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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Thorns v 🇦🇺 Australian Kelpies - Game 1 - Double Header London Pulse
Sun 25 May
London
For the first time ever, world #1 — the Kelpies, Australia’s men’s netball team — will travel to England to take on the England men’s netball team, The Thorns, currently ranked among the top men’s teams in the world.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Thorns v 🇦🇺 Australian Kelpies - Game 2 - Double Header with Loughborough Lightning
Sat 31 May
Nottingham
For the first time ever, world #1 — the Kelpies, Australia’s men’s netball team — will travel to England to take on the England men’s netball team, The Thorns, currently ranked among the top men’s teams in the world.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Thorns v 🇦🇺 Australian Kelpies - Game 3 - Double Header London Pulse
Sun 01 Jun
London
For the first time ever, world #1 — the Kelpies, Australia’s men’s netball team — will travel to England to take on the England men’s netball team, The Thorns, currently ranked among the top men’s teams in the world.
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2025 UK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fri 22 Aug
Loughborough
📅 SAVE THE DATE! 📅 The UK National Championships are back! 🏆🔥 📍 Loughborough University 🗓️ 22nd - 24th August 2025 The biggest event in UK men’s & mixed netball returns, bringing together the best teams from across the country for three days of elite competition.
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We’ve got you covered 🏐✨

Find a club near you using the EMMNA Club Finder:
🔗 https://www.englandmmna.com/find-a-club (link in bio)

If you run a Mixed or Men’s netball club — or your club offers Mixed sessions — and you’d like to be added to the finder, just drop us a message 📩

Let’s grow the game together 🙌

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Look who’s back 👀

The Trailblazers are back in training after their historic bronze medal at the Men’s Nations Series. It’s now time for the 2025 grind and who knows what challenges await them this year…

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BTS - Warming up for the Thorns v Kelpies Series 🔥

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🚨 2025 ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Introducing the 15-strong England Thorns squad set to take on the Australian Kelpies later this year! 🔥💪

We’re also thrilled to reveal the inaugural England Thorns A squad—details of their international series to be announced at a later date! 👀

Stay tuned for more details on fixtures and how you can support the teams!

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SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Thorns v 🇦🇺 Australian Kelpies

For the first time ever, the Australian Kelpies will play an international test series on English soil, facing the England Thorns in a three-match showdown this May/June!

📅 Game 1 – Sunday, May 25 | Copper Box Arena, London (Double Header with London Pulse)

📅 Game 2 – Saturday May 31 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (Double Header with Loughborough Lightning)

📅 Game 3 – Sunday, June 1 | Copper Box Arena, London (Double Header with London Pulse)

More details coming soon!

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🏆 2025 Winter Champions 🏆
After an extremely competitive group stage, the knockout rounds did not disappoint! 🔥

💥 In Group Sam, Manchester Thunder were on fire, going undefeated in the group stage and knocking down Super Shots for fun all day. They secured wins over both Knights Netball and London Giants Orange, setting themselves up as the team to beat.

💥 In Group Jane, super team The Janitors—featuring players from Norfolk United, Stunts, and Leeds Fury—also went undefeated, edging out an impressive Thames Mavericks in a thrilling group-stage battle.

⚔️ The knockout stage saw Manchester Thunder, Knights Netball, London Giants, and Henley Fire progress from Group Sam, facing off against The Janitors, Thames Mavericks, Henley Hawks, and Northants Storm from Group Jane.

🔥 The semi-finals set up a rematch between Knights Netball and Manchester Thunder, with Knights reversing their group stage result to book their place in the Grand Final against local rivals London Giants who took the win over The Janitors in the second semi final.

🔥 Knights & Giants group stage battle had ended in a draw, setting up an epic final showdown. With high-intensity and incredible skill on display, Knights Netball were crowned the first-ever EMMNA Men’s Winter Champions! 👑🏐

Congratulations to Knights Netball and a huge well done to all the teams who competed. What an incredible way to start the 2025 men’s netball season! 🚀

📸: @hbavinphoto

🙏 Thank You to Our Volunteers & Umpires! 🙌

A huge THANK YOU to all the incredible volunteers and umpires who made the 2025 EMMNA Men’s Winter Championship such a great success! 🏆

Without your dedication and hard work, this competition wouldn’t have been possible. From officiating high-intensity matches to keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes, you played a vital role in making this event one to remember.

We appreciate you, and we couldn’t do it without you! ❤️🏐

📸: @hbavinphoto

🏆 Winter Championship Round-Up 🏆

What a brilliant inaugural EMMNA Men’s Winter Championship this weekend! 🔥

✨ 14 teams from across the UK
🏐 3 courts, 52 games of high-intensity netball
💥 The excitement of the Super Shot
⚡ Fiercely competitive matchups from start to finish

The competition was played at the highest level, with intense battles, last-minute drama, and thrilling performances throughout the day. We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the 2025 men’s netball season! 🚀

A huge congratulations to all the teams for putting on an incredible display of skill, passion, and sportsmanship. Roll on the 2025 national League!

📷: @hbavinphoto

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the England Trailblazers Class of ‘24.

From the players, to the staff, it’s true when they say great things are never done by individuals, they’re done by teams. Teams who give it everything on court, and in support.

A team is so much more than the sum of its parts and when everyone is putting in the work, the good times will always come.

And Singapore 2024 was definitely a good time. It was, as Coach Wes would say, a highlight in the story that the group is writing. It is, however, just one chapter and there is more, so much more, yet to come.

If teamwork makes the dream work, let’s keep on dreaming.

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‘It’s amazing how far you can go when someone believes in you...’

This is a thank you to the brilliant coaching staff that believed. Thank you for always believing, and supporting the Trailblazers in the bright lights of competition and during the hard work done in private months and months beforehand.

