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Born | Leicester, England | 6 October 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Bosworth Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing position(s): C, WA, GA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | Team Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | → Queensland Firebirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Surrey Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Wasps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2015 | England | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011–2016 | Surrey Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Wasps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated: 17 May 2020 |
Tamsin Greenway (born 6 October 1982) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. Between 2006 and 2018 she played in eight Netball Superleague grand finals for three different teams – Team Bath, Surrey Storm and Wasps. During this time she won five Netball Superleague titles as a player and/or coach and a sixth as a director of netball. Greenway also works as a netball pundit for Sky Sports. In 2020, she was appointed head coach of the Scotland national netball team.
Greenway is originally from Desford, Leicestershire. She was educated at the local community primary school and Bosworth Academy. In addition to netball, in her youth she played various sports including association football, tennis, table tennis, badminton and field hockey. Between 2001 and 2004 she studied Media Production at the University of Bath. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Between 2003 and 2009 Greenway played for Team Bath. In 2004, she was a member of the Team Bath squad that won the Super Cup. In 2005–06 she was a member of the Team Bath squad that won the inaugural Netball Superleague title. She was also a member of Team Bath squads that won further titles in 2006–07 and 2008–09. Along the way she also played in her first two Netball Superleague grand finals in 2006 and 2007. Her teammates at Team Bath included, among others, Sara Bayman, Rachel Dunn, Jess Garland, Pamela Cookey, Stacey Francis and Geva Mentor. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
In 2008 and 2009 Greenway played for Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Between 2010 and 2015, Greenway played for Surrey Storm. Greenway served Surrey Storm as team captain, player/coach and director of netball. Under her leadership Surrey Storm played in five out of the six Netball Superleague grand finals between 2011 and 2016. After finishing as runners up in the first three, Surrey Storm won their first Netball Superleague title in 2015 and then retained the title in 2016. In 2015, Greenway initially announced she was retiring as a player. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
In 2016, Greenway was appointed as the first director of netball for new Netball Superleague franchise, Wasps. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] Greenway guided Wasps to two successive Superleague titles in 2017 and 2018. She also came out of retirement as a player and played in two further grands finals. Her Wasps teammates included Rachel Dunn, Bongiwe Msomi, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Samantha May and Jade Clarke. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] In July 2018, Greenway announced she was stepping down as Wasps director of netball. [30]
Grand finals | Team | Place | Opponent | |
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1 | 2005–06 [11] | Team Bath | Winners | Galleria Mavericks |
2 | 2006–07 [12] | Team Bath | Winners | Galleria Mavericks |
3 | 2011 [31] [32] | Surrey Storm | Runners up | Hertfordshire Mavericks |
4 | 2012 | Surrey Storm | Runners up | Northern Thunder |
5 | 2014 [33] | Surrey Storm | Runners up | Manchester Thunder |
6 | 2015 [34] [35] | Surrey Storm | Winners | Hertfordshire Mavericks |
7 | 2017 [25] [26] | Wasps | Winners | Loughborough Lightning |
8 | 2018 [27] [28] [29] | Wasps | Winners | Loughborough Lightning |
Between 2004 and 2015 Greenway made 67 senior appearances for England. She made her senior debut during a series against South Africa. She previously represented England at under-19 and university levels. She subsequently represented England at the 2007 World Netball Championships. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. She was also a member of the England team that won the silver medal at the 2010 World Netball Series. [3] [7] [6] [10] [18]
In February 2020, Greenway was appointed head coach of Scotland. [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]
Greenway works as a netball pundit for Sky Sports. [47] [50] [51] [52] In 2011, she appeared as a Leicester City F.C. fan in the Soccerette segment of Soccer AM . [53] She has also appeared as a guest on A Question of Sport . [54]
Between 2012 and 2016 Greenway was in a relationship with the TV presenter Tim Lovejoy. They had a daughter together named Jamie Jeane Lovejoy (b. 2013). [55] [56] [57] In November 2019, Greenway announced the birth of her second child, Casey Jaxx, with fiancé Jo Feldman. [58]
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