Anna Stembridge

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Anna Stembridge
Personal information
Full nameAnna Stembridge(née Mayes)
Born (1981-02-08) 8 February 1981 (age 43) [1]
Swindon [2]
School New College, Swindon
University University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Occupation Senior university lecturer
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
YearsClub team(s)Apps
199x–200x Team Bath
2005–2008 Celtic Dragons
YearsNational team(s)Caps
1990s England U16, U17 5
2002–2007 Wales 45
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
2005–2007 Welsh Netball Academy [3]
2007–2008 Celtic Dragons
2011–2015 England
2015–2022 Team Bath

Anna Stembridge (born 8 February 1981), originally known as Anna Mayes, is a former netball player and coach. Between 2011 and 2015, Mayes served as head coach of England. She was head coach when England won the 2011 World Netball Series. It was the first time England won a major tournament. She was also England head coach at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Between 2015 and 2022, she served as head coach of Team Bath. As a player, she represented Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 2003 and 2007 World Netball Championships. During the Super Cup era, Mayes played for Team Bath and during the early Netball Superleague era she played for Celtic Dragons.

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Education and employment

Mayes attended the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, now known as Cardiff Metropolitan University. In 2002 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sport and Exercise Science, in 2004 she completed a masters in Sports Psychology and in 2009 she gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. Throughout her coaching career with England and Team Bath, Mayes worked as a lecturer in Sports Coaching and Sport Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, while also working on her PhD. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Playing career

Early years

Mayes began her netball career playing for the Swindon-based Lawn Netball Club before representing a team based in Hucclecote. [7] [8] [9]

Team Bath

During the Super Cup era, Mayes played for Team Bath. She was coached by Lyn Gunson and her teammates included her future coaching partner, Jess Thirlby. In 2004, she was a member of the Team Bath squad that won the Super Cup title. [4] [10] [11]

Celtic Dragons

Between 2005 and 2008, Mayes was a player coach with Celtic Dragons in the Netball Superleague. During the 2007–08 season she served as head coach. [3] [12] [13] [14]

International

England

Mayes represented England at both under-16 and under-17 levels, winning 5 caps. [3] [8]

Wales

On 12 March 2002, Mayes made her senior debut for Wales against Barbados. She eventually made 45 senior appearances for Wales. She represented Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, at the 2003 and 2007 World Netball Championships and at several European Netball Championships. [1] [3] [15] [16] [17]

TournamentsPlace
2002 Commonwealth Games [1] [18] 6th
2003 World Netball Championships [19] 14th
2006 Commonwealth Games [1] [20] [21] 8th
2007 World Netball Championships [12] [22] 12th

Coaching career

England

Between 2008 and 2011, Mayes served as an assistant coach with England. She served as an assistant at the 2008 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2011 World Netball Championships. Between 2008 and 2009 she also served as a coach with the England U21's. She first acted as head coach of a senior England team at the 2010 World Netball Series, guiding them to second place. [3] [16] [23] [24] At the 2011 World Netball Series, while interim head coach, she guided England to the gold medal. It was the first time England won a major tournament. In the final they defeated New Zealand 33–26. In December 2011 she was confirmed as head coach on a permanent basis. [7] [25]

Between 2011 and 2015, Mayes served as head coach of the England team, taking charge for 46 test matches. She guided England to 31 wins, achieving a win rate of 67% overall. In January 2013 she guided England to an historic 3–0 series win against Australia. She also guided England to two series wins against Jamaica. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Mayes' England lost narrowly by 1 goal to both Australia and New Zealand. [2] [3] [23] [26] [27] During the 2014 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, England beat New Zealand in New Zealand for only the second time. [28] In March 2015, it was announced that Mayes would be leaving her England role. [29] [30] [31] She was subsequently replaced by Tracey Neville. [32]

TournamentsPlace
2010 World Netball Series [3] Silver medal icon.svg
2011 World Netball Series [7] [25] Gold medal icon.svg
2012 Fast5 Netball World Series [33] Silver medal icon.svg
2013 Fast5 Netball World Series [34] 6th
2014 Commonwealth Games [35] [36] [37] 4th
2014 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [28] 2nd
2014 Fast5 Netball World Series [38] Bronze medal icon.svg

Team Bath

Between 2008 and 2010, Mayes served as an assistant coach with Team Bath. She formed a successful partnership with head coach Jess Thirlby and together they guided Team Bath to two Netball Superleague titles. [4] [6] [10] [16] [39] In 2015, after leaving the England head coach role, Mayes, now known as Anna Stembridge, returned to Team Bath to serve as head coach. She was initially reunited with Thirlby, who was now Director of Netball. [4] [10] [16] Under Stembridge, Team Bath qualified for the play-offs every season she was head coach and in 2021 they were runners up. They also won the 2021 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. In April 2022, Stembridge announced she would step down as head coach at the end of the season. [6] [11] [40] [41] [42] [43] In April 2024, Stembridge and Thirlby, were inducted into the University of Bath/Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. [44] [45]

Honours

Player

Team Bath

Head coach

England
Team Bath

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