August 20, 2009

Microsoft

International Employees Bring Love of Netball to MS

A handful of Microsoft employees, vendors, and spouses play for Emerald City Netball Club in Seattle. The sport, played mostly in Commonwealth countries, reminds many of home.

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June 1, 2009

Journal Newspapers

Seattle plays netball.

Yes, it's a real sport, and it's coming to town June 13 - 14. Take the basic rules of basketball, add in the passing conventions of soccer and the ball of volleyball, and you've got netball.

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Feb 11, 2009

Seattle Sports Commission

Think Ultimate Frisbee plus Basketball, and you have NETBALL!

Originally derived from women's basketball, netball is one of the most popular women's sports in the world...

Check out the ECNC posting on Sports Blast here.

May 16, 2007

King County Parks

King County's Marymoor Park plays host to "netball", the region's newest team sport.

"Netball", a sport with an international following that's just beginning to catch on in the United States...

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April 15th, 2007

The Seattle Times

Netball seeks to expand its sphere of influence.

Listen, mate: Do you hear the slap and scuffle of sneakers on pavement? That's the sound of a sport played by more than 20 million women worldwide.

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December, 2006

Netball New Zealand Coach Force Newsletter

Can you imagine? The lengths some people go to play netball!!

An excerpt from The Seattle Journal article appears in a Netball New Zealand coaching newsletter.

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September 5th, 2006

The Seattle Journal

What is that game? Netball debuts in the Northwest.

On July 22, a group of women gathered at Marymoor Park to play a game that looked somewhat like basketball, but wasn't. Their crisp accents reflected Commonwealth countries around the world. Spectators gathered to watch and wonder just what game they were playing.

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