Layla Guscoth

Layla Guscoth
Personal information
Full name Layla Guscoth
Born (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 (age 32)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
University St John's College, Oxford
University College London
Occupation Doctor
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, GK, WD
Years Club team(s) Apps
2009–2010 Loughborough Lightning
2010–2016 Hertfordshire Mavericks
2010–2013 → Oxford University
2014–2016 → UCL
2016–2018 Team Bath
2019– Adelaide Thunderbirds
Years National team(s) Caps
2012– England 26
Medal record
Representing  England
Netball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Liverpool Team
Last updated: 17 April 2020

Layla Guscoth (born 2 March 1992) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. At club level, Guscoth has played for Loughborough Lightning, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Team Bath in the Netball Superleague and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball. She was a member of the Mavericks team that won the 2011 Netball Superleague. She has captained both Mavericks and Thunderbirds. In 2016 she qualified as a doctor.

Early life and education

Guscoth was born in Birmingham, West Midlands and began playing netball at the age of 11. She discovered an interest in medicine during a hospital work experience placement in sixth form.[2] Between 2010 and 2013 she studied medicine at St John's College, Oxford. In 2012 she was placed third in a top ten list of black students at universities in the United Kingdom. Judges included Trevor Phillips and David Lammy. In 2016 she completed her medical studies at University College London and was awarded a BMBS with Distinction.[1][3][4][5][6] Guscoth also played netball at intervarsity level for both Oxford University and UCL.[7][8][9]

Playing career

Netball Superleague

Loughborough Lightning

During the 2009–10 Netball Superleague season, Guscoth played for Loughborough Lightning.[1][10][11][12]

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Between 2011 and 2016, Guscoth played for Hertfordshire Mavericks. She was a member of the Mavericks team that won the 2011 Netball Superleague and in the grand final she was named player of the match.[4][13][14][15] In 2014 she was voted the Netball Superleague Player of the Season after winning 59% of the vote in a Sky Sports poll.[16] In 2015 she made her second grand final appearance for Mavericks.[17] She captained Mavericks during the 2016 Netball Superleague season.[5][18]

Team Bath

Between 2016 and 2018, Guscoth played for Team Bath.[1][19][20][21][22] Guscoth was named the Team Bath Coaches' Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018.[23][24]

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Since 2019 Guscoth has played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball.[25][26][27][28][29][30] Guscoth and her England international teammate Chelsea Pitman were appointed co-captains of Thunderbirds for 2019.[31]

England

Guscoth made her senior debut for England in 2012 against Jamaica.[32] She has also represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, captaining both the under-17 and under-21 squads.[1][4] Between 2015 and 2018 Guscoth took a break from playing for England as she concentrated on qualifying to be a doctor.[33][34] Guscoth was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. However she was injured in a group stage match against Scotland and she missed the remainder of the tournament.[12][35][36][37][38][39]

Tournaments Place
2013 Fast5 Netball World Series[40] 6th
2018 Netball Quad Series (September)[41] 2nd
2018 Fast5 Netball World Series[42][43] 5th
2019 Netball Quad Series[44] 2nd
2019 Netball World Cup[12][35][36][37][38][39] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 Netball Quad Series[45] 3rd

Doctor

While playing for Team Bath in 2017 and 2018, Guscoth also worked as a doctor at Royal United Hospital and Southmead Hospital.[1][22] In 2019, while playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds, she also worked as a researcher/visiting lecturer at the University of Adelaide.[2][6] During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season was suspended, Guscoth volunteered to return to the United Kingdom to work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.[46][47][48][49]

