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Ama Agbeze MBE (born 12 November 1982) is an England netball international.She was captain when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.In 2019 she received an MBE for her services to netball.
Elizabeth Wendy McJorrow (née Nielson) was born on 29 January 1960. Playing netball for Wellington East, she was first selected to play for the Silver Ferns, the national netball team, in 1986, playing her first test match against Australia on 6 May. She played in the Goal keeper (GK) and Goal defence (GD) positions. [1]
Sterling grew up in Jamaica and describes how netball was an escape for her when her father was in prison. [11] Her junior club was Naldi Knights. She studies primary education [12] and attended the University of the West Indies, as did her husband. She married her long-time partner, Andrew Humphrey in Montego Bay, Jamaica in December 2023. [13]
Netball is a ball sport for two teams of seven players; its rules are published in print and online by the International Netball Federation. [1] Games are played on a rectangular court divided into thirds, with a raised goal at each short end.
An association football goalkeeper attempts to make a diving save. In many team sports that involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting opposing shots on goal.
Amanda Mynhardt (born 9 January 1986) is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of GK and GD. She is currently captain of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore.
It was the 1995 World Championships in Birmingham where she stamped her mark on the international netball scene with a sterling performance in the grand final against South Africa. She went on to be a mainstay of the Australian Netball Team, participating in the 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 World Championships and the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Fast5 (originally called Fastnet) is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) (now the International Netball Federation) in 2008, and was primarily developed for a new international competition, the Fast5 Netball World Series.