The only thing I can possibly compare it to is when I was a little girl waiting for Father Christmas to come with my new bike / dolls house or Care Bear! It’s a mixture of anticipation, extreme excitement and fear.
Yes, you read that right, fear.
After all what if I hadn’t been a good girl all year round and didn’t receive that bike with the basket? I think we all know what I am saying without me typing it!
There’s the short term issue of drinking two bottles of wine and having a terrible hangover circa 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. There is also the long term problem of the potential loss of funding - although with Nike on board and our Roses in Vogue this month, I am hoping that is no longer an issue.
As previously reported, and not just by me (!) this is the most hotly anticipated World Cup of all time! There are literally 5 teams who could win it - gone are the days of the Southern Hemisphere stranglehold on global netball! We have a new world netball order!
I’m lucky enough to be flying up tomorrow (Friday morning) for the opening ceremony and England v Uganda. Then I travel back up next weekend for sessions 17,18,19,20 - the big ones!
I’ve listened with interest how the Aussies are now saying England are favourites and the pressure is on them! Australia are still ranked Number 1 in the world though and interestingly England are ranked 3rd in the latest IFNA rankings!
My expectations are England are going to win. Maybe that’s more hope than expectation.
Perhaps I, along with other Roses fans suffering with over - excitement (!) need to remember, it was the long term aim to get to the 2019 final. They didn’t hide it, that’s always been the goal since Neville took over. Last year was a bonus. A glorious, incredible bonus. Let’s get to that 2019 World Cup Final and see what happens! Until then, I will do my best to put a lid on it and contain my excitement!
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