Struggling to tweet as shaking & not embarrassed to say a bit teary. Cannot believe that game and how close we came to the draw. We are so so so proud of our
@ScotThistles
& of that magnificent performance. Hold your heads so high ladies. You were magnificent 💜🏴
🏐🌍🏆 | Final Score | AND ITS A WIN FOR SCOTLAND! Scotland finish their first
@NetballWorldCup
Match with a convincing win over Samoa! Final Score: Scotland 53 - 35 Samoa 💜💙
#BackingPurple
Yaaasssss!! We did it. Wales were, as ever, tough opponents but we stayed strong and fought to the end getting the win we knew was ours for the taking. Our first win of
@GC2018
feels AWESOME! 51-47 💜💙🏴🍾
Yeeeessss! It wasn’t our prettiest game ever & we made hard work of it at times but we put on a show for the
#Gc2018Netball
audience and did the job we came to do!
@ScotThistles
take 9th place beating a tough Barbados 50-48 in extra time 💜💜💜 Great job ladies!!
🏐🌍🏆 | NWC2019 | ITS TIME! We are thrilled to introduce our 12 strong Scottish Thistles squad for the 2019 Vitality
@NetballWorldCup
! 🏴
For the FULL announcement see:
#ThistlesSting
#BackingPurple
🏐🌍🏆 | Final Score | SCOTLAND! What a finish from the Thistles! 🏴 Scotland's defensive pressure holding Barbados back long enough to take the win! 💪 Scotland finish 11th at this
#NWC2019
Final Score: Scotland 53 - 42 Barbados 💜💙
#BackingPurple
The ULTIMATE
@ScotThistles
hangs up her dress...
Today
@clairebrownie10
announced her retirement from International and Super League netball. Full story 👇
From Netball Scotland - Thank you for an incredible 14 years! 🏴
#Netball
#retirement
BBC Scotland will be live streaming our Test Matches!!!!
🏴 Scotland v Barbados 🇧🇧
@BBCSportScot
Head to Insta for all the BTS before the game!
Still time to grab your ticket and come support the Scottish Thistles LIVE 🙌
#ItStartsHere
#ThePowerofScotland
#TeamScotland
🎉 BIG NEWS 🎉
We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the European Netball World Cup.
The tournament, showcasing 6 European Nations, will take place in Emirates Arena, Glasgow across 14th-18th Oct 2022
Full article on our website
@WorldNetball_
@EuropeNetball
Today we share the news that our CEO, Claire Nelson, will leave Netball Scotland at the end of May to take up the new role of Managing Director of
@NetballSL
Join us in wishing her well in her exciting new role
@ClaraNels
#netball
#ceo
🏴| The exciting news keeps coming!
Netball Scotland builds on its powerhouse coaching team as Scottish Thistles Head Coach Tamsin Greenway announces the appointment of Sara Francis-Bayman as her Assistant Coach
Full story-
🖱
#ThePowerofScotland
A huge congratulations and good luck to the Scottish Thistles who will be representing Scotland at Birmingham this summer in the Commonwealth Games!
#ThePowerOfScotland
#CWG2022
UPDATED STATEMENT ON COVID-19: NS SUSPENDS ALL NETBALL ACTIVITY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
We have made the decision to suspend all netball activity across Scotland with immediate effect until further notice.
Please see Netball Scotland Facebook page for full statement.
🏐🌍🏆| 100 CAPS | Congratulations to
@ScotThistles
very own Claire Maxwell, our pillar, playmaker and Captain, for achieving her 100th Cap!
Your dedication, composure and love of netball are a true testament to you and a great benefit to Netball 💐🎉
#BackingPurple
#Claire100
‼️Breaking News‼️
@TamsinGreenway
will be stepping down as the Head Coach of the Scottish Thistles.
We want to wish Tamsin every success and thank her for her time with Netball Scotland.
#PowerofScotland
Congratulations to all of the athletes and management who have been selected in our national age group squads 🙌
Good luck to everyone involved for the 2023/24 season 💜
#ThePowerOfScotland
You guys! These tweets! This is just a few of the amazing messages for our athletes in the last few hours.
Thank you to all of the netball fans over the world who have shared their support and appreciation for the
@ScotThistles
performance against Malawi this morning.
