England Netball | A guide to the FAST5 Netball World Series 2024

The FAST5 Netball World Series 2024 returns to Christchurch, New Zealand on 9-10 November.

England, who finished in third place last year, will come up against the other sides ranked in the world’s top six nations: Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa and Uganda.

The six teams will go head-to-head in preliminary matches before competing for final placings on the last day.

How the competition works

FAST5 is a shorter, faster-paced version of the game with five players on each side.

For the 2024 event, there are some FAST5 rule trials taking place. The extended power play period will bring more chances for double points while there’s also a new trial around using possession. Once the ball has progressed out of one third of the court (towards the attacking team’s scoring end), it can’t be passed backwards into that third again.

Remind yourself of all the rules here.

Your England team

A 10-strong squad has been selected with a mix of Vitality Roses and Future Roses, marking the first call up to a senior England squad for Future Roses Sophie Egbaran, Harriet Jones, Sophie Kelly, Isabella Phillips, and Emma Rayner.

Vitality Rose Paige Reed returns to the competition for the third time after picking up the Player of the Series award in 2023.

Jayda Pechova also returns following the 2023 tournament, as do Zara Everitt, Tash Pavelin, and Alicia Scholes who all represented England at the FAST5 World Series in 2022.

The squad will be led by Roses Pathway Head Coach Sonia Mkoloma with Future Roses Assistant Coach Lauren Palmer as Assistant Coach.

Name
Club

Sophie Egbaran
NIC Leeds Rhinos Netball

Zara Everitt
London Pulse

Harriet Jones
NIC Leeds Rhinos Netball

Sophie Kelly
London Pulse

Tash Pavelin
Nottingham Forest Netball

Jayda Pechova
Nottingham Forest Netball

Isabella Phillips
London Mavericks

Emma Rayner
Manchester Thunder

Paige Reed
Manchester Thunder

Alicia Scholes
London Pulse

The mood inside camp

Paige Reed commented: “FAST5 is always just so exciting and you always get a really good crowd. Being able to go away to New Zealand is such an amazing opportunity for us to showcase our skills, our potential and just have a lot of fun with it.”

Zara Everitt added: “Hopefully we’re going to win the trophy – I think that’s what we’re all aiming for! There are some really exciting combinations in the squad with some youth and some experience. I think we’re going to bring some really exciting moments for the crowd and hopefully for the fans that are watching us back home.“