Sky Sports | Netball | News | England wrap up series win

Sky Sports | Netball | News | England wrap up series win



Jamaica clearly needs to do some more work to regain their nubmer theree ranking in the world. The sunshine girls lost the second test and so the series as England now has a 2-0 lead.
click on the above link for the story of the second test match which was played on Tuesday 24th

The Nation Newspaper | Pressure on Bajan ballers

The Nation Newspaper | Pressure on Bajan ballers

Sky Sports | Netball | News | England set for Rematch

Sky Sports | Netball | News | England set for Rematch



Well lets see what the sunshine girls feel about he fact that althought they defeated then at worlds..England is still rated higher than them.

A pity another country could not be in England at this same time and have a tri series!!!!!!Netball need to get to this stage where they are several countries playing each other more often

Jamaica's netball deserves more help - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

Jamaica's netball deserves more help - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM



I believe every country in the Caribbean can identify with these sentiments.
Barbados recognised the importance of competition other than against its neigbors leading up to the world championships in 2003. As a result of playing aginst Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa and Jamaica , Barbados landed a 7th place world ranking.

Barbados just went on a tour of South Africa , which caused its rating to drop to twelve at this time.

S'Africa outclass T&T 51-41 in tri-series - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

S'Africa outclass T&T 51-41 in tri-series - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

Once again a Caribbean country fail to stop a team our of its region.
Story taken from Jamaican Observer paper

IFNA : Current World Rankings

IFNA : Current World Rankings



World rankings as at October 2008.
Click on IFNA World rankings and see the current world rankings.

Some movement has occurred between positions 5-12..

Bdos slipped from 11 to 12 as a result of their three love defeat by South AFrica
South AFrica moved from 9th to 7th
Trinidad moving from 7th to 8th

Silver Ferns show netball is worlds apart - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz

Silver Ferns show netball is worlds apart - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz


Well..Well.... The more things change, the more things remain the same. Was that second test victory by England a flash in the pan...What's the explanation for moving from playing so well to playing so bad in the space of 24 hours.

Its a difficult pill to swallow..As the article says..England are rated third in the world and the second rated team has defeated them by over 40 goals...it really does not give the countries rated 5-10 any encouragement.

Lets see what happens when Barbados (11) plays South AFrica(9) and when Jamaica (4) plays South AFrica(11)

Maybe these upcoming test matches will show netball in a greater light on the world stage.

Stories on Malawi: Malawi netball team triumphs in SA

Stories on Malawi: Malawi netball team triumphs in SA


Well well....South AFrica is really a shadow of the team it was as recent as five years ago.

An ever improving Malawi has defeated them again..this time giving them a good trouncing.

Barbados should feel that now is the time to defeat South AFrica and start to move up in the world rankings.

Please note that the South AFrican team that Malawi defeated was a club team. I still think that South African netball should be strong enough to rebut any club team from Malawi, unless it was a real miss match club tournament among the five nations.

Thanks to those persons who pointed this out to me and other persons on this blog.
You see... blogging really works.