Jamaica's Sunshine Girls and England's Vitality Roses, who are currently half way through their four-match Horizon Series, will have added motivation heading into the next two games as the winner of the series will cop the Rhone Hornsby Trophy.

The new series trophy is named in honour of Molly Rhone OJ, CD, OD on behalf of Netball Jamaica and Jean Hornsby on behalf of England Netball. This home and away series between Jamaica and England will become a fixture on the international calendar for the next four years.

Molly Rhone has a long and distinguished period of service as a sports administrator and former national netball player. She served as president of the Jamaica Netball Association for ten years between 1993 and 2003 and eventually became president of AFNA (Americas Netball) and President of the International Netball Federation from 2003 to 2019, the only Jamaican to ever head an international sporting body.

Jean Hornsby was an outstanding netball player and is the first black player to represent England. She played wing defense for the national U21 team for four years (1974–1978) and was captain for two of the four years. She went on to represent England in the 1979 World Netball Tournament (now known as the Netball World Cup). She has stayed close to the sport over the years. She has declared that she holds fond memories of Jamaica, where she visited for the first time in 1975.

Rhone and Hornsby have greatly impacted the sport of netball in their individual countries, at the regional level and the world stage, and have contributed to the growth and development of netball in their unique ways.

The Rhone Hornsby Trophy will be presented for the first time in Jamaica at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in Kingston to the winner of the four-match Horizon Series.

England currently lead the tie 1-0 following a 55-47 win in the second contest at the AO Arena in Manchester. The first game ended in a 49-49 stalemate.

Jamaica's Sunshine Girls are eagerly looking forward to the next two matches, which are scheduled for Monday at 6:30pm and Tuesday at 7:00pm.

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