What our players say...
I'm really loving it - I was on cloud 9 last night! Thank you so much for letting me join.,
"Aged 38, I have not played Netball since I was aged 10! I wanted to test my fitness and agility at a different level so I decided to give it a try again! Now in the 3rd season in Grade B friendly team, I started in April 2016, I am enjoying and improving and love being part of a team!!" (Anjam)
The girls are all so amazing and its been so lovely to play with them. Everything's been so well organised with the fixtures and everything which is fantastic and so much fun!
I'm loving it! Honestly, pleased to be a part of it. Thank yo so much (Helen)
"6 or 7 years here and I can't imagine life without it!!" (Kelly)
"We would like to thank the whole Action Netball team for a great first season. We have really enjoyed the season. The umpires are friendly and the evenings have been well organised and managed. Thank you!!" (Linda)
"First game last night! So much fun!" (Kate)
"Action netball is a great way to meet people in London, keep fit and be social at the same time" (Kellie)
"Thanks for everything! Coming to action was one of the best things I did and where I started my netball so I am so grateful for all the work you and the team do to make it happen" (Olivia)
"I just wanted to send a thank you for another great season - all the action netball staff have been amazing" (Ash)
I chose netball for the main theme of my novel Pivot because it feels like it’s this massive social thing that a lot of women went through at school that rarely seems to get any big attention.
I know personally I spent twelve years learning it, left school at 16, and almost never heard of it again. It’s never on my TV, or my radio or on the back page of the newspapers… and yet it was THE MAIN sport they made me learn?
Then, somewhere in my thirties, it started to creep back in to my life. My friends started playing on a Monday, then they were playing on a Monday and a Tuesday. They were making friends and helping out on other teams that were short of players. It seemed like such a welcoming community to help you back on your feet if you maybe found yourself in a difficult place like my characters.
The best thing about it was that you didn’t seem to need to be good at netball. I even went along once. ONCE. I had one great moment where I intercepted a pass with such grace. Unfortunately, it was a casual pass from the referee back to the GD to have a throw in, but hey, I got a hand to it!
I wanted a story about women who come together to find themselves independently of the labels they have picked up elsewhere in their lives. And when you want an hour off being a mum, or a wife, or the single friend, or the HR manager, what better than to put on a bib and become a WA instead.
Laura lexx