Running alongside the Player Pathway are the Lightning Experience Hubs. For the 2023/2024 season the age bandings have changed for these Hubs – they are now Under 14 and Under 16
These hubs sit outside the England Netball pathway. They provide a Lightning experience and competition opportunities to supplement the athletes wider netball experience, but they are not an official England Netball Pathway programme.
There are a number of hubs at various locations within the Region, so should be accessable to all, the exact locations are yet to be confirmed.
Trials for 2023/2024 will be held in June 2023 at Loughborough University – Under 16s is 25th June and Under 14s is 2nd July. The registration forms can be found at
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/performance/lightning/netball/experience-hubs/
The age banding requirements are NOT school years, they are based on the England Netball age band date of 31st December – so the requirement is to be under the age limit as at 31st December 2023 – full details of how this works is at the link above
These hubs sit outside the England Netball pathway. They provide a Lightning experience and competition opportunities to supplement the athletes wider netball experience, but they are not an official England Netball Pathway programme.
There are a number of hubs at various locations within the Region, so should be accessable to all, the exact locations are yet to be confirmed.
Trials for 2023/2024 will be held in June 2023 at Loughborough University – Under 16s is 25th June and Under 14s is 2nd July. The registration forms can be found at
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/performance/lightning/netball/experience-hubs/
The age banding requirements are NOT school years, they are based on the England Netball age band date of 31st December – so the requirement is to be under the age limit as at 31st December 2023 – full details of how this works is at the link above