Helen Housby

Helen Housby (born 19 January 1995) is a professional English netball player. She has represented the England national netball team since 2014. Housby played netball for the Netball Super League side Manchester Thunder from 2013 to 2016, helping them win the 2014 Super League Grand-Final against rivals Surrey Storm. Since 2017 she plays for the New South Wales Swifts.

Early life and education Housby was born in Carlisle and grew up in rural Cumbria surrounded by animals. She studied zoology at the University of Manchester.

Club career

Manchester Thunder Spotted at 15 years old, she was brought into the Manchester Thunder pathway by Karen Greig and Tracey Neville. She made her debut for the senior team in 2013 and became a regular starter in the 2014 season where she helped the team win the 2014 Superleague Grand-Final against rivals Surrey Storm by scoring a long-range shot in the dying seconds of the game. She was part of the Swifts team that won the Suncorp Super Netball in 2019 and 2021 and also made the final in 2023. She won the Swifts MVP award in 2023 and 2024.

International career Housby made her England national netball team debut at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where the team finished fourth.

She won a historic gold against Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia - scoring in the final second of the game to give victory to England by one point. The England team had beaten Jamaica in the semi-final match by a single point, also from a last-minute goal. Jamaica had narrowly defeated England in Glasgow 2014 to take the bronze medal. The England team won BBC Sports Team of the Year Award and BBC Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year in 2018.

She was selected for England's 2019 Netball World Cup, and 2022 Commonwealth Games squad, finishing 3rd in both events. Housby was also part of the silver medal winning England team at the 2023 Netball World Cup. She was named player of the tournament and 'best shooter'.

Housby was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to netball.

Personal life Housby is an avid Manchester United F.C. fan, her role model was David Beckham.

Honours

England

Commonwealth Games Gold: 2018 Netball World Cup Silver: 2023 Bronze: 2015, 2019 Fast5 Netball World Series Winners: 2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Winners: 2021 Netball Quad Series Runners Up: 2018 (Jan), 2018 (Sep), 2019 Third: 2023

Manchester Thunder

Netball Superleague Grand Final Winners: 2014 Runners Up: 2016

New South Wales Swifts

Suncorp Super Netball Winners: 2019, 2021 Runners Up: 2023