Honours

Hertfordshire Mavericks
England
Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Layla Guscoth". www.teambath.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile: Half doctor, half netballer". www.mddus.com. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "St John's College, Oxford – TW Summer 2013" (PDF). St John's College, Oxford. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Layla Guscoth - Rare Recruitment". www.rarerecruitment.co.uk. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Captain's column: Layla Guscoth on juggling life in the Netball Superleague with being a medical student". www.whtimes.co.uk. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Adelaide Thunderbirds import Dr Layla Guscoth teams up with FFCMH". adelaide.edu.au. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Birmingham 1sts 30, Oxford 26". www.ounc.co.uk. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Old Girls". www.ounc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "RUMS 1st vs UCL 1st". www.pitchero.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Netball: England star Harten to captain new-look Loughborough Lightning team". www.sportsister.com. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Losing start for Lightning". www.loughboroughecho.net. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "Loughborough Netballers get set to compete on World Stage". www.lboro.ac.uk. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Mavericks crowned Netball Superleague champions". www.whtimes.co.uk. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Mavericks crowned Superleague champions". www.sportsister.com. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Mavericks crowned champions". www.skysports.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Herts Mavericks defender Layla Guscoth wins ZEO Player of the Season". www.skysports.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Champions! Surrey Storm 56 – 39 Hertfordshire Mavericks". www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Mavericks Squad Showcases Combination of International & Home Grown Talent". www.mavericksnetball.co.uk. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  19. ^ "England international Layla Guscoth excited by "great challenge" after joining Team Bath for 2017 Superleague season". www.teambath.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Layla Guscoth joins Team Bath for 2017 Netball Superleague season". www.skysports.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Team Bath reach final of Mike Greenwood Trophy in promising start to netball pre-season campaign". www.teambath.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Layla Guscoth on juggling junior doctor life with new season". www.bbc.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  23. ^ "Superleague stars and rising talent rewarded at Team Bath Netball end-of-season awards". www.teambath.com. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Team Bath Netball Superleague stars reflect on 2018 at end-of-season awards dinner". www.teambath.com. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  25. ^ "Layla Guscoth: England defender joins Adelaide Thunderbirds from Team Bath". www.bbc.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Guscoth signs for Adelaide Thunderbirds". www.netballsl.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  27. ^ "English Rose defender signs with the Adelaide Thunderbirds". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  28. ^ "Team Bath's Layla Guscoth joins Adelaide Thunderbirds". www.skysports.com. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  29. ^ "Layla Guscoth". supernetball.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  30. ^ "Layla Guscoth". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  31. ^ "Guscoth and Pitman named Adelaide Thunderbirds 2019 co-captains". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  32. ^ "Layla Guscoth". www.englandnetball.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  33. ^ "Layla Guscoth interview: I don't regret choosing to be a doctor over winning Commonwealth netball gold". www.telegraph.co.uk. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  34. ^ "Layla Guscoth returns for Roses as Team Bath Netball quintet earn England selection for busy Autumn". www.teambath.com. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  35. ^ a b "Team Bath players past and present ready to shine at 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool". www.teambath.com. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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  37. ^ a b "Netball World Cup: England's Layla Guscoth out with ruptured Achilles". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  38. ^ a b "Layla Guscoth to miss the rest of the Vitality Netball World Cup". www.skysports.com. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  39. ^ a b "Layla Guscoth positive despite nightmare Netball World Cup injury". www.skysports.com. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  40. ^ "Michael Bradley – England's Layla Guscoth..." photoshelter.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  41. ^ "Incredible comeback secures final Quad Series win for the Roses". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  42. ^ "England Roses squad aiming to defend Fast5 World Netball Series title named". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  43. ^ "Karen Atkinson to lead England in Fast5 World Series title defence". www.skysports.com. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  44. ^ "Rachel Dunn guides England to victory but Australia claim Quad Series". www.theguardian.com. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  45. ^ "Vitality Roses take third place at Netball Quad Series". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  46. ^ "Thunderbirds star Layla Guscoth returns to work in UK hospital to help fight COVID-19". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  47. ^ "Coronavirus: England netballer Layla Guscoth says it was her duty to help NHS". www.bbc.co.uk. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  48. ^ "Former Team Bath star Layla Guscoth returns to work in NHS hospital and help fight coronavirus". www.teambath.com. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  49. ^ "Five sportswomen turned key workers tell their stories: from the NHS front line to policing London - and keeping B&Q stocked up". www.telegraph.co.uk. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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