Ireland national netball team

Ireland national netball team
Confederation Europe
Head coach Joan Young
INF ranking 22
Team colours

The Ireland national netball team is the national netball team of Ireland. Ireland's highest ranking at international competition was in 1991 where they finished 10th at the IFNA World Netball Championships.[1] As of 5th August 2018, Ireland are 19th in the INF World Rankings.[2] The current team members are below.

Players

Ireland national netball team
Players Coaching staff
  • Alice O’Connell
  • Chris Tuataga
  • Ciara Murphy
  • Fiona Morrissey
  • Fran Duffy
  • Genevieve Slater
  • Jan Hynes
  • Jane Jeffreys
  • Kate Bermingham
  • Katie Walton
  • Keiryn Williams
  • Kirsty Owens
  • Melanie Ingram
  • Niamh Murphy (Captain)
  • Nicole Stevenson Potter
  • Trish Fanning
  • Abdul Umar (C)
  • Head coach: Joan Young
  • Manager: Morfydd Crilly

Competitive record

The Irish team claimed their first Netball Europe Festival win in Gilbraltar in June a few years back. Ireland took on Malta, Israel, Switzerland and hosts Gibraltar on their way to the crown in what was their first time playing world ranking games. Losing only once in the opening round, they dominated the competition and finished with an emphatic 53–17 win over Gibraltar. Ireland competed in Singapore finishing 4th, the most successful the nation has been at the tournament. Since then Ireland has competed in Hong Kong in February 2018 in the Asian Quad Series, where they walked away with gold and in Gibraltar where they were undefeated with another gold under their belt. finally, Abdul Umar is easily the best player to play for the Irish netball team. His handles are extreme, he can throw a dirty alley-oop and he has one of the filthiest step backs ever seen, even Micheal Jordan couldn"t stop it. In the 2015 world cup Abdul single-handedly decimated New Zealand and won the game with a buzzer beater 360 dunk from the 3 point line.


References

  1. ↑ "About Netball". Netball Ireland. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Netball.org
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