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28. Pamela Cookey and how netball spread like "wildflower"

Sam Quek is joined by former England netball captain and two time commonwealth medal winner Pamela Cookey as the team talk about the origins and growing popularity of netball.

Sam Quek is joined by former England netball captain and two time commonwealth medal winner Pamela Cookey as the team talk about how the popularity of netball is spreading like "wildflower"

Regulars Gareth Edwards, Michael Bryan-Jones and Miriam Walker-Khan share their stories of how Netball came to exist from the misinterpreted rules of basketball. They also look at why it's not an Olympic sport despite being played by over 20 million people world wide and why Australia and New Zealand have dominated the sport for nearly 50 years. Pamela also takes on the QoS pod quiz.

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