KES Netballers Enjoy Pre-Season Masterclass with Rosie Allison and Clare Jones

The netball season at KES got off to a fantastic start last week as over 100 girls took part in pre-season training over a busy three days. Excellent netball was played and notable progress made.

During training, KES netballers were delighted to welcome to school former pupil and England International, Rosie Allison, and Welsh International, Clare Jones, who undertook masterclasses with the squads - sharing both their skills and experience of the game.

Pre-season training also saw KES host some warm up invitational tournaments, with the U16 and U19 teams in action against Kingswood, Royal High, Taunton and Monkton Schools, and the U14 squad taking on Clifton College and Taunton.  Additional games saw the U16 & U19 teams play Canford School.

Pre-season coaching also extended to Junior School squads.

Looking ahead it promises to be an exciting netball season. Fixtures start this week with matches against Monkton, Clifton College and King’s Worcester School.

KES Netball Heritage

• The U19 squad are the current County Champions in the England Netball National Schools Competition, retaining their title for the 5th consecutive season.
• The U16 squad are also County Champions, retaining their title for the 4th time in five seasons.
• In total 22 KES teams have reached the Regional stage of the competition in the past 12 seasons.
• The School currently has a player in the U17 Netball Performance League squad
• KES has provided no fewer than three Team Bath Superleague squad players in recent years (Rosie Allison, Jazz Scott and Summer Artman)