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Official page of the Loughborough Lightning Netball Academy. Keep up to date on all aspects of the pathway incl: U23s, U21s, U19s, U17s & U15s
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🚨 Lightning Academy Trials 2024-25
💜U21 Development (PDP)
⚡️U19 NPL
💜 U17 NPL / Development (PDP)
🗓️ Closing date 11th August
🔗 Please see website for further information and eligibility criteria
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📣 We are excited to say that Lottie Lewis, Libby Davidson and Charlotte Savory have all been invited to attend the Roses Academy programme 2023-24 selection camp 🌹🏴
We are very proud 🥹
Enjoy every opportunity!
💜⚡️💜⚡️💜
#LightningStrikes
📸
@_morganharlow
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Announcing our Lightning Academy 2020/21 U21 Squad..
Head Coach Vic Burgess and Assistant Coach Louise Hopkin return as the U21 Coaching team.
We have an exciting and highly talented squad. Congratulations to all the selected athletes.
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Thank u to the incredible Lightning Academy team of coaches, umpires & volunteers for screening nearly 350 athletes across 2 days!!
Skills test & match play complete for every athlete under strict controlled conditions 🙌
We are really proud to have welcomed everyone 💜⚡️
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HUGE Congratulations to the following Lightning Academy U19’s selected for Roses Academy U19 Selection Day on 19th December 💜⚡️🌹:
Ellie Gallacher, Millie Van Neirop, Georgie Brock-Taylor, Georgie Forde-Wells, Bethan Lount, Indya Masser* Ella Bowen*
*New to LL for 2020/21
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What a tournament 😳🤩
Outstanding performances from our U17, U19 & U21 squads 💜⚡️
Congratulations to all involved 👏
Thank you to
@EnglandNetball
for an incredible 4 days
U17 NPL Tournament Champions 🏆
U19 9th Place ⚡️
U22 NPL Tournament Champions 🏆
#LightningStrikes
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We are excited to say that Charlotte Savory has been selected into the Roses Academy programme 2023-24 🌹
Congratulations, enjoy every opportunity! 💜⚡️
#LightningStrikes
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That is a wrap on a weekend of 2021/22 U15 and U17 Lightning Acad trials!!
Well done to the athletes, we hope it was a very positive experience.
Thank you to our incredible team of Lightning Academy selectors, coaches and volunteers and to our fantastic East Mids Umpires!💜⚡️
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U21’s had a 47-26 win v Team Bath and all 12 players had court time today!
Shout out to Player of the Match Jess Haynes.🙌
Shout out to Meg & Kelsie for their first game back after ACL recovery! 🙌 🙌
A good start to our U21 campaign!
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Lightning take the win on the road 56-38 against
@RhinosNetballSL
. Full squad effort with all 12 athletes taking to the court! 💪
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🏆 Congratulations to Lightning Lightning U19’s co U19 NPL CHAMPIONS!!
Undefeated in 2 seasons there has been so much hard work towards this result and we are all so proud of you all!!
👑 We are proud to officially crown our Lightning U19’s…NPL CHAMPIONS!
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Lightning take the win over Team Bath 54-32 with all athletes taking to the court!
#LightningFamily
#NPL2021
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Thank you to our Lightning Academy coaching team for delivering U15 & U17 Academy Hub sessions today at Loughborough High School.
It was fantastic to see our Lightning Academy Athletes back on court together! 💜⚡️
#LightningFamily
#NetballTalent
#ReturnToTraining
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Congratulations to Lightning U17’s Sienna and Alanah representing Wales U17 at Netball Europe this weekend!
The girls were supported by Lightning VNSL Superstar Sam May! 💜⚡️
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WELL DONE to Lightning Academy U17 athletes, Kate Edwards, Sienna Wilkinson and Tabitha Tooms on their selection for Roses Academy U17 Selection Day on 20th December.
