Pamela Asibie Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in

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) is a former English

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player, usually posted to goal attack (GA).

Club career

In domestic netball, Cookey has played with

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in the

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since the competition's inception in 2005, winning two titles in 2005–06 and 2008–09. She also played in the Australasian

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in 2009, signing with New Zealand franchise the

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

.
Pam was announced as a

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player joining ahead of the 2015 Super League season. This could see the playing partnership with

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return once again.

International career

Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the

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as a seventeen-year-old, for the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury. She was also named in the team the following year, but withdrew due to study commitments at the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

. She made her senior debut with England in 2004 against Australia, and two years later won a bronze medal with the England team at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

.Pamela Cookey
TeamBath; Retrieved 30 April 2010 She won a second Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2010, and later that year won silver at the World Netball Series.

Personal life

Cookey was UK Soft Services (buildings facilities management) manager for the

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site in

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, Bristol.England netball star Pamela Cookey reveals double life
BBC Sport, 19 September 2013

References

External links

England Netball Association
1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of the University of Bath Northern Mystics players ANZ Championship players Team Bath netball players English netball players Black British sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Netball Superleague players Surrey Storm players AENA Super Cup players English expatriate netball people in New Zealand 2011 World Netball Championships players 2015 Netball World Cup players {{England-netball-bio-stub