It’s been a whirlwind few months for netball player Jasmine Akrasi. The Gordon’s netball scholar plays for Super League Club London Pulse, her local club Eagles and trialled for England U19s in November. She was selected in December, playing her first internationals for the U19s against Scotland U21s and Northern Ireland Seniors.
A goal shooter with unerring accuracy, Jazzy is credited with a 100 per cent success rate in one of her England games.
She came into the sport around six years ago and hasn’t looked back.
Almost every night she is training or playing somewhere, either for London Pulse in East London, or school and at weekends and during ‘the netball season’ she can be found travelling the country for games or England training. There is also the S&C and following an athletic development programme to combine with studying for three A Levels in French, art and maths!
She describes herself as a “go with the flow” person but one who grabs every opportunity with both hands. But behind every success is her mother! “mum is my team manager. She gets me to all my trainings, she’s the one that sorts out my food.”
