Imogen Allison
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| Born | 24 April 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Brooksbank School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imogen Allison (born 24 April 1998) is an English international netball player. She plays for Queensland Firebirds in the Suncorp Super Netball and is a member of the England national netball team.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Allison attended The Brooksbank School and started playing netball in Year Seven.[2] [3] She later studied Sports & Exercise Science at the University of Bath.[4] [5]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Yorkshire Jets
[edit | edit source]She played for Yorkshire Jets in the 2016 Netball Super League season.[6]
Team Bath
[edit | edit source]She joined Team Bath ahead of the 2017 season.[7] During the 2019 season, Allison was Bath's captain when regular captains Eboni Usoro-Brown and Serena Guthrie were away on international duty.[8] She was shortlisted for the 2019 Superleague Young Player of the Year Award, and later re-signed for Bath for the 2020 season.[4] She was named Bath's Player of the Year for the 2021 Netball Super League season and later captained Bath to win the 2021 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. [9][10][2] She was named the team's captain for the 2022 Netball Super League season.[10][2] Bath coach Anna Stembridge told Allison that she would be captain on FaceTime, as Allison was at the 2022 Netball Quad Series at the time.[11]
Manchester Thunder
[edit | edit source]On 28 August 2023, it was confirmed that she would be signing for Manchester Thunder ahead of the 2024 season. [12]
Queensland Firebirds
[edit | edit source]Allison signed with the Australian Queensland Firebirds ahead of the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball season. She signed a two-year contract with the Firebirds.[13]
International career
[edit | edit source]Allison competed for England-under 21s at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup, where the team finished third overall.[1] She was a co-captain of the England A side for fixtures alongside the 2020 Netball Nations Cup.[14]
She was in the England senior squad for a 2019 tour of Oceania,[8][14] and also for the 2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.[14] She made her debut for the senior team at the age of 22 in October 2020,[3] coming on as a replacement for Jade Clarke.[15] She played in the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series[16] and the 2022 Netball Quad Series.[11] Allison was named as a reserve in the England squad for the netball event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[17] On 17 July, she replaced the injured Beth Cobden in the England squad for the Games.[18] Allison was part of the history-making and silver medal-winning 2023 Netball World Cup squad.
Honours
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]- Netball World Cup: Silver: 2023
Individual awards
[edit | edit source]Netball Super League
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External links
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- English netball players
- Manchester Thunder players
- Team Bath netball players
- Yorkshire Jets players
- Queensland Firebirds players
- Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games netball players for England
- Netball Superleague players
- 2023 Netball World Cup players
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- England international netball players