Netball, the UK’s most popular women’s sport, is still noticeably lacking from our TV screens
Aim to fill the Arena on 28 March for the derby game of London Pulse vs London Mavericks
Netball becomes fully professional for first time ever in 2025

The Copper Box Arena, home to London’s top netball team, London Pulse, has been filled many times before by men’s sport teams, but in 2025, it’s netball’s turn.

Edwin Doran and London Pulse’s #FillTheCopperBox campaign aims to fill all seats at the Copper Box Arena for an iconic first London netball derby at 7pm on 28 March 2025, sure to be a nail-biting match between London Pulse and London Mavericks.

2025 is set to be a blockbuster year for women’s sport in London, with the Women’s Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham, women’s tennis returning to Queen’s Club for the first time in over 50 years, and the Women’s Super League football growing at an unprecedented rate. But netball, the UK’s most popular women’s sport, is still noticeably lacking from our screens.

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Edwin Doran, the UK’s top provider of school sports tours and matchday sponsor of London Pulse developed the #FillTheCopperBox campaign to celebrate the Netball Super League (NSL) relaunching in 2025 as a professional league for the first time, further professional netball’s fanbase in the UK and provide young girls across the country with real-life netball heroes to inspire them.

Edwin Doran has taken more teams on tour than any other sports tour operator, over 15,000 at the last count, particularly netball, rugby, football and hockey. The #FillTheCopperBox initiative is the first step in their objective to encourage girls in sport, with the aim of being the leading provider of girls’ sports tours.

Richard Twynam, Managing Director of Edwin Doran, says “With women’s sports rightly getting the attention they so deserve, we created the #FillTheCopperBox movement to put netball, the UK’s most popular women’s sport, into the spotlight.

“Over the past 50 years sending school netball teams on international tours, we’ve seen thousands of young girls hone their skills, build resilience and self-confidence, develop social skills, and form life-long friendships during school netball, only to be forced to drop their ambition of continuing the sport at a professional level due to a lack of career prospects. We are determined that as netball turns professional in 2025, we won’t have to see so many young girls travelling on our tours drop their sport after school.
“London Pulse has shown a real commitment to providing pathways into professional netball for young girls, and the players who range from solicitors to scientists and full time netballers, demonstrate that playing netball as a child creates successful women with ambition, diligence, and confidence.

“A long overdue sell-out game will show young girls nationwide that netball is only growing, and a professional career could be on their horizon.”

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