Netball West Midlands

The Netball Talent League is in association with England Netball's nine regions and eight of the nine franchises participating in The Co-operative Netball Superleague.

This is to create a competitive environment in which young netballers aged from 14-19 can experience high pressure games on a weekly basis throughout the year. England's most promising young netballers will have an opportunity to hone their skills and impress the national selectors en route to the senior game with the creation of this new elite youth competition.

The West Midlands National Talent League squad are called the West Midlands Warriors. They are are coached by newly appointed Lead Coach; Carl Hallbrook and Assistant Coach; Fran Porter. The NTL Team Manager is responsible for organising the squad on match days and we are pleased to announce that Ann O'Rourke will be fulfilling this role for the 2011-12 season.

Selections have now been made for the 2011/12 West Midlands Warriors squad following trials at Walsall Campus Sports Centre on Sunday 4th September. Netball West Midlands would like to congratulate the following athletes:

DOMINIQUE FORD-GORDON, ELLA GIBBONS, ASH GREEN, ALICE HAGYARD, LYDIA HALLBROOK, LUCY HERDMAN, TARYN LAWRENCE, SOPHIE MASTERSON, JORDAN MOXEY, AMI PICKERILL, MILLIE PRICE, GEORGIA READE, ELLIE REILLY, HAYLEY RUDD, CAROLINE TARNOWSKI, AMY THOMAS, ALEX BOUGHEY, JESS COTTRELL & KAYA WILSON

LAUREN FAHY, LUCY LE PAGE, RACHAEL MURLEY & CARLY NUTT have been selected as NTL Reserve Players.

Visit the Warriors fixtures and results page for more details about the 2011/12 season.

Sponsorship

We are pleased to announce that the West Midlands Warriors have again this year received sponsorship from Wolverhampton based ‘not-for-profit’ healthcare cash plan provider, Paycare.

Paycare has a long association with netball providing Netball England’s staff members with a company paid scheme enabling them to claim for charges on optical and dental treatment, specialist fees, stays in hospital, professional therapy treatments and more. Paycare Chief Executive, Gail Maltby said "We are very pleased to be associated with Netball West Midlands and are proud to support a sport that encourages a healthy and active lifestyle".

Click the Paycare logo to visit their website and find out more about how you could benefit from their healthcare cash plans.