Jo Harten: England's Commonwealth gold medal winner retires from international netball

Essex-born Harten (centre) made her England debut successful 2007 but has played her home netball overseas since 2012

Experienced England shooter Jo Harten, who won golden astatine the 2018 Commonwealth Games, has announced her status from planetary netball.

Harten volition discontinue with contiguous effect, meaning she volition miss this summer's World Cup successful South Africa.

"It's been an honour. Thanks for the memories," Harten said successful a statement.

"Playing for England has been 1 of the astir fulfilling experiences of my life. Working unneurotic with astonishing athletes to execute a communal extremity is what it's ever been astir for me.

"I americium truthful grateful for the acquisition and volition cherish the memories made with teammates and absorption that person go household implicit the past 16 years."

Harten formed a formidable concern successful the shooting ellipse with Helen Housby, assisting England to a archetypal ever Commonwealth golden medal connected the Gold Coast 5 years ago.

But the shooter's planetary vocation has been plagued with injuries successful caller years meaning she has not been a regular diagnostic successful caput manager Jess Thirlby's side.

Harten played sporadically successful England's bid against Jamaica successful January and was sent location from the Quad Series successful South Africa with a genu country aboriginal that month.

However, she volition proceed to play for Giants, her home squad successful Australia's Suncorp Super Netball League.

"I cognize what it takes to vie against the champion successful the world, but I consciousness I can't springiness 100% of myself some physically and mentally astatine this stage," added Harten.

"I've travel to this determination with some myself and my Roses household successful caput starring into the World Cup campaign."

Roses caput manager Thirlby said: "Working with Jo has been an implicit pleasure. Her devotion to the teams she plays with and represents combined with her sheer curiosity astir however to perpetually situation the presumption quo arsenic to however the crippled tin beryllium played is inspiring.

"A existent pupil of our game, Jo is the eventual relation exemplary and I person nary uncertainty volition proceed to thrust the athletics guardant successful the years to come.

"Whilst it is bittersweet to cognize that we won't get to spot Jo propulsion connected the reddish formal again I impulse america each to observe the commitment, loyalty and emotion that Jo has shown to the Roses implicit decades of service."

Harten's status follows those of former England skipper Serena Guthrie and defenders Eboni Usoro-Brown and Stacey Francis-Bayman past year.

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