Fantastic News!! 💜⚡️🌹
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⚡️⚡️It was a double Lightning strike away at Wasps today with U19’s winning 51-25 pom Ella and U21’s winning 34-31 pom Clara player’s player Rhi! ⚡️⚡️
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Squad news! 🚨
Ahead of the NPL opening weekend in a couple of days we are delighted to announce the following athletes as part of our U21 and U19 long squads 🎉
Congratulations to all named athletes 👏💜
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We are pleased to announce we have one final award for the 2020 season...It is named after an outstanding woman who is an amazing role model for our academy athletes and she is Lightning through and through!
Introducing the Lauren Steadman Award!
Stay tuned for nominations...
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U19s Bronze Medallists! Major Congratulations to all age groups finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th! Thanks to all coaches, managers, volunteers and parents! Bring on the 2019/2020 season! 💜⚡️🏐💪💜
#lightningNPL
#lightningstrikes
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Lightning Academy 2020/ 21 Trials, Screenings and Selections are complete!!
Who’s ready for some Lightning Academy pathway SQUAD NEWS...?!? 💜⚡️
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📣 Our U15s finish the morning top of Group D
W 22-15 v Storm ⛈️
W 36-15 Wales 🏴
We move onto our next group placing
💜⚡️💜⚡️💜
#LightningStrikes
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BIG NEWS re Lightning Academy 2020/21 trials for U15, U17, U19 and U21!! ⚡️💜
SAVE THE DATE....
U21 15th October
U19 6th & 8th October
U17 11th October
U15 10th October
Registration will be live on our website soon.
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Lightning HQ.
Last day together in the office for a little while. Plans made. Whatever is ahead we’re ready to come out of it stronger than ever!
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Early morning trip led to a ripper game today with the U21’s who took a well deserved 51-47 win over a tough
@MavericksNpl
side! Great game for the neutral 💜⚡️
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Squad news! 🚨
Ahead of the National Competition Tournament on 26-27th August, we are delighted to announce the following athletes as part of our U15 squad🎉
Congratulations to all named athletes 👏💜
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It’s time to feel good on a Friday with some more Lightning Academy News...
Sam Griffin returns as Head Coach for U19’s with Assistant Coaches Sam May and Zoe McKenzie.
Congratulations to the athletes selected for Lightning U19’s for 2020/21
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Well done to our U15s winning their opening game 28-24
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U15 and U17 Lightning Academy Hubs were all out in the sunshine today at Loughborough High School!
Thank you to our Lightning Academy team for going above and beyond to ensure athletes could take part in these Return To Training sessions!
💜⚡️
#LightningFamily
#NetballTalent
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Squad news! 🚨
Ahead of the NPL Tournament tomorrow we are delighted to announce the following athletes as part of our U17, U19 and U21 squads 🎉
Congratulations to all named athletes 👏💜
#LightningStrikes
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🥁🥁🥁
Congratulations to Saskia Holland for being this season's recipient of the Lauren Steadman Award. A huge achievement and all of the Lightning Academy Family are very proud of you!
👏👏👏
#LightningFamily
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Lightning Pathway 2020/21:
💜U21’s: A record number of NSL contracts from U21 = opportunity for athletes
💜U19’s: NPL Finals to play off for 1st place
💜U17’s & U15’s matches v Wasps, Thunder and Rhinos.
Over 20 new athletes represented Lightning for the first time! 🙌💜⚡️
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After a few weeks of trials and training, we’ve selected our teams to represent us at the
@EnglandNetball
NPL tournament at
@UniofNottingham
@UoNSport
from the 26th-29th July. Congratulations to all 🎉⚡️👏🏻
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Congratulations to the selected athletes to our Lightning U17 Competition Squad!
The athletes are working with Head Coach Alex Styan and Assistant Coach Amy Mountford towards a successful 2021 season.
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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2020 season ✅
It's a wrap for our academy as everyone takes a well deserved break for summer ☀️
It's a proud moment at Lightning HQ ⚡️as we reflect on our academy programme & some of the highlights from the season.
Bring on 2021!
#LightningFamily
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Fantastic day of netball for our U15 Academy 🤩
Congratulations to those who put on that Lightning dress for the first time today ⚡️💜
Big thank you to
@SevernStarsPP
for hosting! 🙏
#LightningStrikes
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Well done to Lightning U17’s on a great season end! 💜⚡️
A closely contested goal for goal match finishing 28-29 away at Mavs!
