The World Netball Series is supported by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA), the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), Manchester City Council, England Netball and Liverpool City Council. UK Sport is a stakeholder for the event.

The World Netball Series is a fantastic opportunity for all partners to come together to further showcase netball to the world as the best teams come together from across the globe. Whilst hosting the World Netball Series in the great city of Liverpool, all partners are committed to making the event a huge success, ensuring residents and communities benefit from the opportunities it creates.

This, along with the increased activity in the netball calendar, will inject new life into the sport as this new competition will be played by strong, confident and inspirational women. It is hoped the sport will motivate and empower young people to become more active worldwide.

Netball is a key Commonwealth Games sport and this initiative is becoming one of the most important events on the international netball calendar

Manchester is proud to have been voted the world's leading Sport City in 2008, recognition for the city's commitment to delivering a comprehensive sporting programme that connects major events to community sport, elite performance, facility development, volunteering, training and education.

The World Netball Series is one of a number of major events being hosted in Manchester in 2009 which, whilst supporting the objectives of our key national and regional partners, will continue to provide the city and its residents with opportunities to achieve their full potential through sport.

The NWDA leads the economic development and regeneration of England's Northwest and is responsible for:

• Supporting business growth and encouraging investment
• Matching skills provision to employer needs
• Creating the conditions for economic growth
• Connecting the region through effective transport and communication infrastructure
• Promoting the region’s outstanding quality of life

As part of its work to support these objectives, the NWDA works with partners to secure world-class events,which are distinctive and capable of attracting large numbers of visitors from outside the region and which significantly enhance the profile of the region.

The World Netball Series has been part funded by UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Events Programme, which aims to secure events of strategic importance that deliver a range of lasting benefits.

These include economic, social and cultural benefits as well as improving sporting performance by home athletes, encouraging participation and leaving a legacy of facilities and development initiatives. Over 120 sporting events have been staged in the UK through the programme since 1997.

IFNA is the sole, recognised, international governing body for netball, affiliated to the General Association of International  Sports Federations, the International World Games Association and the Association of Recognised Sports Federations, which receives funding from the International Olympic Committee.

Currently, over 60 National Netball Associations are affiliated to IFNA, grouped into 5 Regions - Africa, Asia, Americas, Europe and Oceania - each with a respective Regional Federation. Regional Federations are an integral part of the global governance structure and assist in the implementation of IFNA polices and development of the sport in respective regions.

England Netball is the National Governing Body responsible for the organisation and promotion of Netball in England. It is a company limited by guarantee and comprises of approximately 3,000 Clubs and some 68,000 affiliated members.

The Association is governed by a voluntary Board of 11 people including the Chief Executive Officer, seven of who are elected by the Membership and three appointed for their specialised expertise. The Chief Executive reports to the Board and is responsible, with the professional staff, for the implementation of policy and the management of the Association. The game is largely driven by the efforts of many volunteers operating at a national, regional, county and community level.

Established in 1823, Gilbert has over 180 years experience in producing balls.  Gilbert are proud to be the official and exclusive ball supplier to IFNA as well as New Zealand, Australia, Jamaica, South Africa Scotland Wales, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Malawi Nigeria and USA Netball.

However, the Gilbert Netball range now caters for much more than just Balls. Our range of teamwear, clothing and equipment is endorsed by international players and netball teams of all levels worldwide; making Gilbert one of the few brands that can cater for all the sport’s requirements. Gilbert clothing collection offers a combination of high performance fabrics with a comfortable and functional fit to meet a player’s match and training requirements at every level. We are official suppliers to many leading teams including Jamaica, Wales, Barbados, Trinidad Tobago; Celtic  Dragons;  Brunel Hurricanes and Northern Thunder Superleague teams.N etball is a performance sport so we ensure that all Gilbert products are truly “Created 2 Perform.

Monkhouse Intersport started in 1938 by the current Managing Director, Peter Monkhouses, late Grandfather who was a keen sportsman and over the intervening 71 years we have kept to the core principals of good advice and being a proper sports retailer. They now trade from 20 sites across both the Sports and Schoolwear sides of the business over the North of England.
 
In the last 10 years they have developed a real niche for retailing at major National or International events, such as The Aegon International Tennis, Hi-Tec World Squash Championships, British Open Squash, National Badminton and Squash Championships, European Hockey Championships etc. Alongside this they have a very successful web business for both Sports and Schoolwear at  www.monkhouse.com. They strive and look forward  to helping to make this a truly superb event for all.

Monkhouse Intersport has launched its online retail store to sell exclusive merchandise for the World Netball Series.
Click here to pre order your official event memorabilia.