Today marks the last day of the 2024 Olympics, but among the sports on display there is one notable game that made its name in the county that’s missing from the games? Netball has its origins in our very own Dartford more than 100 years ago and has since accumulated 20 million players worldwide – so what’s holding it back from the biggest global stage? Davina Jethwa reports… Playing the sport is a shared school experience for most of us. There’s a collective memory of reaching into a bag full of sweaty bibs, huffing while the captain chooses their friends first to be on their team, and argu…
