Stacey Francis-Bayman ( Francis, born 1 January 1988) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the

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and at the

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and

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s. At club level she has played for both

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and

Yorkshire Jets Yorkshire Jets were an English netball team based at Leeds Beckett University. Their senior team played in the Netball Superleague. Between 2005–06 and 2011 they played as Leeds Met Carnegie or simply Leeds Carnegie. Together with the men's ...

in the

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, for

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championsh ...

in the

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and for

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. Between 2005–06 and

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she was a prominent member of the Team Bath squad as they won five Superleague titles. She played in the

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and

grand finals and in both

and

she was named the

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. In 2017 she was inducted into the University of Bath/Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport.

Early life, family and education

Stacey is the daughter of Kevin Francis, a former professional footballer, and his wife, Sharon. She has a sister, Keisha. In her youth she played both

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and

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before concentrating on

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 ...

. When Stacey was 17 her family emigrated to

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. Stacey opted to remain in

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to complete her education and pursue her netball career. Stacey is originally from

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and attended North Bromsgrove High School. From aged 14 she began playing for the Bromsgrove-based Ryland Netball Club. Between 2006 and 2009 she attended the

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were she gained a

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in Sports Performance. Between 2009 and 2013 she attended

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where she completed an MA in English.

Playing career

Netball Superleague

;Team Bath Francis began her senior career in 2005 with

, making two appearances during their final

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campaign. In 2005–06, aged just 17, she was the youngest member of Team Bath's inaugural

squad. Between 2005–06 and

she was a prominent member of the Team Bath squad as they won five Superleague titles. She was player of the match in the 2010 Netball Superleague Grand Final and made a second grand final appearance in

. In both

and

she was named the

. In 2017 she was inducted into the University of Bath/Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. In both 2018 and 2019 Francis returned to play for Team Bath as a guest in the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. ;Yorkshire Jets In 2015, after ten seasons playing for

, Francis joined

. She subsequently captained Jets during the 2016 Netball Superleague season. ;Surrey Storm In 2017 Francis played for

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as a guest in the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship.

Australia and New Zealand

;Canterbury Tactix In 2011 Francis joined

. Her team mates at Tactix included fellow

international,

Joanne Harten Joanne Elizabeth Harten (born 21 March 1989) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She also sits on the board of the Australian Netball Players ...

. However Francis missed half the

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through injury. ;West Coast Fever After playing for

in the

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, Francis was approached by

of the

. Francis played for West Coast Fever in the 2018 Suncorp Super Netball grand final.

England

Francis made her senior debut for

in September 2010 during an away series against

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. She had previously represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. She was subsequently a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the

and at the

and

s. She was also a member of the England team that won the

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. Francis made her 50th senior England appearance at the 2015

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in a match against

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Personal life

Francis is in a relationship with her former

and

teammate,

Sara Bayman Sara Francis-Bayman ( Bayman, born 23 December 1984) is a netball player and coach from Billinge near Wigan, England. She represented England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At a club level, Bayman has represented Team Bath, Manchester Thunder ...

. The couple got engaged in 2018 and married on 29 December 2020.

Honours

;

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**''Winners'':

: 1 **''Runners up '':

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: 2 ;

**''Winners'': 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,

: 5 ;

**''Runners up '':

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: 1 ;Individual *

: 2

References

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