KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Sunshine Girls staged their final training session Wednesday night at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.

They are scheduled to leave the island on Friday for England for the first two of four netball matches in the Horizon series on November 16 and 17.

Team Coach Sasher-Gaye Henry and Captain Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard were upbeat about their preparation and chances of doing well against England in the series.

“England is a good team and they have been going well. They are coming off about an eight game advantage compared to us so that’s something that is going to be good on their table so it’s good to just see how the girls will go in and give a good account of themselves, Coach Henry shared.

“The preparation has been going fairly well for us. We have been looking specifically a lot in terms of our strength and conditioning, our court play in terms of our tactical play and we are super excited to see the growth and development especially of our younger players and there is still room for improvement knowing the fact that they are coming in now working with the senior girls. It’s not such a long time that we have had all of them together but the short time that we have them, I think they are improving daily,” she continued.

Captain Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (2nd R) share a happy moment with the new comers to the Sunshine Girls team after their final training session Wednesday night prior to leaving for the Horizon Series in England. Others in the photo are (L to R) Crystal Plummer, Rhea Dixon, Mischa Creary and Teresa Beckford. (Photo contributed)

Henry said new players Teresa Beckford, Chrystal Plummer, Mischa Creary, Rhea Dixon (an English-based player), Simone Gordon, Zaudi Green and Kimone Shaw are all excited to showcase their talent and do well.

Captain Fowler-Nembhard who joined the training squad for the past month talked about unity in the team and her own readiness for the series.

“We are gelling together. The training sessions that we’ve had thus far have been really good and purposeful so yea it’s been good,” Fowler-Nembhard shared.

“I just think my game is going well. I had a pretty good year so far and I am going to just transfer that into this series,” she added.

The other two matches in the series will be played in Jamaica on the 24th and the 25th of the month at the National Indoor Sports Centre.