To Wes, thank you for all the brilliant coaching, the planning, the relentless effort, and the wonderful game day speeches.

To Dan, thank you for all the tips and tactics, the stats, the advice and the brilliant tour guide duties on what should have been your downtime.

To Kieran, thank you for all the planning and timekeeping, the organisation, the humour and the endless washing and sandwich making.

To you all, thank you for all this and so much more. Thank you for always believing, always working and always wanting the best for the entire Trailblazers squad. Thank you for being part of the journey and thank you, in advance, for what’s sure to come. When people as exceptional as this believe in you, the next chapter of the Trailblazers story will be epic.

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Now we’ve shaken off the jetlag and before we hit the Christmas holidays, we wanted to give it up for the players who shone in Singapore.

First up, a massive congratulations to Aidan McHenry, who was awarded Tournament MVP. Aidan impressed all week, owning the midcourt and playing with a maturity way beyond his years. This is a well-deserved accolade for an exceptional player.

Then we have our squad awards and Ben Leighton took the title of Coach’s Player. Ben had a stellar week in defence, did all that was asked of him (and more) and worked hard every second he was on court.

Max Webb was voted Players’ Player and again, Max was on form in every game. As vice-captain, he led by example and took on all the challenges he faced on court while smashing it in the midcourt and in defence.

Finally, the award of Most Improved goes to Charlie Lough. Charlie’s shooting was on fire all week, sinking the long bombs without hesitation. He stepped up in every match and was a fantastic member of the squad.

Congratulations to these players and to the whole playing group on an incredibly successful week. Let’s see what 2025 brings…

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On the 🎤 with netball legend @1hannahleighton at half-time!

The Trailblazers head into Q3 in the lead 💪

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The million dollar shot 🤤

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Activation ✅

Ready and raring for our last game of The Merlion Cup. Here we go 💥

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Finals day let’s be having you 🤩

Super excited to play off for 3rd position against @nzmmna

How will we fare? Only time will tell, for this epic battle.

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As we approach the final match of the tour, it’s time we gave a shout out to the amazing @meganwinslow_sportstherapy, the woman who has, quite literally, kept us going.

From leading recovery to treatments, taping, and timing the dreaded ice baths, she does it all so here’s just a snippet of what a day on tour is like for Megan, the queen.

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Fourteen reasons to smile... these fourteen young men who, for five matches, have played for each other and not themselves. They’ve enjoyed the highs together and lifted each other from the lows. They’ve made real the things they hoped for and they’ve made their own little bit of history along the way.

From walking away from last year’s Men’s Netball Nations Series without a win, to a place in this year’s semi-final after a hattrick of victories, this team has shown just what they’re capable of and what is yet to come. As Coach Wes has said, the story starts here and this group is writing an absolute blockbuster.

If you ever wondered if good things will really come when you work for them, here are fourteen reasons to believe they will.

It’s all about who you are, not who you were.

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The Trailblazers were flying yesterday. How will they fare today as they take on Australia?

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Nothing like a match day routine to get you going 🎯

The Trailblazer’s keep their focus heading into match 4…

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This is a thank you note to all the parents out there - to those who drive miles, give up their time, wash the kit, take endless photos, provide the snacks, listen to the tales from training, support without question and love without limit.

And when it comes together, what’s it like? Here are two Trailblazer mums to tell us more...

“It’s amazing to come to Singapore to watch the boys play. To be able to play for your country and to watch your son playing just blows my mind. Aidan just wants to go and play and enjoy the game. He just loves it, he’d play netball every day of the week if he could. He loves having the opportunity to play at this level.” - Ann Matthews (Aidan’s Mum)

“I’m just soaking it all in, this is such a fantastic experience. I think Max takes it all in his stride, he relishes the challenge and he just gets on with the job. If I could give Max and the whole team one message for the rest of the tournament, I’d say just do the basics well and enjoy the game. You’ve all earned the right to be here.” - Karen Webb (Max’s Mum)

And so, to all the parents out there... we see you. And we can’t thank you enough.

#netball #mensnetball #england

Someday or Today? 💭

Take a look through Vice-Captain Max Webb’s journey to international netball.

To find out how you can start your mixed or men’s netball career, head over to the ClubFinder, located on our website. Link in bio 👆

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And today, they made history. England Trailblazers recorded their first international win, beating Singapore 51-47 in The Merlion Cup.

It was an outstanding team performance and that team goes well beyond the seven on court. To the players, the coaches, the supporters, the domestic clubs and to everyone who has told these young men that there is a home for them in netball, that they can perform at the highest level and that the rewards for their hard work will come - thank you. This is just the start.

If yesterday’s loss was a bitter one, today’s victory is all the sweeter for it. Before the game, coach Wes told the squad that it’s up to them to change the ending. We can’t change what’s come before but we can always create what’s yet to come.

Today, it’s not just the ending that this group changed. It’s the entire story. Trailblazers, in every sense of the word.

#netball #mensnetball #england

It wasn’t to be for the Trailblazers last night against @fijinetball but the 36-47 scoreline doesn’t reflect the tenacity, determination and class of our young team who have taken a lot from this first game.

We go again today as we face @sgmensnetball and, as coach @wessareact43 said after the match, we’ve come to play.

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Final training session before the start of The Merlion Cup is over. Now we wait for the whistle.

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Name a better way to prep for tour than matchplay with the 🌹🌹. We’ll wait.

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Leaders, right across the court. We’re proud to announce the leadership team for the Men’s Netball Nations Series.

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The best support from the sidelines, guaranteed. Meet the off-court team heading to Singapore and the Men’s Netball Nations Series.

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New players + new kit = Trailblazers tour incoming…

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Aerial manoeuvres only ⬆️

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It’s murder on the mid-court 🕺🏽🪩

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