Serena Guthrie

Serena Guthri
Personal information
Full name Serena Guthrie
Born (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
School Le Rocquier School
Ralph Allen School
University Bath Spa University
Relatives Kurtis Guthrie
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, C, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2007-14 Team Bath
2015-16 Northern Mystics
2017-18 Giants Netball
2019-present Team Bath
Years National team(s) Caps
2008–present  England 51[1]
Medal record
Representing  England
World Netball Championships
2011 SingaporeNetball
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastNetball
World Netball Series
2011 LiverpoolFastnet
2012 AucklandFast5

Serena Guthrie (born 5 January 1990) is a netball player from Jersey who plays internationally for England.[2] She plays in the Centre and Wing Defence positions. She is a dynamic player, known for her speed and athleticism, with a keen eye for the intercept. She made the squad in 2008, debuting soon after when she was just 17 years old. [3] and has so far earned over 50 caps for her country.[1][4]

In domestic netball, she played for Team Bath until 2015, when she signed with the Northern Mystics in New Zealand,[1][5] having previously trained with the team in 2012. In 2017 Guthrie began playing for Giants Netball in the Australian Suncorp Super Netball league. In her time at the Giants, Guthrie was a formidable player, winning the club MVP award for the 2017 season and becoming one of the league's premier mid-courters.[6] She left the Super Netball league at the end of the 2018 season, saying she wanted to return to the United Kingdom in 2019.[6] She will return to her old club Team Bath from 2019.[7]

She played in the 2009 Netball World Youth Championships where she was vice captain. She won a gold medal in 2011 World Netball Series[8] as well as a bronze medal at the 2011 Netball World Championships . She was also a part of the team that whitewashed Australia in January 2013, the first time the Diamonds had been whitewashed in a series since 2004.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3
  2. ↑ "Serena Guthrie | England | England | Regions". England Netball. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Serena Guthrie Netball - News - Yahoo! New Zealand Sport". Nz.sports.yahoo.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  5. ↑
  6. 1 2 "Serena Guthrie: Netball star announces England return". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Serena Guthrie: England centre to return to Bath for 2019 season". BBC Sport. 29 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "World Netball Series 2011, Liverpool Echo Arena". Worldnetballseries.com. 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  9. ↑ "Netball: England inflict Series whitewash on Australia in Birmingham". Sportsister. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-10-21.


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