Motorpoint Arena Nottingham to host new international netball tournament

The Vitality Roses

The Motorpoint Arena Nottingham is set to host England’s elite netball team as they play in front of a home crowd for the first time since the Vitality Netball World Cup.

The Vitality Roses will begin their Vitality Netball Nations Cup campaign at the Arena on 19 January next year – the first time since 2011 that an international netball competition has come to the city.

The Vitality Netball Nations Cup is a new international series which will see England play the Jamaica Sunshine Girls, the New Zealand Silver Ferns and the South Africa SPAR Proteas across four days of action in three cities.

The Nottingham fixture will see England recommence battle with World Champions New Zealand in their first encounter since the World Cup final.

Vitality Roses head coach Jess Thirlby said: “This is going to be an extremely exciting event; competition is higher than ever and teams are out to prove themselves following the incredible exposure of the World Cup. Not only will we be gaining a valuable opportunity to face some of the world’s best teams, we will also be competing in a completely brand new international competition.

“It is also the first time that the Roses will compete on home soil since the Vitality Netball World Cup and the first time we will be taking netball to three different cities in one series. There’s so much to look forward to and we’re really excited to see all the Roses fans back out in force.”

Tickets for the match will go on sale at 10am on Thursday 26 September 2019.

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