Rediscovering Team Sports - WIN Netball Tickets

I haven't played team sports properly since I was at University, these days preferring to take part in solo exercise such as running and cycling - even if I do enjoy doing those things with other people!

However, I'm lucky enough to have landed a job where my colleagues are like my team-mates, a huge crew that put on fantastic events for other people to take part in! We have a laugh, get along as friends (mostly) and support all the different members of the team in their roles.

As a company, we have a weekly Sports Club that takes place every Wednesday, and through that I've rediscovered team sports, of a kind. Hitting a ball to the edge of the field in rounders, playing 'Round the World' in tennis, snagging a try in touch-rugby and smashing an ace (maybe) in badminton. We also do Spinning, circuits sessions, running club, cycling in Richmond Park and are even looking at visiting a trampoline park!

Getting back to playing team sports - even if a little ad hoc, where we bend the rules and don't always have enough players - has been great fun. It reintroduces that element of competition, team-work and sense of fun and I love doing different things each week. It's been good to try different sports that I perhaps wouldn't normally choose, and is a way to be a little less serious with work colleagues and get to know them a bit better!

I've seen quite a few bloggers posting about the new #WomenInSport campaign with Vitality, which aims to encourage more women to try out team sports, and I have to say I love the idea (read Tess' post on trying hockey here).

Back when I was at school and Uni, I played and loved Netball - I even won a trophy for it in Year 7 or 8. I usually played Wing Defence (WD) or Goal Defence (GD) and was always happy when I managed to prevent the other team from scoring! I even joined a team when I was in Australia studying. Over there they had mixed teams, with a much faster and more agressive style of play which was really exciting and definitely kept me fit!

WIN

You can win tickets to the Vitality Netball International Series against Malawi this November with Go Girl Car Insurance. Click here to enter and be in with a chance to watch the England Roses take on the Malawi Queens in the three-match battle in London and Birmingham.

Which team sport would you try if given the choice? Did you play Netball at school - what was your position?