Team Bath has announced a young and exciting squad to contest the 2012 Fiat
Netball Superleague.
Half of the 16-strong squad are current University of Bath students and they
are joined by three of the University¹s graduates.
The squad includes Sports Performance student Kadeen Corbin. The shooter
made her England debut in the tour of New Zealand and Australia in October
and was a member of the England squad that won the World Netball Series Fast
Net competition in Liverpool at the weekend.
Gemma Fletcher also made her senior England debut in Australasia in October
and returns to Superleague action for Team Bath, when she becomes the only
player to have featured in all seven of Team Bath¹s Superleague campaigns.
Asha Tett, a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate who played for
Singapore at this year¹s World Championships, also returns.
Midcourt dynamo Amanda Trounce, a senior Welsh international and University
of Bath Pharmacy graduate, makes a welcome return to Team Bath colours after
a season with Celtic Dragons.
She joins a midcourt that can also boast Mia Ritchie and Scarlett Williams,
who both impressed in the 2011 campaign, and England under-21 player Yasmin
Parsons, who has stepped up from Team Bath¹s Netball Talent League squad and
is aiming to make the England squad for the 2013 World Youth Championships
in Glasgow.
Shooter Kirsty Delves is named in the squad but is currently injured.
University of Bath students Kat Hayes, Katie McGinley, Millie Grey and Becky
Watkins all feature in the Team Bath Superleague squad for the first time.
Jess Garland, Team Bath head coach, said the franchise has gone back to its
roots with a young and exciting squad for its 2012 campaign.
³Team Bath has a proven track record of developing young and talented
players, as was illustrated recently by the fact that eight members of
England¹s victorious 12-strong World Netball Series squad have played for
Team Bath.
³We¹re continuing that trend in 2012 with a young team that will develop
together as the season progresses. It¹s going to be an exciting season for
the Team Bath franchise.
³Eight of the players feature in the University of Bath¹s British
Universities and Colleges (BUCS) teams so they are used to playing together
on a regular basis,² she added. ³We also have experience in Gemma Fletcher
and Asha Tett, and it¹s great to have Amanda Trounce back at Team Bath.²
Team Bath get their 2012 Superleague campaign underway with a trip to Celtic
Dragons on Friday 20 January and play their first home game against Northern
Thunder on 30 January. For full phase one fixtures please go to
http://www.teambath.com/sport/netball/superleague/
