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11.11am, At work, talking about netball. In the evening, nine of my netball friends and I had tickets to see England v Australia netball at Wembley Arena. England has only beaten Australia four times, and one of those times was on Sunday, which was the first of three matches in the current International Netball Series. England has never had a series win against Australia, so the pressure was on. If they could win tonight, they would win the series for the first time ever.
I'd never seen a professional netball match live before (they're amazing to watch on TV but they're not on very often and it doesn't compare to watching the match live). The arena was sold out, with over 7,000 people cheering; I;d estimate about 5,000 were cheering for England.
The match was pretty close the whole way... twice, Australia had a five-goal lead but, both time, England managed to catch up and overtake. By the final quarter, England were looking so strong, and managed to win by two goals! We were going wild, it was so exciting!! Even though Australia were incredible, I'm so proud to be English today, and to be a netballer (even if they did manage to make it look like an entirely different sport with their amazing skills). One of my favourite moments had to be when the Corbin sisters (Sasha and Kadeen, who play together on the England team) celebrated their win with a double backflip. Amazing women!
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