Eleanor 'Ellie' Cardwell is an English international

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

player. She plays in goal attack and goal shooter for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, and at the club level represents

Manchester Thunder Manchester Thunder are an English netball team based in Manchester. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06, Thunder were founding members of the league. They were Superleague champions in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022. ...

in the

Netball Superleague The Netball Super League is a top level netball league featuring teams from the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was commenced playing at the 2005–06 ...

. Cardwell was born in

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

, joinin
Blackpool Netball Club
at the age of 10. She played with

initially as a defender, before transitioning to attack in the 2015 and 2016 Superleague seasons. In 2016 she represented England in Netball Europe. Following her time with Manchester Thunder, she played at

Severn Stars Severn Stars are an English netball team based at the University of Worcester and the University of Gloucestershire. The team is named after the River Severn, which runs through Worcester and Gloucester, the home cities of the two universities ...

for two seasons, before returning to Manchester ahead of the 2019 Superleague season. Eleanor will join

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in ...

for the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season.

References

Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Blackpool English netball players Netball Superleague players Manchester Thunder players Severn Stars players Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Adelaide Thunderbirds players English expatriate netball people in Australia {{England-netball-bio-stub