England Netball has some fantastic news for netball lovers – more people than ever are enjoying our sport!
Taking a look at participation from the start of the financial year, more than 36,500 people have been involved in netball activity with England Netball since April – 17,000 of those participants were new to the sport.
This means we’re taking the game to even more people than 2015 with participant numbers in England Netball programmes up by 35% from the same time last year.
In addition to this, there have been a staggering 69 new clubs set up in this time, with a further 72 setting up a new section to their club.
All age groups are getting involved with thousands of University students taking part in programmes thanks to the fabulous work of our University Netball Officers.
For all those Netball Now fans you’ll be pleased to hear that the largest ever number of you are enjoying the programme this year and playing netball regularly in a flexible, non-committed way!
This is great news for netball, so grab those trainers, pull on your kit and get on court today! Find a session near you with our Netball Finder here.