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Commonwealth Games will be an experience to remember, says Sirens star

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Kelly Boyle chose netball over football while at high school, and is delighted that she did, after being selected for Scotland at this summer’s Commonwealth Games.The 26-year-old from Coatbridge is in Tamsin Greenway’s 12-strong squad for the Games in Birmingham, alongside several of her Strathclyde Sirens teammates.The Thistles are in Group A alongside Australia, Jamaica, South Africa, Wales and Barbados, with the first game against the Aussies on Saturday, July 30.Boyle says she has come a long way in her career to get to that point, but it was a situation in first year at St Andrew’s High that pushed her in this direction.“I started off in first year at high school,” she explained.“My first sport was badminton, before I picked netball.

I know some of the girls had started earlier, and I could have been classed as being a later starter.“I played badminton just at school level, that way where you get fired into different clubs, and that was one I was good at, at the time.“I loved sports, and any opportunity to get out of class I was taking it!“I can remember back then it was netball, football and badminton.“I had an away game, and netball and football had clashed, so from that moment I picked netball and I have stuck with it since.“I knew I had to make the decision, and would it be one of those other sports or netball.“I’ve not done badly from it, and in hindsight I definitely made the right decision!”Boyle qualified for the 2019 World Cup with Thistles, but this is her first Commonwealth Games, and she’s excited about playing at another huge tournament.She said: “It has been a while to be in the Thistles dress, so I’m really looking forward to it.“This is my first time experiencing the Commonwealth Games, although I

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