National Sports Council coach Margaret Cutting has been appointed the coach of the Bajan Gems senior netball squad.
And, she has to hit the ground running, with Barbados staging a Caribbean/African Cup in the first quarter of 2020.
Cutting, 54, has been a NSC coach for the past 25 years. She replaces Sandra Bruce-Small, who was the coach for the last five years.
Cutting was the assistant coach to Bruce-Small with the senior team and she also assisted when Barbados won the AFNA Under-21 Qualifier in St Maarten in 2017 and competed at the finals in Botswana in 2018.
In making the exclusive announcement to the Weekend Nation, president of the Barbados Netball Association Nisha Craigwell said the BNA was highly optimistic of Cutting being a successful national coach.
Subscribe now to our eNATION edition for the full story.
For the latest stories and breaking news updates download the Nationnews apps for iOS and Android.
