Beth Cobden

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Beth Cobden
Personal information
Born (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31)
Stafford, England [1] [2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [3] [4]
University University of Manchester
Relatives Jack Cobden (brother)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GK,GD, WD,C
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2011–2015 University of Manchester
2011–2012 Northern Thunder
2012–2015 → Manchester Thunder
2016–2018 Loughborough Lightning
2019 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2020 → Southern Force
2021– Loughborough Lightning
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2012 Great Britain
2016– England 26 [3]
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Fast5 Netball World Series
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Sydney Team
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World University Netball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Cape Town Team

Beth Cobden (born 3 February 1993) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. At club level, she was a member of the Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder teams that won Netball Superleague titles in 2012 and 2014. She also played in two grand finals for Loughborough Lightning which won their first ever Superleague title in 2021. In 2019 she signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds of Suncorp Super Netball.

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Early life, family and education

Cobden is the daughter of Ian and Pat Cobden. She was raised in Staffordshire, living in Heath Hayes and Lichfield and attending Five Ways Primary School in Cannock. Her older brother, Jack Cobden, is a former England under-20 rugby union international who subsequently represented Romania at senior level. Another brother, Joe Cobden, represented England at under-18 level. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Cobden was introduced to netball by her mother. She subsequently began playing for local clubs, Newhall and Parkside. The Sutton Coldfield–based Parkside club also produced players like Ama Agbeze and Layla Guscoth. [2] [9] [10] [11] Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden attended the University of Manchester where she gained a BA in Accounting and Finance. Together with Helen Housby, she also represented Manchester in BUCS intervarsity netball competitions. [2] [12] [13] [14]

Playing career

Manchester Thunder

Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden played for Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Thunder teams that won Netball Superleague titles in 2012 and 2014. [4] [13] [15] [16]

Loughborough Lightning

Between 2016 and 2018 Cobden played for Loughborough Lightning. She was a member of the Lightning team that won the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. She also played for Lightning in the 2017 and 2018 Netball Superleague grand finals. [17] [18] [19] [20] In the 2018 final Cobden suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was taken off after just 14 minutes. On 27 June 2021, she and the Loughborough Lightning squad won their first netball superleague title [19] [21] [22] [23] [24] Beth rejoined Loughborough lightning in 2021 after returning from a 3rd ACL rupture injury. She was won the super league title with Loughborough in 2021 and was named player of the year and player of the match in the grand final. In 2022 she was unable to play in the final few rounds of the league and the grand final due to an injury to her calf but was still named in the vitality all star V11 as the Wing Defence. She played WD in the second half of the super league netball grand final in 2023 which Loughborough Lightning won and became 2023 champions.

Adelaide Thunderbirds

In 2019 Cobden signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds of Suncorp Super Netball. [4] [19] However, in a round three match against Melbourne Vixens she again suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and subsequently missed the rest of season. [8] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] Cobden was not included in the Thunderbirds 2020 squad [30] but was subsequently included in the Southern Force 2020 squad. [31]

International

Great Britain

Cobden was a member of the Great Britain team that won the gold medal at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. [1] [13] [32]

England

Cobden made her senior debut for England in 2016. [2] [3] In June 2016 she was given a full-time contract by England Netball. [33] She was subsequently a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [4] [7] Cobden missed the 2018–19 international season, including the 2019 Netball World Cup because of injuries. [24] [27] [26] [29]

TournamentsPlace
2016 Netball Quad Series [3] [17] [34] [35] 3rd
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series [36] 4th
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February) [37] 3rd
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September) [38] 3rd
2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [39] [40] 2nd
2017 Fast5 Netball World Series [4] [41] [42] Gold medal icon.svg
2018 Netball Quad Series (January) [27] [43] 2nd
2018 Commonwealth Games [1] [2] [4] [7] [44] [45] [46] Gold medal icon.svg
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [47] [48] 1st

Coach

While playing for Loughborough Lightning, Cobden and her teammates, Hannah Joseph and Natalie Panagarry coached at Ratcliffe College. [49] While playing with Adelaide Thunderbirds she worked as a youth coach for Netball South Australia. [12] [29]

Honours

England
Great Britain
Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder
Loughborough Lightning

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