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Teenage shooter Jada Smith will have the chance to appear on a senior Barbados netball team with her mother, Sabreena Smith against St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in a three-match series this week. The SVG girls will battle the Bajan Gems on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Netball Stadium, and Jada and Sabreena have been selected in the 15-member Barbados squad. Jada was the starting goal shooter with …

In Scotland A strong performance by the unorthodox Faye Agard could not save the Bajan Gems from a 32-74 defeat in the opening netball Test against the Scotland Thistles at the Emirates Arena here in Glasgow. The Gems were outran, outmuscled and outplayed with the Thistles leading 17-5, 41-14 and 60-22 at the first three quarters. Agard, who replaced Shonica Wharton at the beginning of the second half used her …

In Scotland GLASGOW – Final preparations for the first netball Test between World No. 13 Barbados and World No. 8 Scotland Thistles, starting at 2:30 p.m. (East Caribbean Time) today at the Emirates Arena, were disrupted after a COVID-19 scare over the past two days threatened to scuttle the entire tour. The Bajans Gems arrived in the Scottish capital last Thursday via Heathrow Airport in England and are using the …

GLASGOW – A confident Bajan Gems squad begin their tour of Scotland with a warm-up match against a Sirens Development Squad today at the Emirates Arena. Following three successive days of intense training at the Glasgow Club indoor court, head coach Margaret Cutting and her assistant Adrian Craigwell said they were pleased with the output and readiness of the players for the battles ahead. “After the initial concerns with the …

The Bajan Gems landed in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday morning after nine and a half hours of flying, with coach Margaret Cutting immediately taking steps to prepare for the upcoming two netball tests against their hosts. After leaving the comfort of 28-degree temperatures in Barbados, the Gems reached Scotland to contend with a temperature of 5 degrees and a four-hour time difference. The coaching staff of Cutting, Adrian Craigwell and Desmond …