2016 Netball Superleague season

2016 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
Champions. Surrey Storm
  Runners-up. Manchester Thunder
Season MVPSamantha Wallace
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]
Seasons

The 2016 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the eleventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Surrey Storm after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. The league was sponsored by VitalityHealth.[2][3][4][5][6]

Teams

This was Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league.[7][8][9][10]

2016 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic Dragons Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Hertfordshire Mavericks University of Hertfordshire East of England
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Manchester Thunder Wright Robinson College North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria Sport Central North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield Yorkshire

Regular season

The opening day of the regular season saw the introduction of Super Saturday. This saw the eight teams play all four Round 1 games at the Genting Arena in front of a 7,500 crowd.[6][11][12][13] During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights.[6] Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.[3]

Final table

2016 Netball Superleague ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Thunder 14 13 0 1 848 673 +175 39 Qualified for the play-offs
2 Surrey Storm 14 10 0 4 777 650 +127 30
3 Hertfordshire Mavericks 14 10 0 4 769 653 +116 30
4 Team Bath 14 10 0 4 768 669 +99 30
5 Loughborough Lightning 14 6 0 8 719 720 −1 18
6 Team Northumbria 14 4 0 10 613 770 −157 12
7 Celtic Dragons 14 2 0 12 667 800 −133 6
8 Yorkshire Jets 14 1 0 13 549 775 −226 3
Source: [14][15][16]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

30 April 2016
16:00 		Manchester Thunder 53–46 Team Bath    Manchester Thunderdome[17][18][19][20]
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 30–18, 43–30, 53–46
Helen Housby Goals scored
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 		Lenize Potgieter Goals scored
Chelsea LewisGoals scored
30 April 2016
18:00 		Surrey Storm 53–51 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park[19][21]
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 24–26, 40–39, 53–51
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 35/36 (97%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 18/21 (86%) 		Samantha Wallace Goals scored 41/46 (89%)
Ella Clark Goals scored 10/13 (77%)

3rd/4th place play off

7 May 2016
14:30 		Team Bath 49–48 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena[22][23]
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 26–24, 39–38, 49–48

Grand Final

Further information: 2016 Netball Superleague Grand Final
7 May 2016
17:00 		Surrey Storm 55–53 Manchester Thunder    Copper Box Arena[2][3][4][5]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon 		Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–19, 43–36, 55–53
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 28/31 (90%)
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 27/32 (84%) 		Helen Housby Goals scored 38/39 (97%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 7/10 (70%)

Team of the Season

A panel of Sky Sports commentators and pundits including Katharine Merry, Caroline Barker, Karen Atkinson, Tamsin Greenway and Jess Thirlby selected a 2016 Team of the Season.[24][25]

Position Player Team
GK England Ama Agbeze Loughborough Lightning
GD England Layla Guscoth Hertfordshire Mavericks
WD England Amy Flanagan Surrey Storm
C England Sara Bayman Manchester Thunder
WA England Natalie Haythornthwaite Manchester Thunder
GA England Pamela Cookey Surrey Storm
GS England Rachel Dunn Surrey Storm

Source:[24][25]

See also

References

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