Well done to all the players.🙌
Thank you to the U17 coaches, team manger and scorers and to
@SaracensMavs
for hosting.
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Tonight we continue to celebrate our Academy Awards 2020 🎉💜⚡️
In the spotlight tonight are our Loughborough Lightning U19s!
Congratulations to the following award winners for the 2020 season!
#LightningFamily
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Squad news 🚨
Congratulations to the following athletes on selection into our U17 long squad. Good luck tomorrow in your opening game of the NPL season 💜⚡️
#lightningstrikes
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Fabulous News! 💜 Two of our U19 NPL athletes have been selected to represent their county in March! Georgie Brock Taylor & Bethan Lount!!! Well done!!
#proud
#future
#smashit
💜
A strong squad of 1⃣2⃣ has been chosen for the Netball Europe U17 Championship in March!
Congratulations to all of the selected athletes 👏
👉
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BRONZE it is for u19s with a strong performance and all 12 girls took to court! U21s was an end to end game with
@SevernStarsPP
coming out on top by 2 goals, 4th place for them! What a tournament for all 3 age groups! Lightning definitely struck this year! ⚡️
#lightningstrikes
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What a weekend for our pathway athletes! Representing their Country at the U17 Netball Europe Championships!
#LLU17
#LLU19
#coaches
#Lightningstrikes
💜🙌🏼
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A fantastic weekend of netball at the U15 National Academies Tournament
5th Place overall 💪
5/6 matches ✅
Very proud of our athletes and management team
💜⚡️💜⚡️💜
#LightningStrikes
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Last night our U17s played a friendly fixture against
@SevernStarsPP
Great prep ahead of the first game of the U17 NPL season this Saturday 💜⚡️
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Thank you to the parents, selectors, umpires and volunteers who help us run our trials. Today we selected our U17 Academy. Well done to the players for getting through a lot of match play! Names to be announced on Tuesday on our website
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A good run out for U21’s against
@SirensNetball
Development this morning.
Combinations tried, court time for those on RTP & a chance for a few U19’s to get some experience with U21. All 11 took to the court, final score 43-47.
Thank you Sirens and safe journey back home!
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Congratulations to the players selected in our U15 team to compete in the School Games. These girls have been working hard with
@CoachWashy
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Congratulations to the 10 Lightning Academy athletes selected to the Roses Academy Long Squad 2020/21. Final selection is February 2021.
This shows the strength & depth of talent within our Academy & reflects the hard work of all our Lightning Family.⚡️
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NPL U19 vs Team Bath
Starting 7:
GS - Ellie Gallagher
GA - Rach Duckers
WA - Indya Masser
C - Millie Van Nierop
WD - Corey McGlynn
GD - Bethan Lount
GK - Ella Bowen
#LightningFamily
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A dominant display by our U15s to win 34-26 to take 5th place in the competition. There is some real grit it this team. Well done girls and
@CoachWashy
👏🏻⚡️
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Today was U17 Lightning Academy Education Day. ⚡️💜
Inter Hub matchplay (fantastic talent displayed on court!), S&C, Nutrition and Injury Management.
Well done to the athletes and ‘Thank You’ to our amazing deliverers and coaches!!
#ligntningfamily
#wherehistorybegins
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💜⚡️Lightning U17, U19 and U21 NPL squads were all at home for their NPL games v Thunder yesterday at our Netball Centre.
Two well contested games for U17 and U19 were followed by an outstanding performance by our Lightning U21’s to claim a 51-48 win!
💜⚡️
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Our Lightning U21s are on their way north to play
@RhinosNetballSL
U21s in the opening round of the
@EnglandNetball
#NPL
⚡️
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Today began with U15 Lightning Academy Education Day. 3 hours of Hub matchplay and the LL⚡️ Challenge.
@Toriburgess86
and
@AlexStyan1
benchmarking the Hubs, Academy coaches leading the matchplay and players implementing the coaching.
#lightningfamily
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Congratulations to
@Lightning_Acad
U17 Jess for her first 🌹’s cap for England U17
@EuropeNetball
this weekend. All your Lightning Family is very proud of you! 💜⚡️
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Currently placed TOP of the U19 NPL table, with 6 wins out of 6 and 6 Roses Academy players on the squad, Lightning U19’s are on fire 🔥 this season!
