Noleen Lennon

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Noleen Lennon
Personal information
Full nameNoleen Armstrong(née Lennon)
Born (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984 (age 39)
Bangor, County Down
Northern Ireland [1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2]
University Ulster University
Relatives Ciara Mageean [3]
Netball career
Playing position(s): GK, GS
YearsClub team(s)Apps
199x–20xx Belfast Ladies
2005–2006 → Team Northumbria
2014 → Team Northumbria
YearsNational team(s)Caps
20xx–2019 Northern Ireland

Noleen Lennon (born 22 March 1984), also known as Noleen Armstrong, is a former Northern Ireland netball international. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2003, 2011 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that were silver medallists at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships. She captained Northern Ireland when they won the 2009 Nations Cup and then again at the 2011 World Netball Championships.

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Early life, family and education

Lennon is from Portaferry, County Down. [4] [5] [6] She is a relative of Ciara Mageean, a track and field athlete who also represented Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [3] While attending Ulster University, Lennon served as president of the university's sports union. [2] [7] [8]

Playing career

Clubs

Belfast Ladies

Lennon plays for Belfast Ladies in the Northern Ireland Premier League. [4] [6] [9]

Team Northumbria

Lennon has played for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague. She initially played for Team Northumbria during the 2005–06 season. As part of their preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Northern Ireland national netball team formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw Lennon and six other Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Fionnuala Toner, Caroline O'Hanlon, Gemma Gibney, Michelle Drayne and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 season. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Northern Ireland

Lennon represented Northern Ireland at the 2003, 2011 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that were silver medallists at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships. [4] [6] [14] [15] She captained Northern Ireland when they won the 2009 Nations Cup [16] [17] and then again at the 2011 World Netball Championships. [5] [18] [19] [20] Lennon initially retired after the 2018 Commonwealth Games but was recalled for the 2019 Netball World Cup as an injury replacement for Lisa Bowman who missed out due to serious ankle injury. [4] [21] In January 2018 she had helped Northern Ireland secure their place in the 2019 Netball World Cup with a player of the match performance against Wales during qualification tournament. [22]

TournamentsPlace
2003 World Netball Championships [15] [23] 19th
2007 Nations Cup [2] [9] Bronze medal icon.svg
2009 Nations Cup [16] [17] [24] Gold medal icon.svg
2011 World Netball Championships [5] [18] [19] [20] 8th
2012 European Netball Championship [6] Silver medal icon.svg
2014 Commonwealth Games [25] [26] 7th
2017 European Netball Championship [6] [27] Silver medal icon.svg
2018 Commonwealth Games [14] [28] [29] 8th
2019 Netball World Cup [15] [30] [31] 10th

Other sports

Lennon has also played both basketball and ladies' Gaelic football at club level. Together with Fionnuala Toner, she was a member of the Ulster Rockets team that won Basketball Ireland's Women's National Cup in January 2011. She also played gaelic football for the Antrim GAA club, Glenavy. [5] [14] [30]

Honours

Northern Ireland

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