Last night some
@ScotThistles
players got their 1ST ever Scottish Thistles dress! Today they will have the opportunity to gain their first cap 🏴
Small number of tickets left for our soon to be SELL OUT games over both nights!
Remember you can watch
@bbcsportscot
&
@bbciplayer
And they’re off! Our
@ScotThistles
have started their journey Down Under to join the rest of
@Team_Scotland
for
@GC2018
. Safe travels team. We’re all right behind you! 💙🏴
🌍🏆| WORLD RANKINGS | We are thrilled to announce that the
@ScotThistles
have officially moved to 8th in the
@IntNetball
World Rankings! 🏴
#SucceedAsATeam
To read the INF Statement see 👉
Netball Scotland have been invited to attend the UK School Games in Loughborough from 1st-4th Sept.
Congratulations to the athletes who have been selected to represent U15 Scotland.
We wish all athletes and management the very best of luck!
#FutureThistles
#Netball
U17s take the win against Northern Ireland 54-32🔥
Some absolutely outstanding play from the team! The squad is back in action tomorrow afternoon at 2:15pm against Wales!
📸Stephen Hamilton
#powerofscotland
#backingpurple
#u17netball
🌍| WORLD RANKINGS| Did we say 8th in the world? Because as of the 1st of July 2019 the
@ScotThistles
have moved to 7th in the
@IntNetball
World Rankings! 🏴
#SucceedAsATeam
To view the rankings see 👇
Fifth and final game ✅ We pushed ourselves all the way and we are proud of our performances as a squad 💪
4th place finish at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 🏴
#TeamScotland
#CWYG
#Trinbago2023
Here is your squad for our match v Spar Proteas 🙌
Lynsey Gallagher will not travel due to injury, Kalea Stagg steps in 💪
We travel over today so let's wish them well in the comments 🏴❤️
Follow along on our socials for all the action!
#ThePowerofScotland
#B2022
#teamscotland
In the end it just wasn’t meant to be! Our girls fought hard against an exceptionally strong Uganda. So proud of our
@ScotThistles
’ game changing performances in the toughest group Pool B. Now it’s time to regroup and focus on tomorrows placing game against Barbados 💪🏼💙💜
It is time to meet the 4 teams that will be battling it out on court to claim the Super Cup title💥
Get your tickets now or forever be disappointed👇
#netballevents
#netballinscotland
#supercup
🏐🌍🏆 | Final Score | What a fight to the finish👏 T&T causing a real headache for Scotland but we fought hard until the end! Final Score: Scotland 43 - 43 Trinidad and Tobago 💜💙
#BackingPurple
💬 Scottish Thistles Head Coach
@tamsingreenway
has announced her
@ScotThistles
Squad for the 2020/2021 International Season.
We can also reveal the players selected to the Scotland A programme 🤩
Read the full announcement 👀
We are here to wipe all your post-netty blues away👇
We are 😁 to announce the schedule for the European WCQs in Glasgow 12th-16th Oct 2022!
Tickets will be on sale Fri 12th August - read the full story here
@WorldNetball_
@NetballWorldCup
#roadtocapetown
We are delighted to announce our Under 17 Scotland team selected to compete at the
@NetballEurope
Under 17 Championships in March.
Congrats to our
#FutureThistles
and their Management Team on selection and appointment. We are our
#BackingPurple
all the way!
Today we have named our official squad for 21/22 season 🙌🏴
This season is incredibly exciting as we build towards CWG’s next summer!
As we enter a bold new era with a brand new coaching team one thing is clear - we play to win 💪
#powerofscotland
#roadtob2022
#thistlesarmy
A great first game for our girls. Tough opponents from world
#3
England but we put out some great passages of play & evidenced our growth and progression on the world stage. Final score 28-74. Next up is Wales on Saturday 💪🏼🏴💙💜
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Scotland vs Wales for U19 and U21's!
📍 Emirates Arena
📅 14th April
🕐 2:30PM (U19) 4:30PM (U21)
🔗
Glasgow is lit up with The Power of Scotland!
We are so excited to welcome our fans back in to the Emirates Arena tomorrow to celebrate the return of International Netball.
Special thanks to
@glasgowlife
,
@GlasgowCC
@Glen_Luss
for supporting this event.
