Louisa Brownfield

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Louisa Brownfield
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Personal information
Full nameLouisa Watson(née Brownfield)
Born (1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 40)
Rochford, Essex, [1] England
School The Deanes School
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA/GS
YearsClub team(s)Apps
200x–2005 London Hurricanes
2005–2009 Galleria Mavericks
2009–201x → Hertfordshire Mavericks
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2006–2011 England 55 [2]
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
Bishop's Stortford College [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Netball Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Singapore Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi Team
World Netball Series
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Liverpool Team
Last updated: 26 March 2020

Louisa Brownfield (born 14 April 1984), also known as Louisa Watson, is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 World Netball Championships. Between 2006 and 2015, Brownfield also played for Mavericks in seven Netball Superleague grand finals, helping them win two titles in 2007–08 and 2011.

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Early life and education

Brownfield is originally from Thundersley, Essex. She attended The Deanes School. [3] [4]

Playing career

London Hurricanes

During the Super Cup era, Brownfield played for London Hurricanes. Along with Abby Teare, Chioma Ezeogu and Sonia Mkoloma, she was a member of the Hurricanes team that lost to London Tornadoes in the 2003 Super Cup final. [5] [6] [7]

Mavericks

Between 2006 and 2011, Brownfield played for Mavericks in six successive Netball Superleague grand finals. Brownfield was the top scorer in the grand final when Mavericks won their first Netball Superleague title in the 2007–08 after defeating Loughborough Lightning by 43–39. Other members of the team included Amanda Newton and Karen Atkinson. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] She was also top scorer in the 2009 and 2010 grand finals. [13] [14] Brownfield was captain when Mavericks' won their second Netball Superleague title in 2011 after defeating Surrey Storm by 57–46 in the grand final. Other members of the team included Karen Atkinson, Layla Guscoth and Lindsay Keable. [15] [16] [17] In 2015 Brownfield played in her seventh grand final. [18] [19]

Grand finalsPlaceOpponentGoals
1 2005–06 [8] Runners up Team Bath Netball.svg  13/19 (68%)
2 2006–07 [9] Runners up Team Bath Netball.svg  28/34 (82%)
3 2007–08 [10] [11] [12] Winners Loughborough Lightning Netball.svg  32/37 (86%) ?
4 2008–09 [13] Runners up Team Bath Netball.svg  31/34 (91%)
5 2009–10 [14] Runners up Team Bath Netball.svg  32/40 (80%)
6 2011 [15] [16] [17] Winners Surrey Storm Netball.svg  37/45 (82%)
7 2015 [18] [19] Runners up Surrey Storm  ?

England

Brownfield was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 World Netball Championships. [20] [21] [22] She made 55 senior appearances for England. [2]

TournamentsPlace
2006 Commonwealth Games [20] Bronze medal icon.svg
2007 World Netball Championships [4] [23] 4th
2008 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [24] 2nd
2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [25] (Note 1) 1st
2010 Commonwealth Games [1] [26] [21] Bronze medal icon.svg
2010 World Netball Series [27] Silver medal icon.svg
2011 World Netball Championships [22] [28] Bronze medal icon.svg
Notes

Honours

England
World 7
Mavericks
London Hurricanes

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