Well done to Head Coach Sam, coaches Sam, Zoe & Lyn and to TM Jo for their hard work!
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Last night we selected our U21 Academy and tonight we selected our U19 Academy. So good to see some familiar and new faces too. There’s certainly lots of talent coming through. Thank you to the volunteers, umpires and selectors for helping us through the trials so far
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Good luck girls!! Dresses look great 💜
First match for our
@Lightning_Acad
v
@SurreyStormNPL
in our new dresses 😍⚡️🌪
Starting 7
GS Ellie
GA Zoe
WA Meg
C Gwyn
WD Corey
GD Abi
GK Michelle
Squad:
Laura
Georgie
Rachel
Aurnia
Jasmin
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We are ready for U15 and U17 Lightning Academy trials this weekend.
HUGE thanks to the team effort behind the scenes towards this! 💜⚡️
Athletes - PLEASE read your info packs for what to wear / do / bring over the weekend and with your specific timings!!
#LightningFamily
⚡️💜
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Tonight we start our Academy Awards 2020 celebrations 🎉💜⚡️
This season we have a special 'Lockdown Legend' award for consistent commitment to training during lockdown 💪
First up are our Lightning U21s!
Congratulations to all the U21 award winners for 2020
#LightningFamily
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Congratulations 👏 to Jess Monthe and Evie Watts who have been invited to attend the England Roses Academy Selection Camp 🌹🏐 in August
@LboroLightning
💜⚡️
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2/2 wins on day one and every player on court. Lots of positives going into tomorrow. Well done
@CoachWashy
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Full time in the Netball Centre and a win for our U19s to get us started today 🤩🙌
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Fantastic day yesterday for our U17 NPL Squad who took part in the
@MavericksNpl
U17 Tournament 💜⚡️
Big thanks you to Mavericks for hosting 👏
#LightningStrikes
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A challenging game for our U18’s tonight against
@GDST
select squad. A last qtr push took the win for Lightning 43-36.
💜⚡️
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A great start to our
@Lightning_Acad
NPL Season 🤩
U19 ⚡️68-36 🦏
U21 ⚡️68-50 🦏
Thank you
@RhinosNetballSL
for two fantastic games 🙏
#LightningStrikes
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Today was our second Lightning Coffee Morning led by NSL players
@steaders_1
&
@suzieliverseidg
with players from our U21, U19 and U17 squads.
Fantastic to see this connection through our pathway & hear the Netball discussions! 💜⚡️
#lightninglegacy
#lightningfamily
#netballchat
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Congratulations to our
@Lightning_Acad
athletes selected for Roses Academy U19 & U21 and Wales U21 Long Squads. 🙌🙌💜⚡️
#LightningFamily
@LboroLightning
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U17 and U15 Lightning Academies..enjoy tonight’s training sessions.
Players working hard and learning fast - Thanks to our dedicated Lightning coaches and the fantastic facilities at our Hub Schools, Colleges and Academies.💜⚡️
#lightningfamily
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Following our U17 Academy trials this weekend, we are pleased to announce the players who have been selected:
Congratulations 🎉
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Brand new court for the 2022 season 💜⚡💜
First to try it out LL U21 V's Rhino's U21
After the first 10 minute period LL are leading 14 - 5
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📣 NPL Round 2 Results:
⚡️🆚✨
U21 W 72-35
U19 W 56-39
Also a great runout for our U17s in a preseason friendly:
U17 W 89-49
🙏Thanks to
@SevernStarsPP
for three fantastic games
💜⚡️
#LightningStrikes
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Our U15 long squad training tonight before we make our final selection for the team to represent us at the School Games. Thanks to
@sachgrant
&
@HertsMavericks
U15s for providing opposition for the match play
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A busy day for our Lightning Academy…
💜U17 lost away to Leeds Rhinos 45-57
⚡️A home win for U19 59-36
💜U21 played ahead of the
@LboroLightning
NSL match and won 83-30
⚡️Our Lightning Acad coaches met up for coach discussion ahead of the U21 and NSL games.
