Charlotte will go down a Storm in new netball role
Charlotte Masters, a member of the Surrey Storm U 21 training squad, has joined Cranleigh School’ s net ball coaching team.
Masters’ training squad are part of England Netball’s Elite Athlete programme and are training ahead of the recommencement of the NPL league planned for March.
Last year Masters ( pictured on the backpage) captained the U19 Surrey Storm NPL team having been part of the squad for two previous seasons.
Cranleigh’s director of netball Sam Hough ton said :“I have full faith in Charlotte’s ability to inspire and help develop our netball programme.
“Not only does she bring a wealth of experience, currently still training and playing within a franchise set up, she also has some great coaching knowledge and delivery under her belt having worked with successful U16 and U19 regional netball teams at her Premiership Club, Weston Park Blades.
“We look forward to welcoming her on to the courts as soon as possible.”
Netball has been played at Cranleigh since the 1980s. It remains the major sport for girls during the Lent term, with training throughout the year to help develop skills.
The courts are a hive of activity during training sessions on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday with more than 200 girls training, and then again in fixtures on Saturdays.
Cranleigh run more than 20 teams, which include five senior teams, five U16 teams, five U15 teams and six U14 teams, allowing every girl the opportunity to play, train and represent their school.
C ran leigh’ s director of sport Andrew Houston added: “In the short time she’s been here Charlotte has already demonstrated a real enthusiasm for the sport. She is an extremely talented netballer herself and I can see she is going to have a significant and positive impact on our pupils as well as staff.”
The school supports a number of pupils on England Net ball’ s Performance Pathway with players at county (U13), satellite (U15) and franchise (NPL) level, with representation at Surrey Storm.
Many girls go on to an excellent standard of university and club netball. Amy Fotheringham, Hebe Westcott and Rhiannon Baldwin are among Cranleigh pupils who have gone to a high level.