Ursula Bowers

Ursula 'Billy' Bowers
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD
Years Club team(s) Apps
Team Bath

Ursula "Billy" Bowers[1] (born 1989 or 1990)[2] is a Welsh netball player who has represented Wales internationally.

In her youth, she played for Deeside Netball Club.[3]

In 1999, Bowers represented Wales at the Fena Open Championship in Malta and played in 9 of 10 world championship matches in New Zealand.[2] In 2001, she spent a year in New Zealand playing for the Canterbury Flames.[4]

She captained Team Bath in the 2006 Netball Super League (the first season since establishment in 2005),[5][failed verification] leading the team to victory of 43–35 in the final against Galleria Mavericks.[6][7] This win was repeated in 2007 (53–45),[8] her second year of captaincy,[citation needed] making Team Bath one of only four teams to win the league in successive years.[5] In both years she played Goal Defence.

In 2006, she represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games hosted in Melbourne, Australia.[9]

References

  1. ^ Bowers, Ursula (16 December 2004). "Billy says get playing netball". BBC Sports. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Morgan, Andrea (30 January 2002). "No place for Bowers but she vows to roar back; NETBALL: Welsh ace still targets Commonwealth Games". Western Mail. Retrieved 2 October 2024 – via Free Online Library.
  3. ^ "October Organisation of the Month - Wales Netball". Wales Netball. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  4. ^ McFadden, Suzanne (8 November 2007). "Netball: Wales captain only has one-way ticket". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "About Us". Netball Super League. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  6. ^ "The NSL Files: Team Bath". Netball Super League. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "TeamBath take Superleague title". BBC Sport. 4 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  8. ^ Hunnisett, Rona (9 June 2007). "Team Bath defend their Super League Title". Women Sport Report. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Netball Netball - Women Melbourne 2006". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2024.