Anna Stembridge
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| Full name | Anna Stembridge (née: Mayes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1981 Swindon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Senior university lecturer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | New College, Swindon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Stembridge (née Mayes; born 8 February 1981), is a former netball player and the interim head coach of England Netball. Between 2011 and 2015, Mayes served as head coach of England and led the team to its first major tournament title, winning the 2011 World Netball Series.
Between 2015 and 2022, she served as head coach of Team Bath and later joined Jess Thirlby as assistant coach of the England squad. In March 2026, following Thirlby’s resignation, Stembridge was announced as the interim head coach for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
As a player, she represented Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 2003 and 2007 World Netball Championships. During the Super Cup era, Mayes played for Team Bath and during the early Netball Superleague era she played for Celtic Dragons.