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Strathclyde Sirens’ Natalie Bright (right)
STRATHCLYDE SIRENS are the “game changer” for the sport of netball in Scotland, according to their chief executive officer Claire Nelson.
Sirens are the country’s only professional netball team — some players are full time, some are part-time — and fly the flag for Scotland in the Netball Superleague where they currently sit in sixth place, one point behind Leeds Rhinos and two adrift of Wasps in the play-off spot.
Next up are Celtic Dragons at the Copper Box Arena in London, currently being used as a closed-doors hub for games amid the pandemic, on June 13, before their final match against Manchester Thunder a week later.
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