💜⚡️
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Happy New Year to all our Academy Athletes! 🥳 We can’t wait to see you all in 2020 to kickstart the second half of the season!
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Our 2019/20 U15 and U17 Loughborough Lightning Academies start tonight at our Hub Schools, Colleges and Academies.
Coaches are ready and we’re excited for the season ahead and to start with the players! 💜⚡️
#wherehistorybegins
#lightningfamily
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📣 Match Day Squad Announcement
👏 Good luck to our U21 & U19 NPL squads who kick start their season tomorrow
💜⚡️💜⚡️💜
#LightningStrikes
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That’s a wrap on 2023 🎁
Great way to finish the year with a full Academy Christmas Camp 🎄
Wishing all of our athletes and their families a Merry Christmas 🎅
💜⚡️💜⚡️💜
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Lightning Academy athletes and coaches have worked hard in Academy Hub sessions across our Region during January!
#LightningFamily
#FitnessGoals
#AlwaysLearning
💜⚡️💪
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Following our U15 Academy trials this weekend, we are pleased to announce those selected for our hubs:
Click on U15 schools for full lists
Congratulations 🎉
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Thanks again to the parents and players who attended our U15 Hub trials today. Once again the coaches, selectors and volunteers were amazing. The selections will be announced on our website on Tuesday afternoon
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BIG NEWS...
Registration for our 2020/21 U15 and U17 Lightning Academy Trials is now LIVE on our website!
All the details are on our website. Join our
#LightningFamily
💜⚡️
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Today we have gone LIVE to our athletes with Lightning’s Lockdown Programme and Well-Being advice!!
From S&C to Nutrition, it’s an incredible programme. Our thanks to Anne and all the coaches and Lightning HQ experts!!
⚡️💜
#LockdownWithLightning
#LightningFamily
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Well done to
@_LSNC_
so many current and past pathway players in here, winning gold today 🤩🤩🥇🥇
What a team 🤩
What a season 🏐
What an outstanding group of players 👏
@_LSNC_
🤝
@BUCSsport
🏆 National Champions 2022-23 🏆
💜🤍💜🤍💜🤍💜
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U21s will be kicking off their 2019 campaign against
@PathwayThunder
with a 1pm centre pass. Let’s go girls
#lightningfamily
⚡️⚡️
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Day 3 of our Loughborough Lightning Academy Awards 🎉💜⚡️
Tonight we are celebrating our U17 Competition Squad
Congratulations to the following award winners for the 2020 season...
#LightningFamily
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Lightning U21s managed to come out on top vs
@TeamBathNetball
at full-time! 💜⚡️
#lightningstrikes
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Match Day Results🥳
Brilliant games today, with our U17s, U19s and U21s all taking the win in their games against the Central Warriors⚡️💜 Awesome results ladies💪
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Congratulations to our
@Lightning_Acad
athletes selected for Roses Academy Positional Days this week.
A fantastic achievement, enjoy the experience! 🌹⚡️
#LightningPathway
#FutureRoses
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Match Day Results👊
Brilliant games played by all three of our teams today against Manchester Thunder💪 With our U21s and U19s taking home the win, and our U17s only narrowly missing out on the win💜⚡️ Awesome playing today girls🥳
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Our Academy Awards week continues today with our Loughborough Lightning Hub awards 🎉💜⚡️
First up are our U17 Hub Coaches Player!
Congratulations to the following award winners for the 2020 season...
#LightningFamily
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Full time! After a closely contested game our U19s take the win! Well done Ania for coaches POM and Evie for opposition POM 💜
#Lightningstrikes
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Congratulations to the players selected for our U15 team who will represent us at the school games 🎉⚡️
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Great win for LL U21 today 💪 Final score LL 68 v Rhinos 36
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Four games and four wins for us today 💪
Great performances and lots of learnings 💜
#lightningstrikes
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We had a fantastic Lightning Academy Coaches and TMG ‘Welcome Evening’ last night...
What an amazing team!! ⚡️💜
#Lightningstrikes
#Lightningfamily
#wherehistorybegins
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