2015 Netball Superleague season

2015 Netball Superleague
League Netball Superleague
Sport Netball
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
2015 Netball Superleague
Season champions Surrey Storm (1st title)
Runners-up Hertfordshire Mavericks
Season MVP Natalie Haythornthwaite
Top scorer Lottysha Cato

Overview

The 2015 Netball Superleague season was the tenth season of the Netball Superleague. It was announced prior to the start of the season that Netball Superleague fixtures would be played to a finish in the 2015 season, meaning that games can no longer be tied. This conformed with current international standards.[1] If the scores are even after 60 minutes of play, the game will continue into extra-time consisting of two 7 minute halves. If the sides are still tied following extra-time, the game will continue until a team has moved ahead of the other, by two clear goals.

Broadcaster Sky Sports committed to a flexible schedule in all of their live broadcasts to ensure fans can watch entire games, including those that head into extra-time.[2] The first round of fixtures started on Monday 26 January 2015, with a repeat of the previous season's Grand Final, and once again Manchester Thunder got the better of Surrey Storm.[3]

The Manchester Thunder, Surrey Storm, Yorkshire Jets and Hertfordshire Mavericks secured the four play-off places, Manchester doing so by completing an unbeaten regular season, winning all fourteen games. However, Manchester suffered a shock defeat in the semi-finals in front of a club-record 4,000 fans at the Manchester Arena, losing 48-41 to the Mavericks. In the other semi-final, Surrey made it to their third final in four seasons with a 76-60 win over the Yorkshire Jets at Guildford's Surrey Sports Park.[4]

In the third-place play-off, Manchester Thunder powered to victory over Yorkshire Jets, winning 55-49.[5]

In the Grand Final, Surrey Storm beat Hertfordshire Mavericks, 56-39, at London's Copper Box Arena to win their first Superleague title.[6] Pamela Cookey was crowned Player of the Match.[7]

Teams

The following teams competed in the 2015 season:

TeamBase
Celtic DragonsCardiff, Wales
Yorkshire JetsYorkshire, England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough, Leicestershire
Hertfordshire MavericksHatfield, Hertfordshire
Manchester ThunderManchester, Greater Manchester
Surrey StormGuildford, Surrey
Team BathBath, Somerset
Team NorthumbriaNewcastle, Tyne and Wear

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Note
1 Manchester Thunder 14140085963022942Advance to Play-Offs
2 Surrey Storm 14120298567131436Advance to Play-Offs
3 Yorkshire Jets 1410048808067430Advance to Play-Offs
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 148067476668124Advance to Play-Offs
5 Team Bath 14509606631-2515
6 Loughborough Lightning 144010688747-5912
7 Celtic Dragons 142012564821-2576
8 Team Northumbria 141013526847-3213

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Play-Offs

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Individual Shooting

Player Team Attempts Goals[16] %
Lottysha CatoJets74167090%
Rachel DunnStorm64655285%
Peace ProscoviaLightning59954891%
Chelsea LewisDragons53442079%
Helen HousbyThunder41838091%
Rosie AllisonBath36330083%
Pamela CookeyStorm33830490%
Lisa BowmanNorthumbria38228274%
Louisa WatsonMavericks32327685%
Sarah EastMavericks21718686%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  2. ↑ Manchester Thunder, press release
  3. ↑ "Superleague 2015: Manchester Thunder 55-52 Surrey Storm". BBC.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Hertfordshire Mavericks beat Manchester Thunder to make final". BBC.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Manchester Thunder finish Third in Netball Superleague 2015". ManchesterThunder.com.
  6. ↑ "Surrey Storm beat Hertfordshire Mavericks to Superleague title". BBC.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Champions! Surrey Storm 56 - 39 Hertfordshire Mavericks". Surrey Storm Official Website.
  8. ↑ http://loughboroughsport.com/loughborough-lightning/fixturesandresults/
  9. ↑ http://www.teambath.com/sport/netball/fixtures-results/
  10. ↑ http://nusportcentral.com/team-northumbria/netball-superleague
  11. ↑ http://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/nsl-fixtures/
  12. ↑ http://www.manchesterthunder.com/fixtures.html
  13. ↑ http://www.yorkshirejets.net/fixtures.html
  14. ↑ http://surreystormnetball.co.uk/fixtures/index.php
  15. ↑ http://www.ticketline.co.uk/netball-superleague-celtic-dragons#bio
  16. ↑ "Statistics". Super League Netball. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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