England Roses netball World Cup finalist Imogen Allison on her journey through the Yorkshire pathway

England Roses netball World Cup finalist Imogen Allison talks to The YP's Nick Westby about her journey through the Yorkshire netball pathway

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00:00 There's a lot of pathways up and down the country and I wouldn't have a clue how they

00:10 run but I really enjoyed my time in the Yorkshire pathway. I think it was a really cool experience

00:19 going through Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and then into England. I didn't

00:25 get in my first England trial. I was sent to and then I went back the year after and

00:29 got in. How deflating was that? England knocked back? Did you think this is me done or did

00:37 it make you redouble your efforts? If I'm honest, I walked in and I thought wow, I could

00:44 do with a growth spurt here guys. Because some of the girls, because obviously it was

00:50 kind of the first time I was surrounded by people that were from different areas. All

00:57 the London girls, the South West girls, we'd probably played against them for Yorkshire

01:02 Jets stuff, with the Yorkshire Jets Academy. But never had just walked into a room full

01:09 of quite a mixture of people that I did and I thought oh my gosh, this is intense. That

01:17 was a pre-growth spurt for me. So I was pretty small. And how old were you, 15-ish? Yeah,

01:27 I must have been about 15, yeah. And I remember looking up to my dad who took me in on the

01:34 balcony and I looked up and thought what's going on? And he was like don't worry, you'll

01:38 be fine. So I think I walked in thinking, you know, whatever happens, happens. Which

01:44 was quite mature of my 15-year-old self. But yeah, when I didn't get in, I was good. I

01:51 was upset and then I thought it's okay, you know, try again next year. And I think it

01:59 was a knock back that obviously took time to process.

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