oliver and family will be attending the Mavericks vs... read more |
| Media Attention on Mavericks 2nd April 2008 |
Last week radio and this week TV as the whole country sits up and takes notice of NSL. BBC Look East made a trip to the Mavericks technical session this Tuesday and took a look at what it takes to make it to the final. The SuperLeague gives coaches different pressures as the better you get, the more time you have to spend with media cameras and reporters! Maggie Jackson's... read more |
| Being an elite athlete! 31st March 2008 |
Karen Atkinson had to have her bags packed this week end as if Mavericks had lost in the Play Off there was a plane ticket standing by ready to ensure that she would be able to start preparing for the ANZ league with her Australian Perth based squad West Coast Fever which starts next Saturday. Read more |
| Play Off 2 Coach & Ticket Package - £20? 19th March 2008 |
Due to overwhelming interest, Mavericks are looking into arranging a coach up to the Sheffield Play Offs on Saturday 29th March 2008. We need to know if fans are interested in taking up this offer! Read more |
| National Screening 16th March 2008 |
The selections from National Screening have been announced on the England Netball website and quite a few players in and around the East Region have been successful. This weekend had been a busy one for some Mavericks personnel... read more |
| U17 & U19 European Championships Report 12th March 2008 |
Four Mavericks players went to the European Championships this March as well as three coaches and one Mavericks physio (Tammy Tang)! We are very happy to report that England regained the trophies and came away from both events as triumphant... read more |
| We are very pleased to confirm that the Mavericks Youth squad have come 2nd in the Netball Talent League 2007/8. This season they have only lost one match by one goal to Team Bath and drawn one against the champions West Midlands Warriors. The league table tells the story as our young... read more | |
| Laura's Impact 6th March 2008 |
Laura O'Mahony has had a successful season with the Mavericks Youth squad gaining court time and progressing her game, but other sporting events have also been happening away from netball. Laura's school PE department nominated her for an award 'Most valuable... read more |
| Mavericks at U17 & U19 European Champs! 3rd March 2008 |
Mavericks are keen to wish the England Under 17 and Under 19 Squads good luck this coming week end as they travel to Cardiff and Dublin respectively to try to win back the European Champioship Trophies. Paula Gant and Abi Ryan will be competing under Kendra Slawinski in Dublin this week in Ireland as they help to make up part of the defensive unit for the England Under 19's squad. Paula and Abi... read more |
| Monique's Euoro Champs Chat! 26th February 2008 |
Mavericks Monique Wood shared some of her thoughts of the matches at the Open European Championships as England took the title. Squad. I started at Goal Attack and played there for the first three quarters, really enjoyed the game but, it was goal for goal to start with then we started to edge away and gradually got better as the game went on. Stacey broke her little finger... read more |
| Under Armour Kit 16th February 2008 |
This season Mavericks have been sporting some attractive and very capable skorts and tops supplied by the official kit sponsor Under Armour. For more information about the sports performance wear, check out their website: www.underarmour.co.uk. As you can see from these pictures, the players very much enjoy wearing the Mavericks strip! See more |
| Good Luck to England Open Europe Squad | Mavericks wish the young England Open Squad well as they go into the Netball Europe Championships in Glasgow next weekend. Mavericks shooter, Monique Wood will be competing for her country against the home countries national squads. |
| Who wants to be a SuperLeague Coach? | Selection, selection, selection! It might look like a glamorous job; talk to players, watch them run around, pull faces on the bench and get interviewed by the cameras… but being a SuperLeague Coach has its pros and cons… So, who is in the Mavericks squad now? ... read more. |
| Mavericks Coach in Bedford | 26 girls 14 year olds from Hastingsbury, John Bunyan, Sharnbrook, Sandy and Stratton Upper Schools were greeted at Biddenham Sports College by the England Netball Captain, Amanda Newton, 2 of her current England colleagues Naomi Siddall and Louisa Borwnfield and a former England player and Sharnbrook teacher Debbie Jones.... read more |
| England European Squads Annouced | The squads that will be competing in the European Championships this spring have all been selected and are busy preparing for the competition. This weekend, the Talent 1 and 2 squads had their trials in Sheffield and groups of 20 and 30 were reduced to squads of 12 players... read more |
| Naomi Siddall: Playing against Team Northumbria at the weekend we faced a distinctly international line up. On court for the opposition were Lara McLeod and Elissa McLeod, both from Melbourne and Megan Hutton who played for Southern Sting in New Zealand last year... read more | |
| European Championships 2008 18th December 2007 |
The England Netball focus now turns to the European Championships this Spring where Open, U21, U19 and U17 squads will be competing for the top spots. The selection process for these squads has already started as trials took place on Sunday December 16th in Bath but no announcements have been released yet... read more |
| The rumours are flying around about who has been invited to trail for a TT team! The new Trans Tasman league which will be running with teams from Australia and New Zealand franchises is being established and is set to raise the bar. Part of the rationale... read more | |
| Cadge's Comical Crash! | At the very beginning of the season I was travelling on my own to training from my home town in Suffolk as the university term had not yet started. We had all had a particularly hard pre-season training session and I wanted to top this off with a pasta pot... read more |
| Banners Up Bonanza | The next cooperative Netball SuperLeague Sky Sports special home match against Loughborough Lightning on Monday 3rd December will involve a huge banner competition for our fans!... read more |
| Gant's Inside Gossip | Paula Gant, young Mavericks defender starts off a series of articles written by our squad members, giving fans the opportunity to find out what being a SuperLeague player really like... read more |
| World Championships Round Up | The hype is over and once again the Australia versus New Zealand battle has dominated a championships... the speculation about England's chances this year was justified as everybody within England knew that the standard of our play had improved... read more |
| England V South Africa on TV | England v South Africa - Thursday 15th November – 5.30pm - Sky Sports 2. England ’s netballers leave for New Zealand and the World Netball World Championships on 05 November, and a host of England fans are also expected to travel to Auckland to cheer them on. However, if you are unable to make the trip to New Zealand , don’t worry! Sky Sports... read more |
| Under Armour Mavericks Official Kit Sponsor | True Mavericks fans will have spotted a bit of an image makeover this season as our senior players are looking particularly smart in their new Under Armour kit. |
| England v England A at Hatfield | Unfortunately we do not have any report on this event but our official photographer Kevin Jones caught some of our Mavericks athletes in action... see more |
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7 April, 2008
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