The Netball World Cup is only 8 days away and our Scottish Thistles are ready to go🏴
Get to know how the competition works, who we are up against and where to watch your Thistles on the world stage ⬇️
#NWC2023
#ThePowerOfScotland
#RoadToCapeTown
#ScottishThistles
Another game, another celebration! Congratulations to the ever tenacious
@saam_murphy
on reaching her 75th International cap for the
@ScotThistles
today.
A tremendous middie who gives it her all, all the time, and an inspiration to girls across the country.
#GC2018Netball
💜 We are delighted to announce
@Nike
as the Netball Scotland and
@SirensNetball
official kit supplier 👏
Read our full announcement on this ground-breaking kit partnership ⬇️
Shop our ✨NEW✨ Nike retail range ⬇️
🏐🌍🏆 |
#NWC2019
| With a competition that seen Emma Barrie earn her 1st Cap, Claire Maxwell earn her 100th and the Thistles battle some of the biggest names in Netball, this
#NWC2019
has definitely been a wild ride!
We can't wait to see who comes out on top this afternoon 🤯
🏐🌍🏆 |
#NWC2019
| The Thistles with a convincing win in their final match of this
#NWC2019
👏 We've loved watching these girls shine on the international stage ✨
Congratulations to our 11th place finishers
@ScotThistles
💜💙
#BackingPurple
📸 Credit: Isabel Pearce/SWpix.com
🏴 | It won't be long before you can see
@ScotThistles
new Head Coach
@tamsingreenway
in action 😊
Tamsin will lead the Thistles out at home for the first time when we host the Netball Europe Open Champs from the 28th-30th of August
Get ready, we'll need you all
#BackingPurple
Breaking News 🥲
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Karen for her commitment and passion over the past 4 years and wish her well. Join us in thanking her 💜
Read the full story on our website 👉
@kazacko
#SCOvNI
| CONGRATULATIONS to our Under 17
#FutureThistles
on today’s result, and to our 10 athletes receiving their first International cap. The first of many we are sure 👏🏼💜
And they’re off! U17 squad are heading to Belfast today to compete in the U17 Europe Netball Championships!
Good luck to all the squad and management! 🥳
#netballeurope
#u17netballeuropechampionships
📺 Netball Scotland is teaming up with
@BBCSportScot
to bring you the National League live!
🌟 Read all about how you can catch every thrilling moment and support our sport's growth. Let's show our strength as a community and show up for our sport!
➡️
🤗 excited to announce our involvement in netball's first ever UK School Games competition. Congrats to all
#FutureThistles
selected in our current squad, we look forward to watching you develop and to following your experience at the event:
Congratulations to the ever impressive
@Lynsey_G
who has just secured her 75th International cap for the
@ScotThistles
. We are so incredibly proud to have athletes like yourself as the recognised faces of our sport here in Scotland 👏💜
#GC2018Netball
#TeamScot2018
💜🏴| U21 LONG SQUAD | Netball Scotland are delighted to reveal the 22 athletes selected for this year’s long squad! 🏐
Congratulations to all athletes, on their selection and appointment!!
#SucceedAsATeam
For more information see:
We are so incredibly proud of our former Chair Freda Hutchison, who has just returned from a trip to Buckingham Palace to receive her MBE for services to the sport 💜 Read more on why Freda was awarded this honour Congratulations Freda
#NSFamily
Well, well, well - it's out there 🤗🤗🤗🤗 We are so incredibly excited to welcome
@CatTuivaiti
to the Netball Scotland family. The good news just keeps coming from
@SirensNetball
with more team announcements coming this week 🚨🚨🚨
What better way to celebrate the launch of Scottish Women and Girls in Sport week than to announce our first International Test Series since 2019!
Netball Scotland w/
@sportscotland
&
@glasgowlife
are delighted to host Bajan Gems in December. Full details on website 🏴 🇧🇧
Huge congratulations to all the players selected as part of the U17 squad who will travel to Ireland in February to compete at the Netball Europe U17 Championships!
Read the full story here:
We are thrilled to announce our Scotland U15 squad
The talent coming through our pathways is so inspiring; there has never been a better time to get involved.
Congrats to all the players & management selected! We can't wait to see what you do with the
#PowerofScotland
.
#Netball