All Golds v Newcastle Thunder KPL1 2016 - FINAL_2
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‘DREAM<br />
COME TRUE’<br />
AS UNIVERSITY<br />
DUO EARN<br />
WORLD CUP<br />
SELECTION<br />
TWO UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE STUDENTS<br />
HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND AT<br />
THE NETBALL ‘NETS’ WORLD CUP.<br />
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Nineteen-year-old Kellie<br />
Hull and 20-year-old Thea<br />
Thompson will represent<br />
their country at the Under<br />
21 Netball ‘Nets’ World<br />
Cup that will be hosted in<br />
Wellington, New Zealand,<br />
between 20 and 27 August.<br />
Both students made it<br />
through trials in Bristol and<br />
London in March to make<br />
the final cut – a squad of 12<br />
players.<br />
‘Nets’ is a version of netball<br />
that is played indoors on<br />
high-tensioned netted<br />
courts, where the ball<br />
doesn’t go out of play.<br />
Gloucester-born Kellie is a<br />
first year student studying<br />
Sports Development and<br />
Coaching. She said: “I saw<br />
videos of Nets and was<br />
interested instantly. The<br />
idea of having no ‘out<br />
of court’ as well as the<br />
opportunity to score two<br />
points from outside the<br />
‘D’ was really appealing to<br />
me. I didn’t know what to<br />
expect from trials but when<br />
I heard I had made the<br />
England World Cup squad<br />
it was like a dream come<br />
true.”<br />
“I started playing netball<br />
at school when I was nine<br />
and fell in love with the<br />
sport straight away. I now<br />
play for Worcester Reds<br />
who are in the National<br />
Premier League Division<br />
2 and the University of<br />
Gloucestershire first team.”<br />
Thea is a second year<br />
student studying Primary<br />
Education and hails from<br />
Barnard Castle in county<br />
Durham. She said: “I’ve<br />
been through trials, made it<br />
into the long squad initially<br />
and so I’m absolutely<br />
delighted to be called up<br />
for the World Cup squad.<br />
I can’t wait to get out to<br />
New Zealand and represent<br />
my country.”<br />
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