benecosMavericks is delighted to share that Sasha Corbin has re-signed for the 2019 Vitality Netball Superleague Season and will again lead this team as Captain.
Sasha Corbin, a long time favourite with the benecosMavericks fans, returned to the club last season and travelled to New Zealand with the England Roses squad for the Quad Series and will next be heading onto Jamaica for the Series against the Sunshine Girls.
Sasha Corbin had this to say about the new season with benecosMavericks: “Hey Mavs family, I’m thrilled to have signed for another season and am really looking forward to building on from where we left off and seeing what we can create as a team in 2019.”
Kathryn Ratnapala, Mavericks Director of Netball is delighted to have signed Sasha:
“We’ve been working hard to assemble a team that we believe can take us all the way this year. I’ve been eager to share this team with you all and am delighted to start with our Captain.
“Sasha Corbin is an inspiration to players on and off the court – her athleticism, skills and energy are second to none and I’m excited to see her once again pull on the purple dress and represent benecosMavericks as our Captain.”
Loughborough Lightning and England star defender Ama Agbeze has said her team mate for club and country Sasha Corbin will come back stronger than ever.
Corbin injured her anterior cruciate ligament while playing for Lightning in their defeat to Hertfordshire Mavericks earlier this month.
Sky Sports Netball spoke to Agbeze about Corbin and you can read the whole interview on their website here:
http://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/10173500/ama-agbeze-believes-sasha-corbin-will-make-strong-comeback
After a narrow 49-44 defeat at the hands of Hertfordshire Mavericks on Saturday, we caught up with Lightning Head Coach Karen Atkinson to reflect on the result.
“We always knew it was going to be a hard fought game. We didn’t start well which is an area that we need to look at. The game was pretty error ridden which shows the defensive pressure being applied by both teams.
“There were some positive elements of play which showed what we are capable of, both in attack and defence, but not for long enough periods. We need to look at the times when we went ahead and identify what prevented us from pulling away.
“Congratulations to Mavericks who dug deep and finished the match well. It is exciting for Loughborough Lightning and the league in general that such quality to the wire matches are being contested this early in the season.
“We now need to learn lessons quickly from this game in order to perform more consistently in our double header at home next weekend against Dragons and Thunder”.
Sasha Corbin’s season-ending injury will be a big blow for the Lightning Squad but they’ll look to bounce back this weekend.
Get your tickets for Loughborough Lightning’s double header against Celtic Dragons and Manchester Thunder on Saturday 13th and Monday 15th February at: http://loughboroughsport.com/loughborough-lightning/tickets/
England mid-courter Sasha Corbin has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season after suffering an ACL injury during Loughborough Lightning’s Round 2 clash with Hertfordshire Mavericks.
The popular Corbin tumbled in the third quarter, during the match which pitted her new side against her former Superleague team. After several minutes of treatment, she was helped off court to generous applause.
It had been a great start to the year for the elder Corbin sister, making her 56th England appearance and impressing during the early stages of the domestic season.
She will now enter a period of rehabilitation and will be supported by the England Netball medical team throughout this process.
Reflecting on her injury, Corbin said:
“I’m extremely gutted the season had to end for me this way. I will still be supporting Loughborough Lightning heavily from the sidelines as their biggest fan.
“I’m staying positive about the situation keeping my entire focus on the future and getting back fitter and stronger.”
She added: “I know I’m in the best hands and have a fantastic medical team to support me through this difficult time. Unfortunately my parents are away but I have had a huge rock in my sister. She is the best sister in the world, looking after me around her hectic schedule.”
“I will draw on inspiration having seen many of the greatest netballers in the world come back from this type of injury.
“I just want to thank everyone that has reached out to me personally or via social media. I feel truly cared for by our netball community. I will ride this injury rollercoaster and I promise I’ll be back to entertain you all soon.
I undergo surgery next week.”
Everybody at England Netball and everyone involved in the Vitality Netball Superleague would like to extend their best regards to Sasha and wish her the speediest of recoveries.
