serena - guthrie

netball

Serena Monique Guthrie MBE is a netball player from Jersey who played internationally for England. The Centre and Wing Defence is a dynamic player, known for her speed and athleticism, and is regarded as one of the worlds best midcourt players. She made the squad in 2008, and made her 100th appearance for the Vitality Roses in October 2020.

In domestic netball, Serena played for Team Bath until 2015, when she signed with the Northern Mystics in New Zealand, having previously trained with the team in 2012. In 2017 Guthrie began playing for Giants Netball in the Australian Suncorp Super Netball league. In her time at the Giants, Guthrie was a formidable player, winning the club's most valuable player award for the 2017 season and becoming one of the league's premier mid-courters.

She left the Super Netball league at the end of the 2018 season, saying she wanted to return to the United Kingdom in 2019. She returned ‘home’ to Team Bath for the 2019 Vitality Netball Superleague campaign and, after another outstanding season, was inducted into the prestigious University of Bath Hall of Fame later in the year.

Serena was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to netball.

Serena retired from netball in the summer of 2022.

Working with the trust

Serena holds a ILM L7 degree qualification and BSc Honours degree in geography and has recently used her skill set to develop community coaching and mentoring programmes and has her own netball brand business called Legacy Netball.

Alongside fellow Vitality Roses, Beth Cobden and Gabby Marshall, Serena joined the Trust as part of the More than Medals athlete transition programme and recently led on a Get on Track programme run in the south west.

Competitive
Record

2018

Commonwealth Games - GOLD

2012

World Netball series, Auckland Fast5 - SILVER

2011

World Championships - BRONZE

World Netball Series, Liverpool Fastnet - GOLD